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Dear Yuletide writer,

Thank you in advance for writing for me! I've written a little about what I love about the canons I've requested and included some prompts, because I know I love reading about peoples' thoughts and prompts, but if you have a totally different idea, go for it! I’m excited to read what you write.

Likes: Pining (mutual or otherwise), hurt/comfort especially when it's heavy on the comfort, pretending to be married/dating, fake dating turns real in general, happy endings, soulbonding/soulmates/any kind of weird psychic connection bonding scenario. I'm a fan of AUs, especially ones that manage to transpose the characters’ backgrounds onto a new setting, so if you want to write one, I'll be happy to receive it. (With the exception that I'm not a huge fan of cyberpunk or zombie scenarios.) I also love all the canons I requested for themselves and am more than happy to receive a fic rooted firmly within them. I love weddingfic, if that’s something you’re also into. I love any stage of it – the chaotic planning phase (tell me all about our mutual fave’s Horrible Wedding Planning Pinterest Board), family and friends getting involved, proposals, the actual wedding, it’s all good. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, so if it it’s not yours, no worries, but if it is yours, I’m listening. I also like kidfic and accidental baby acquisition, but again, in no way a requirement. I love mysticism and magical realism. One of my fandoms feature spiders, and one features snakes – I have zero fear of either snakes or spiders and I think they’re cool, but if you don’t want to include them, I’m also fine without mentions of them. I'm cool with any rating.

DNWs: Permanent major non-canonical character death (I’m fine with canon character deaths and past plot important character deaths like Louise as she pertains to Kaine's story) or grievous injury (I’m fine with Hollywood level), infidelity between the main couple in case of shipfic, watersports/scat, non-canon harm to animals (AKA mentions of canonical snake fighting rings are fine), unhappy endings, incest between either biological or adopted siblings. Please no unrequested identity headcanons. For my Marvel fandom requests, please no references to MCU events or MCU-based characterization.

I'm Traincat at Ao3 and tumblr and @traincat.bsky.social if you want to poke around. I tag everything on tumblr by series name at the very least.

Treats are welcome!

Scarlet Spider (Marvel Comics)

Kaine Parker, Flash Thompson, Maria Aracely Penalba

You don't have to use all my requested characters for this request, although you are welcome to do so. I do request that Kaine is included.

I love Kaine Parker, the reason I have to say “permanent” with my non-major character death DNW. “Broody clone of the hero” is such a quintessentially comics trope, but at the same time Kaine is very much his own character and not just Peter But Edgier. His Scarlet Spider run did such a good job of growing his character beyond who he was in the Clone Saga and letting him explore what life could offer him once the clone degeneration was cured: a home, a family, and his own blossoming identity. And a huge part of that is his relationship with Aracely. It's clear that initially Kaine sees a lot of himself in Aracely, whether he wants to or not, and his saving her is in a way saving his younger self, but I love how their bond grows out of that and how devoted they are to each other. Kaine is her champion! She knows he would never hurt her! He fought werewolves to protect her! They have a psychic bond!

Kaine and Flash only have one relatively brief interaction, but their chemistry was so good and I think they should kiss on the lips. I loved their Minimum Carnage banter -- if you can call Flash attempting to get along and Kaine struggling like a cat about to get a bath every step of the way banter. I do headcanon both Flash and Kaine as being attracted to men, although I think Flash is much more aware of this than Kaine, who was grown in a basement lab and raised for like two whole months by the only father figure he ever had, an abusive professor in a fursuit who tried to kill him, and so is maybe not very good at self-reflection as a result of that. For shipfic, I only ship Kaine and Flash together, but I’m also happy to get gen dynamics, especially for Kaine&Aracely, or character-focused pieces about either Kaine or Aracely. I view Kaine and Aracely as having a strictly familial relationship and DNW a romantic relationship for them.

·  I would love to see more exploration of Kaine and Aracely’s psychic bond, of the connection between them and possibly how it ties into Kaine's own former psychic abilities. I'm also very good with them having a spa day in Houston or ordering everything off the room service menu. Superhero and civilian shenanigans are also good – I love Aracely being delighted to drag Kaine to restaurants or to the rodeo, or being annoyed with him because he doesn’t want to be a superhero.
·  If you do want to use all three of my requested characters, I would love Flash/Kaine fic where Flash is convinced he has to win Aracely over and Aracely takes shameless advantage, much to Kaine's chagrin. Or anything with Flash and Aracely interacting, honestly. We know he’s good with teenage girls with powers, so let her run roughshod over him. He can handle it.
·  I also wouldn't say no to a non-powers AU where Kaine's always had a crush on football star Flash but is convinced he only sees him as Peter's moody little brother.
·  I think Kaine has, understandably, issues with intimacy and touch and trust, stemming from the Jackal's abuse of him but also in more recent canon from being assaulted by Shathra in the guise of Annabelle, and generally from believing he doesn't deserve to be touched kindly because he views himself as a worthless monster. So I would also love fic where Kaine explores touch and intimacy with Flash and learns what he does and doesn't like, and maybe that he really enjoys surrendering on his own terms and letting Flash be in charge for a while.
·  Kaine can talk to spiders! This is such a fun power and I don’t think enough is done with it. Like, yeah, he doesn’t have spider-sense, but he can summon an army of ten thousand spiders to your backyard barbecue if you even slightly annoy him. I would love to see his relationship with his spider network – how do they feel about him, this spider who looks like a man and can speak to them through the web?
·  Any post-Shathra incident angst, especially with how Kaine’s transformation is forced in front of everyone, and how he sees how they react to his more monstrous form. I really love how Aracely runs in front of him and tries to protect him from that response, the way she holds his hand and says she doesn’t understand why this is bad.

Scarlet Spider (2012) ran for 25 issues, and Kaine and Aracely were next featured in New Warriors (2014). I don't mind New Warriors canon popping up, but I also don't mind if you choose to disregard it entirely. The entirety of Flash and Kaine's interaction can be found in the Minimum Carnage storyline. I'm also always very partial to Kaine with longer hair, as much as I appreciate his character development buzzcut. (But honestly it's not a deal breaker.)

Fantastic Four (2015)

Johnny Storm, Sue Storm

This is my favorite Fantastic Four movie. Wait, come back. Yes, I’m aware of all of that and also of the fact that it is, on a storytelling level, Not Very Good, which is a great way to sell why it’s my favorite, but it’s the potential of the movie that I enjoy. I liked First Steps just fine, and the 2005-2007 movies will always have “but this is Dolce.” But there’s so much interesting stuff to explore here, even just in the concept of the Fantastic Four’s origin story as a horror story. I love the struggle between the core cast of characters and the forces that want to exploit and militarize their work as explorers, and I love the relationship between Sue and Johnny – strained, but you can see how deeply they care for each other under there.

I love the entire Fantastic Four, so I'm happy to see Reed and Ben included, but I'd prefer the focus remain on the siblings.

·  Both Sue and Johnny clearly have a love of music. Sue says it helps her focus, and Johnny is introduced with the most Johnny song of all time, The Four Tops’ Standing in the Shadows of Love, playing during his race. I’m a big Motown fan, so if you want, I would love fic centered around Johnny and Motown, or just Johnny or Sue or Sue and Johnny and music in general!
·  There’s a scene from the trailer that never made it into the movie of Sue cradling an injured Johnny and crying, which looks like it was probably supposed to have been in the battle with Doom. I’d love to see a take on that, whether it’s in that fight or a future one.
·  I always love fic exploring superheroes’ powers. In the comics, Sue manages to weaponize her inherently defensive powers, while Johnny exerts such control over his destructive ones that he’s able to siphon off excess body heat from other people and take the sting out of burns. This Sue and Johnny still have a lot of trouble controlling their powers where we leave them at the end of the movie, so I’d love to see fic of them working together to learn how to control their powers.
·  Similarly, Johnny and Sue have very different relationships with their powers, with Johnny wanting to use his, whereas Sue initially at least believes their powers as something to be cured. I’d love more exploration of that, maybe in Central City, or just in them becoming the Fantastic Four. (“I gotta say, it’s fantastic.”)
·  The Mole Man was supposed to be in this movie. I am perfectly happy to read about Sue and Johnny having a sibling day fighting the Mole Man.

Fantastic Four (Original Ultimateverse)

Johnny Storm, Sue Storm, Bobby Drake

You do not have to use all my requested characters for this request, although you are welcome to do so. I do request that Johnny is included.

Oh, Ultimate Fantastic Four, you beautiful, glorious mess. Have you ever wanted to read a comic book that is only 60 issues long but can’t remember facts it established on page one of issue #1. Have you ever looked at Greg Land art and thought, you know, it could be even more obvious this was traced off porn. Have you ever wondered “what if Dr. Doom got Johnny Storm teen pregnant with an alien parasite a prerequisite for his scheme to bodyswap himself with Reed Richards?” This is the comic for you.

In the interests of transparency, I’ve posted an Ultimate JohnnyBobby WIP on my tumblr that covers some of what I’m requesting here, but I’m requesting it because I would love to read it, too.

·  Ultimate Johnny has it rough, even for a Johnny Storm, and that’s saying something. I would love to see him get some comfort after all the hurt. Whether that’s with his sister or Bobby, or both, I’m happy with either!
·   While I do think Johnny was in love with Peter in this universe, I view it as pretty one-sided. I like the idea of him slowly learning how to move forward after everything, maybe with Bobby’s help.
·  Fire and ice! I would love to see their powers played with, however you want to interpret that.
·  Would love to know Bobby’s thoughts about Johnny’s upbringing, whether that’s being raised the dumb kid at a military-sponsored think tank or the time his dad made him go to his mother’s fake funeral as a toddler. Incredible parenting there, Franklin. Ultimate Bobby had a rough time of it, too, so I’d love to see some comparing and contrasting and some mutual comforting.
·  I love Ultimate Mary Storm, the Worst Woman in the World, and I think she’s very fun in her general terrible-ness – if you want to disregard some, uh, stuff (cough Ultimatum #5 and it’s retcon in Ultimate FF #5 cough), I would love to see Bobby meet his mother-in-law. I would also love to see Johnny and Sue just deal with their mother, whether it's in person or with the aftermath of any of their run-ins with her. How does Sue feel about her mother considering her the same as herself, a genius, while she relegates Johnny to a lesser category?
·  I’m also just interested in Johnny and Sue’s sibling relationship. They’re much closer in age to each other here than in a lot of Fantastic Four canons, and that clearly effects their relationship, but I’d love to see some general sibling bonding.
·  I’m really intrigued by the way Johnny and Sue’s powers are combined in UFF #37, with Dreamcatcher noting that syncing their powers like that is something that they could learn to do themselves. I love playing around with powers, and Sue and Johnny are both great for that, so I would love to see them learning to combine their powers.

Ultimate Fantastic Four’s original run ran for 60 issues, give or take some annuals that crossover with Ultimate X-Men, and it is a mess the entire way through, but it’s a fascinating kind of mess, the kind that makes you want to go dumpster diving. There’s genuinely good ideas in here, buried under the Land art and the comics’ inability to remember basic facts, like its main characters’ ages. Do not get me wrong, I love this comic. I’ve read it all the way through like five times. I’m delighted to get any take on it.

Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four (Comics)

Johnny Storm, Lord Wyatt Wingfoot

Fantastick Four: 1602 is such a fun comic. My problem with any Marvel universe ever is “not enough Fantastic Four,” so this really remedied that for me. I loved that it wasn’t afraid to be a little weird and ridiculous. Johnny and Wyatt are so immediately ride or die for each other in 616, so it’s interesting to see a version of them where their relationship is not initially harmonious.

I’m fine with my writer discarding/ignoring any main series 1602 canon if they choose. I’m also fine with bringing in other 1602 Fantastick Four characters, like the remaining three, Medusa, Shakespeare, or Doris Evans.

·  1602 is already an AU, but if you want to mix up the setting even more, go for it! 1602 but in space! 1602 but Shakespeare founds a coffee shop and Johnny is the barista always getting too creative with Lord Wingfoot’s order! 1602 but mermaids! Different mermaids. Go wild.
·  This is to say if you want to put more dinosaurs into canon I’m cool with it.
·  For reasons, Johnny and Lord Wingfoot have entered into an arranged marriage. They’re off to a pretty rocky start at the beginning of the series, but seem to have settled into a “This is the Start of a Beautiful Friendship” phase by the end, so how do they react?
·  Every Johnny Storm’s lot in his life is “beautiful man in peril.” Put that man in peril. Let a dinosaur kidnap him. Have Wyatt save him! Or vice versa!
·  Other historical AU of your choice, possibly still with dinosaurs. The only setting I would prefer not to get here is modern day because, well, that’s just regular Fantastic Four, which also has dinosaurs in it.

Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four is a five issue miniseries that is part of the larger Marvel 1602 universe, but it can be read on its own.

逆爱 | Revenged Love (TV)

Guo Chengyu, Jiang Xiaoshuai

This was the romance of the summer for me. I was sick for a chunk of the summer and this show was such a fun watch and a great thing to look forward to. It gave me everything. Snakes. Conspiracy walls. Exes of varying degrees of toxicity. Men with earrings. Food as love. Beating the shit out of your beloved’s ex in your gay little club room. Did I mention the snakes. Loved the snakes.

I love the main couple and all the different dynamics, but these two absolutely stole the show for me. I’m a total hurt/comfort freak, so their developing relationship was so, so good, especially as that element developed. I love how protective Chengyu was over Xiaoshuai (Wang Shuo’s “You’re so protective of him, you were never that protective over me” line, and Chengyu pressing Xiaoshuai's face into his chest during the snake killing scene so he couldn't see, and everything with Meng Tao), and also just how extremely down bad he was the whole time. You can give me basically anything and I’ll adore it.

I love Wu Suowei and Chi Cheng, the besties (manipulation but adorable), and the worsties (Jesus Christ), as well as the snake polycule vibes, so feel free to include them if you want! They should all be unbearably weird about each other forever. Snakes, schemes, and exes, I’m good with it all.

· Cooking and food as love. I really love that Chengyu wooed Xiaoshuai with food, and I also love stories that have to do with food as love in general.
·  Anything with the BTS footage from episode 21 with Xiaoshuai wearing Chengyu’s ring.
·  Xiaoshuai’s fear of the dark explored, with or without exploration into its origins. Chengyu doesn’t seem surprised when Xiaoshuai calls him – is he already aware of his fear? Was there a previous incident he witnessed? Is it easier for Xiaoshuai to handle in the future with Chengyu?
·  Look, the scary movie scene is like ridiculously cute. I love everything about that set up, including the "I'll protect you" line. I'm very happy with domestic movie nights, with or without apprentices interrupting things.
·  I mentioned in my general likes that I love weddings and proposals, so of course I feel Completely Normal about the “I’m saving up for marriage” scene and hug in episode 20, and the second mention of betrothal gifts in episode 24. Like, literally, give me anything, I’ll scream and clap like a trained seal. It doesn’t even have to be actual wedding fic – the expansion of the clinic is labeled a betrothal gift, so I’d love to see anything immediately post-canon about that. Could you be a Bridezilla about refitting cabinets? Guo Chengyu could.
·  I love the canon setting, but I’m also happy to get AUs, so if you have something in mind, go for it! In general I really love AUs that take characters' existing canon backstories and shape them into a new setting, which I think could be really interesting for these two in particular. A culinary AU could be really fun.
·  They’re so sweet. You can just write them being sweet towards each other and I will be very happy.

Revenged Love is a 24 episode series currently available at this YouTube playlist.

Thank you for writing for me, Yuletide writer, and I'm excited to read your fic!

Dear Yuletide writer,

Thank you in advance for writing for me! I've written a little about what I love about the canons I've requested and included some prompts, but if you have a totally different idea, go for it!

General likes: Pining (mutual or otherwise), hurt/comfort especially when it's heavy on the comfort, pretending to be married/dating, fake dating turns real in general, happy endings, soulbonding/mates/any kind of weird psychic connection bonding scenario. I'm a big fan of AUs, so if you want to write one that's out there, I'll probably be happy to receive it. (With the exception that I'm not a huge fan of cyberpunk scenarios.) I also love all the canons I requested and am more than happy to receive a fic rooted firmly within them. I'm cool with porn.

General dislikes/DNWs: Permanent major non-canonical character death (I’m fine with canon character deaths and past plot important character deaths like Louise as she pertains to Kaine's story), infidelity between the main couple in case of shipfic (although I'm fine with infidelity for Peter and Felicia in Marvel Noir given the nature of both the canon and their relationship), watersports/scat, any mention of harm to animals, unhappy endings. All of my requests are for Marvel fandoms but please no references to the MCU or MCU-based characterization.

I'm Traincat at Ao3 and tumblr and @hellotraincat on twitter if you want to poke around. I tag everything on tumblr by character name and general series.

Fantastic Four (Comics)

Johnny Storm, Peter Parker

One thing I love about these two is the sheer breadth of their history, spanning from the ‘60s until today -- the teenage rivalry, the deep trust and affection between them even back before Johnny knew Peter's name or face – and how the relationship has stayed so important to both characters over all that time. Their long history of saving each other. The fact that canonically every Christmas they meet up at the Statue of Liberty. The way Johnny will tell Peter anything, from when he messed up by asking Ben to be his best man to the fact that the "Alicia" he married was actually a Skrull spy, and also the fact that he slept naked in his bed. What was up with that one!! I love the banter and the jokes but also how they can flip the switch and be serious with each other in an instant. I admit I'm more partial to fic set post-identity reveal, after they’re adults, but identity porn is always fun. If you do decide to write a fic where they're in high school, I'd prefer it lean more on the original Kirby/Lee and Ditko/Lee runs' interpretation rather than a "jock/nerd" bent where Peter's the nerd. Johnny on the bowling team more than welcome.

I’m also extremely weak to the fact that they canonically hang out every Christmas morning at the Statue of Liberty and would love to get holiday fic. I also mentioned I really love AUs! I think they fit a lot of fun AU scenarios, especially a romcom styled one, although in almost all AU settings I prefer that Peter keeps his powers.

When it comes to canon fic, they have so much history and they've known each other literally their entire careers, so a game I like to play is to pick any point in their shared canon and reimagine it if they were in a relationship at that time. What changes and what stays the same? For example, what does Fraction's Fantastic Four run look like if Peter's along for the ride? How much does it up the angst of Johnny leaving Peter his family if they’re together when Johnny sacrifices himself in Hickman’s run? Do torrid feelings get in the way of Johnny’s wedding in Fantastic Four #300? What’s THAT version of the Clone Saga even look like? As a note, I'm not really up to date on Slott's run (I skimmed it), but I wouldn't mind a Spideytorch spin on the events. I'm a quick canon study.

I'm also interested in how Johnny’s celebrity and Peter’s dual identity play into how the public views their friendship and/or relationship. Johnny can define himself by public perception, to the point of his own detriment, while Peter has an extremely mixed relationship with the press. Is Spider-Man ever accused of dragging the Human Torch into shady business? Tarnishing his reputation? Do they get snapped by tourists at Lady Liberty? Related, there has got to be Spider-Man/Human Torch RPF in-universe, and Johnny googles himself enough to probably know about it.

I'm totally down with smut and would feel remiss not pointing out that 1) Peter's canonically used webbing in the bedroom, 2) Johnny really seems to dig the idea of "Peter Parker in charge", and 3) Peter "loves" when Johnny "does what he says." (Thanks, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #3.) One thing I do not want in regard to this request is any positive mentions of Lyja or Johnny's relationship with Lyja. I'm fine with Johnny's other exes popping up, and more than okay with Peter and his amazing ability to remain friends with his exes.

This is an extremely long running canon but I do have a reading list of recommended issues here.

Scarlet Spider

Kaine, Flash Thompson, Aracely Penalba

You don't have to use all my requested characters for this request, although I would also be very happy if you did, but I need Kaine included. I'm happy get either Kaine&Aracely focused fic or Flash/Kaine focused fic. I very much ship Flash/Kaine, but I view Kaine and Aracely as having a strictly familial relationship and DNW shipfic for them. If you do want to use all three, I would also love shipfic where Flash is convinced he has to win Aracely over, and Aracely takes shameless advantage, much to Kaine's chagrin. ("You DON'T have to buy her stuff, she knows where I keep the duffel bag of stolen cash.")

So first off, I'm obsessed with Kaine Parker. He's one of my top favorite Marvel characters. I think that "broody clone of the hero" is such a quintessentially comics trope, but at the same time Kaine is very much his own character and not just Peter But Edgier, and I think his Scarlet Spider run did such a good job of growing his character beyond who he was in the Clone Saga and letting him explore what life could offer him once the clone degeneration was cured: a home, a family, and his own blossoming identity. And a huge part of that is his relationship with Aracely. I think it's pretty clear that initially he sees a lot of himself in her, and his saving her is in a way saving his younger self, but I love how their bond grows out of that and how devoted they are to each other. Kaine is her champion! She knows he would never hurt her! He fought werewolves to protect her! They have a psychic bond! I would love to see more exploration of that, of the connection between them and possibly how it ties into Kaine's own former psychic abilities. I'm also very good with them having a spa day in Houston.

I know Kaine and Flash only have the one relatively brief interaction, but their chemistry was so good and I think they should kiss on the lips. Possibly with some more fighting together first. I loved their Minimum Carnage banter -- if you can call Flash attempting to get along and Kaine struggling like a cat about to get a bath every step of the way banter. I do headcanon both Flash and Kaine as being attracted to men, although I think Flash is much more aware of this than Kaine, who was grown in a basement lab and raised for like two whole months by the only father figure he has, an abusive professor in a fursuit who tried to kill him, and so is maybe not very good at self-reflection as a result of that. I do think that Flash is attracted to Peter, and so I wouldn't mind a reflection of what it means for him to be in a relationship with Peter's clone, but if you do go down that route I would like it established that Flash genuinely likes Kaine for who Kaine is, and not because he's Peter's clone. I also wouldn't say no to a non-powers AU where Kaine's always had a crush on football star Flash but is convinced he only sees him as Peter's moody little brother.

I do think Kaine has, understandably, a lot of issues with intimacy and touch and the trust that comes with those things, stemming from the Jackal's abuse of him but also in more recent canon from being assaulted by Shathra in the guise of Annabelle, and also generally from believing he doesn't deserve to be touched kindly because he views himself as a worthless monster. So I would also love fic where Kaine explores touch and intimacy with Flash and learns what he does and doesn't like, and maybe that he really enjoys surrendering on his own terms and letting Flash be in charge for a while.

If you want to set things after the Scarlet Spider run, I'm very much fine either taking or leaving anything that happens to Kaine after the New Warriors run, including Spider-Verse and Clone Conspiracy. If it's post Clone Conspiracy, I would like for Kaine's face to be healed of the clone scars, because he's right and it's not fair that Ben gets magically healed and Kaine doesn't. I'm also always very partial to Kaine with longer hair, as much as I appreciate his character development buzzcut. (But honestly neither of these are deal breakers.)

Scarlet Spider (2012) ran for 25 issues, which is pretty quick by comic standards. I don't mind New Warriors (2014) canon popping up, but I also don't mind if anyone chooses to disregard it entirely. The entirety of Flash and Kaine's interaction can be found in the Minimum Carnage storyline.

Marvel Noir

Peter Parker, Felicia Hardy

This is the only request I would prefer not to get an AU for, as it's already a canon AU setting. I'm not terribly interested in anything that happened with this Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy during or after the Spider-Verse event in comics and would prefer anything after Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face ignored. If you want to go totally canon divergent after Eyes Without a Face, that's more than cool.

One of my favorite things that you can do with a multiverse is examine how shifting one little thing changes a character. For example, with Marvel Noir's Peter, Uncle Ben was murdered before Peter was bitten by the spider, and he wasn't killed by a gun. In reaction, this Peter carries and uses guns, and also may not have as much of a problem with the whole killing thing. (He certainly didn't seem to feel any great remorse or guilt after he killed the Vulture.) I'm interested in an exploration of this Peter and how he feels about violence -- he seems sickened by it when it's inflicted by other people, possibly because of how Ben died? But at the same time, with the timing of the bite and Ben's murder, his sense of responsibility over Ben's death is at least lessened, if not nonexistent: this is not a thing that happened because of him. IMHO Peter's almost crushing sense of responsibility is what keeps him, a man with the ability to crush steel with his bare hands, in check. What then keeps Noir Peter in check? What does he consider to be the hard limit? (I am more than interested in an exploration of Peter Parker’s brutality in the pursuit of justice, especially when it’s balanced with his tenderness towards friends, family, and lovers.)

Similarly, this Felicia is really interesting, a harder take on a character who was already unfairly thrust into a bad girl box by the narrative, shaped to fit the Noir narrative. We don't see as much of her life as we do Peter's, or her perspective. I'm interested in her life before Peter, and also in their on again and off again affair. I'd love anything that touches on her and her club, whether it was the opening, the day to day operation, or where things stand after she puts on that mask. I am good with a canon divergent fic where she's the femme fatale who approaches the detective for mysterious reasons. Totally different canon, but I'm a Spider-Man PS4 PeterFel baby truther, so if you wanted to put that on Noir as well, I'm cool with kidfic, and I think it's fun when people keep huge secrets from Peter the way he keeps them from everyone in his life.

I love the bedroom scenes from Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face, especially the lovely one where Felicia gets undressed and leans up to kiss Peter while her cats twine around them. I am 100% down with Peter/Felicia PWP or even Peter and Felicia shop talking in bed while cats climb on top of Peter's head and chew on his hair or try to bat him in the eye. Similarly, I'm interested in Peter and Felicia's attachment to each other despite their different viewpoints -- and despite Peter wanting more than Felicia can give him. I’d love to read anything about Peter and Felicia in the gap between Spider-Man Noir and Eyes Without a Face. While I said I don't really view anything beyond Eyes Without a Face as canon, I did like the tone of the recent Noir story in Edge of Spider-Verse (2022) #1, and I thought it was interesting though not really touched on that Peter took Shathra to Felicia's club. I'd love a Felicia point of view on that scenario.

Spider-Man Noir ran four issues and Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face ran for four after that. Eyes Without a Face comes with heavy trigger warnings for physical, sexual, and racial violence, as the plot deals heavily with Nazi experimentation. You don't need to dig deep into this for the purpose of a gift (I would prefer if you didn't) and I understand if anyone would prefer to avoid the comic because of it. I'd prefer no mention of the events of Spider-Verse or the 2020 Spider-Man Noir series, and while I loved Noir Peter in Into the Spider-Verse, I prefer the original comics' more grounded characterization and voices.

Dear Yuletide writer,

Thank you in advance for writing for me! I've written a little about what I love about the canons I've requested and included some prompts, but if you have a totally different idea, go for it! I'm excited for whatever you come up with.

General likes: Pining (mutual or otherwise), hurt/comfort especially when it's heavy on the comfort, pretending to be married/dating, fake dating turns real in general, happy endings, soulbonding/mates/any kind of weird psychic connection bonding scenario. I'm a big fan of AUs, so if you want to write one that's out there, I'll probably be happy to receive it. (With the exception that I'm not a huge fan of cyberpunk scenarios.) I also love all the canons I requested and am more than happy to receive a fic rooted firmly within them.

General dislikes: Permanent major non-canonical character death (I’m fine with canon character deaths such as in FF 2015 and past plot important character deaths like Louise as she pertains to Kaine's story), infidelity between the main couple in case of shipfic, any mention of harm to animals, unhappy endings. All of my requests are for Marvel fandoms but please no references to the MCU or MCU-based characterization.

I'm Traincat at Ao3 and tumblr and @hellotraincat on twitter if you want to poke around.

Fantastic Four (Comics)

Johnny Storm, Peter Parker

One thing I love about these two is the sheer breadth of their history, spanning from the ‘60s until today -- the teenage rivalry, the deep trust and affection between them even back before Johnny knew Peter's name or face – and how the relationship has stayed so important to both characters over all that time. Their long history of saving each other. The fact that canonically every Christmas they meet up at the Statue of Liberty. The way Johnny will tell Peter anything, from when he messed up by asking Ben to be his best man to the fact that the "Alicia" he married was actually a Skrull spy, and also the fact that he slept naked in his bed. What was up with that one!! I love the banter and the jokes but also how they can flip the switch and be serious with each other in an instant. I admit I'm more partial to fic set post-identity reveal, after they’re adults, but identity porn is always fun. I’m also extremely weak to the fact that they canonically hang out every Christmas morning at the Statue of Liberty and would love to get holiday fic. I also mentioned I really love AUs! I think they fit a lot of fun AU scenarios, especially a romcom styled one, although in almost all AU settings I prefer that Peter keeps his powers.

When it comes to canon fic, they have so much history and they've known each other literally their entire careers, so a game I like to play is to pick any point in their shared canon and reimagine it if they were in a relationship at that time. What changes and what stays the same? For example, what does Fraction's Fantastic Four run look like if Peter's along for the ride? How much does it up the angst of Johnny leaving Peter his family if they’re together when Johnny sacrifices himself in Hickman’s run? Do torrid feelings get in the way of Johnny’s wedding in Fantastic Four #300? What’s THAT version of the Clone Saga even look like? I'm also interested in how Johnny’s celebrity and Peter’s dual identity play into how the public views their friendship and/or relationship. Johnny can define himself by public perception, to the point of his own detriment, while Peter has an extremely mixed relationship with the press. Is Spider-Man ever accused of dragging the Human Torch into shady business? Tarnishing his reputation? Do they get snapped by tourists at Lady Liberty? Related, there has got to be Spider-Man/Human Torch RPF in-universe, and Johnny googles himself enough to probably know about it.

Scarlet Spider

Kaine, Flash Thompson, Aracely Penalba

You definitely don't have to use all my requested characters for this request, although I would also be very happy if you did, but I need Kaine included. I'm happy get either Kaine&Aracely focused fic or Flash/Kaine focused fic. I very much ship Flash/Kaine, but I view Kaine and Aracely as having a strictly familial relationship and DNW shipfic for them. If you do want to use all three, I would also love shipfic where Flash is convinced he has to win Aracely over, and Aracely takes shameless advantage, much to Kaine's chagrin. ("You DON'T have to buy her stuff, she knows where I keep the duffel bag of stolen cash.")

So first off, I'm obsessed with Kaine Parker. He's one of my top favorite Marvel characters. I think that "broody clone of the hero" is such a quintessentially comics trope, but at the same time Kaine is very much his own character and not just Peter But Edgier, and I think his Scarlet Spider run did such a good job of growing his character beyond who he was in the Clone Saga and letting him explore what life could offer him once the clone degeneration was cured: a home, a family, and his own blossoming identity. Obviously a huge part of that is his relationship with Aracely. I think it's pretty clear that initially he sees a lot of himself in her, and his saving her is in a way saving his younger self, but I love how their bond grows out of that and how devoted they are to each other. Kaine is her champion! She knows he would never hurt her! He fought werewolves to protect her! They have a psychic bond! I would love to see more exploration of that, of the connection between them and possibly how it ties into Kaine's own former psychic abilities. I'm also very good with them having a spa day in Houston.

I know Kaine and Flash only have the one relatively brief interaction, but their chemistry was so good and I think they should kiss on the lips. Possibly with some more fighting together first. I loved their Minimum Carnage banter -- if you can call Flash attempting to get along and Kaine struggling like a cat about to get a bath every step of the way banter. I do headcanon both Flash and Kaine as being attracted to men, although I think Flash is much more aware of this than Kaine, who was grown in a basement lab and raised for like two whole months by the only father figure he has, an abusive professor in a fursuit who tried to kill him, and so is maybe not very good at self-reflection as a result of that. I do think that Flash is attracted to Peter, and so I wouldn't mind a reflection of what it means for him to be in a relationship with Peter's clone, but if you do go down that route I would like it established that Flash genuinely likes Kaine for who Kaine is, and not because he's Peter's clone. I also wouldn't say no to a non-powers AU where Kaine's always had a crush on football star Flash but is convinced he only sees him as Peter's moody little brother.

I do think Kaine has, understandably, a lot of issues with intimacy and touch and the trust that comes with those things, stemming from the Jackal's abuse of him but also in more recent canon from being assaulted by Shathra in the guise of Annabelle, and also generally from believing he doesn't deserve to be touched kindly because he views himself as a worthless monster. So I would also love fic where Kaine explores touch and intimacy with Flash and learns what he does and doesn't like, and maybe that he really enjoys surrendering on his own terms and letting Flash be in charge for a while.

If you want to set things after the Scarlet Spider run, I'm very much fine either taking or leaving anything that happens to Kaine after the New Warriors run, including Spider-Verse and Clone Conspiracy. If it's post Clone Conspiracy, I would like for Kaine's face to be healed of the clone scars, because he's right and it's not fair that Ben gets magically healed and Kaine doesn't. I'm also always very partial to Kaine with longer hair, as much as I appreciate his character development buzzcut.

Fantastic Four (2015)

Johnny Storm

I love this stupid movie so much!!! It has a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it is the BEST FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE EVER MADE and possibly the best Marvel movie ever made, somehow, don't think too hard about it. One of the things I really like about this movie is that it is really just barely a superhero movie -- it is a movie about people who get powers, but it is not a superhero movie, and that's amazing. And I absolutely love its take on Johnny Storm, and how they avoided all the most classic pitfalls for his character: he's not a joke, he's some over the top skirt chaser acting as a hormonal teenage boy audience stand in. He's insecure and unsure of his place and and he's a brilliant mechanic who loves cars and he makes terrible jokes about Victor and he's got the best smile. I feel like there's so much more to explore with this version of Johnny because he's the last of the core four to be introduced and he gets comparatively little screen time. While I love the Ben/Reed shippiness in the movie and I’m not opposed to them being together, I’d prefer to keep them background. I’m very interested in Johnny’s relationship with his sister and his father, which seems estranged at the beginning of the film, and his own personal relationships with Reed and Victor. (I’m definitely not against Reed/Johnny, Ben/Johnny, or Victor/Johnny. If you wanted to involve Marvel characters outside of the Fant4stic cast, I ship Johnny with Peter Parker and I'd be very interested in a take on a Fant4stic Wyatt Wingfoot or the Silver Surfer.)

I'd love something exploring Johnny's absence from Baxter at the beginning of the movie, and how his sister haven't (or have) been talking, or a peek into Johnny's childhood. Before Baxter? At Baxter? His relationship with their father? Given that Fant4stic is so heavily rooted in Ultimate Fantastic Four, what's its version of Mary Storm look like and how does Johnny navigate a relationship with her? (If she still left her family to go search for Atlantis, I wouldn't be mad.) What’s Johnny doing at the beginning of the movie besides building the Toyota? One thing that interests me about main continuity comics Johnny is how, despite having a bright and kind personality and also being a beautiful celebrity, he doesn’t really have much in the way of friends. Does that isolation extend to this Johnny? What are the reasons he left Baxter? (Has he ever made out with the racer he blows a kiss to in his introductory scene? I do headcanon basically every Johnny Storm as gay, including this one.)

Johnny has a very different relationship with his powers than the others -- Sue calls them "abnormal" and wants to get rid of them, Ben is traumatized by his transformation, while by the time we catch up with Reed after the timeskip he seems to have adjusted to his powers. On the flipside Johnny, if anything, has perhaps embraced his powers a little too much. H seems naively trusting of his military handlers, something I’ve always read, when you compare it to his relationship with his father, as him craving attention and approval. I'd love to read something about if Johnny's ever frightened of his own inherently destructive abilities. One thing I love about Johnny in main comics continuity is his battle to fine tune his control of his powers to the point where he can use them to soothe burns and siphon off body heat, and I’d love to see this Johnny on a similar journey, or get a look into his feelings about what his new powers could do to people. I'm obsessed with Johnny's cut line from the trailers: "We should use these powers to help people." Once they're released from the military's hold, what does he do with his powers? It's hard to envision this version of Johnny in a sterile lab space for very long -- although notably, another cut scene has him claiming lab space and saying he needs "a big ass sun roof."

I also really love how music is used in the movie in connection with the Storm siblings. While Sue has the bigger connection to music in the movie, Johnny has Standing in the Shadows of Love by the Four Tops playing in his introductory scene. I’d love an exploration of Johnny and music, and what it means to him, or even just a Johnny-focused team karaoke night. (Who else is going to make the other three and/or, while they’re building the teleporter, Victor go, after all?)

Thank you for writing for me! I personally like long letters with lots of prompts, so that's what I've written, but if that's not your style, please do your own thing! I'm excited to read what you write for me and I love all of these series.

Likes: Pining (mutual or otherwise), hurt/comfort especially when it's heavy on the comfort, pretending to be married/dating, fake dating turns real in general, happy endings, soulbonding/mates/any kind of weird psychic connection bonding scenario. AUs and tropes! Love them! If you want to write me any of my requests but they're werewolf florists who live on Mars, I'm down with it. Similarly, I love all of my requested canon settings and am more than happy to receive fic set in them.

Dislikes: permanent major, non-canonical character death (I’m fine with canon character deaths, such as in FF 2015), character bashing, infidelity between the main couple in case of shipfic, harm to animals. I don't want incest between adopted siblings for Fantastic Four (2015). I do not want any mention of MCU characters, especially MCU Spider-Man and cast, for Venom (2018).

I'm Traincat at Ao3 and tumblr and @hellotraincat on twitter if you want to poke around.

Fantastic Four (Comicsverse)

Johnny Storm, Peter Parker

My prompts here trend towards shipping but I'm also happy to receive gen! I'm not going to lie: I would read a thousand fics of them arguing about takeout and movies. I’m also extremely weak to the fact that they canonically hang out every Christmas morning at the Statue of Liberty and would love to get holiday fic.

They have so much history and they've known each other literally their entire careers, so a game I like to play is to pick any point in their shared canon and reimagine it if they were in a relationship at that time. What changes and what stays the same? For example, what does Fraction's Fantastic Four run look like if Peter's along for the ride? How much does it up the angst of Johnny leaving Peter his family if they’re together when Johnny sacrifices himself in Hickman’s run? Do torrid feelings get in the way of Johnny’s wedding in Fantastic Four #300? What’s THAT version of the Clone Saga even look like?

I'm also interested in how Johnny’s celebrity and Peter’s dual identity play into how the public views their friendship and/or relationship. Johnny can define himself by public perception, to the point of his own detriment, while Peter has an extremely mixed relationship with the press. Is Spider-Man ever accused of dragging the Human Torch into shady business? Tarnishing his reputation? Do they get snapped by tourists at Lady Liberty?

Related, there has got to be Spider-Man/Human Torch RPF in-universe. Who are the shippers, what’s the community like, how much tinhatting is there, etc? Ship wars over Spider-Man/Human Torch vs Peter Parker/Human Torch? Do they know about it? Who has read what fanfiction. (Who has WRITTEN what fanfiction and/or gotten into a passionate anonymous Reddit debate about the true nature of their relationship.)

I'm totally down with porn and would feel remiss not pointing out that 1) Peter's canonically used webbing in the bedroom, 2) Johnny really seems to dig the idea of "Peter Parker in charge", and 3) Peter "loves" when Johnny "does what he says." (Thanks, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #3.)

Marvel Noir

Peter Parker, Felicia Hardy, May Parker, Mary Jane Watson

You do not have to use all my selected characters for this request, although of course you are more than welcome to -- I'm interested in any individual one or combination of these characters. This is the only request I would prefer not to get an AU for, as it's already a canon AU setting. I'm not terribly interested in anything that happened with this Peter Parker during or after the Spider-Verse event in comics and would prefer anything after Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face ignored.

I'm always a sucker for stories where May finds out Peter's Spider-Man, or scenarios where she's suspected or even known all along. A look at May and Peter in the wake of the Vulture's death would be amazing. I always sort of read Peter as gravitating towards people who have stronger moral centers than him -- people who innately possess the kind of goodness that he has to strive for. This May is moral, perhaps to a flaw. How does that balance out between them in the quiet moments?

We don't know a whole lot about this Mary Jane, who seems more subdued than her 616 counterpart. I'd love something from her point of view, or just more about her. Additionally, I'm always a sucker for PeterMJ, so I'm more than happy to get shipfic. In 616, Mary Jane knew the whole time that Peter was Spider-Man -- could the same be true of their Marvel Noir versions?

Mary Jane/Felicia?? Mary Jane/Peter/Felicia??? I'm down for any combo of the three.

Fantastic Four (2015)

Johnny Storm

I love this movie. Bite me, Rotten Tomatoes. The whole core cast is great, but I requested Johnny because Johnny Storm is always my favorite and because I feel like there’s so much room to explore this version of the character, not the least because he’s the last of the core Four to be introduced. While I love the Ben/Reed shippiness in the movie and I’m not opposed to them being together at all, I’d prefer to keep them background. I’m very interested in Johnny’s relationship with his sister and his father, which seems estranged at the beginning of the film, and his own personal relationships with Reed and Victor. (I’m definitely not against Reed/Johnny, Ben/Johnny, or Victor/Johnny.)

I'd love something exploring Johnny's absence from Baxter at the beginning of the movie, and how he and Sue haven't (or have) been talking, or a peek into their childhoods. Before Baxter? At Baxter? Their respective relationship with their father? Where is he living? What’s he doing besides building the Toyota? One thing that interests me about main continuity comics Johnny is how, despite having a bright and kind personality and also being a beautiful celebrity, he doesn’t really have much in the way of friends. Does that isolation extend to this Johnny? What are the reasons he left Baxter? (Has he ever made out with the racer he blows a kiss to in his introductory scene?)

Johnny and Sue have very different relationships with their powers -- Sue calls them "abnormal" and wants to get rid of them, while Johnny's embraced them perhaps a little too much -- he seems naively trusting of his military handlers, something I’ve always read, when you compare it to his relationship with his father, as him craving attention and approval. I'd love to read something about if Johnny's ever frightened of his own inherently destructive abilities. One thing I love about Johnny in main comics continuity is his battle to fine tune his control of his powers to the point where he can use them to soothe burns and siphon off body heat, and I’d love to see this Johnny on a similar journey, or get a look into his feelings about what his new powers could do to people.

Johnny Storm and music! While Sue has the bigger connection to music in the movie, Johnny has Standing in the Shadows of Love by the Four Tops playing in his introductory scene. I’d love an exploration of Johnny and music, and what it means to him, or even just a Johnny-focused team karaoke night. (Who else is going to make the other three and/or, while they’re building the teleporter, Victor go, after all?)

I love Johnny's cut line from the trailers: "We should use these powers to help people." Once they're released from the military's hold, what does he do with his powers? It's hard to envision this version of Johnny in a sterile lab space for very long -- although notably, another cut scene has him claiming lab space and saying he needs "a big ass sun roof." What does he want the team to do with their powers? The others seem to have accepted their abilities on the same level as Johnny has by the end of the film, but have they really? How do Johnny’s desires to do more with his abilities connect or separate him from the others?

Venom (2018)

Eddie Brock, Venom Symbiote

Off the bat: I am down for tentacle porn. The tongue can play too.

I was not expecting to request this; I’ve never especially gravitated towards Eddie and Venom when it comes to Spider-Man comics, and while I figured I’d probably like the movie, I didn’t expect to absolutely love it. But I did love it A LOT. It was so fun, and I love the relationship between Eddie and Venom and how it played out in the film with Venom deciding he "liked" Eddie. Thank you, Sony, for having a scene where Eddie and Venom made out For The Plot. (I am definitely here for more Eddie and Venom makeouts, for the plot or otherwise. I’d be cool with Anne coming too.)

I’d really love post-movie fic of Eddie learning to live with Venom, and vice versa. I loved their casual conversation about how “we can only hurt bad people” at the end and would be into Venom’s education on doing just that. Venom ending up as the neighborhood watch. The advantages in Eddie’s line of work that come with having a man-eating alien symbiote. (I would prefer any actual eating of people to not be overly graphic/gory, but I understand it comes with this movie’s territory.) Or even just a guy and his alien symbiote cuddled up on the couch watching movies sharing the same body because yeah it’s a little gay. Venom and Eddie doing “whatever” they want, as Venom sees it. A missing scene set during the movie would also be cool. Venom comes around very quickly to Eddie, so I would love to see some more of the symbiote's thoughts about why it likes this loser so much, and how it connects to him (on every level), or something from Venom's point of view on trying to get back to Eddie after they're separated.

I’d also love an exploration of Venom’s experiences on a brand new and alien planet, and what about Earth (and Eddie) made the symbiote make such a quick turn. Brand new sights, sounds, sensations – I loved the setting of the film, but I definitely would not say no to Venom And Eddie Take a Road Trip.

Basically I just really loved what the movie brought to the table and how it made me really enjoy a property I’d previously never been crazy about and now I want more of it. With tongue.

Thank you so much for writing for me! I personally like long letters with lots of prompts, but if that's not your style, please feel free to do your own thing! I am notoriously easy to please and I love all these series, so I'm just excited to read what you write for me! If I wrote more about one of these series than the others, please don't take it as a sign that I want it more -- it just means I had more to talk about. I will be delighted to receive fic for any of these series. I like both gen and shipfic, and am down with smut but also without it, so whatever floats your boat, go for it. I'm excited!

I'm Traincat on Ao3 and on tumblr, and @hellotraincat on twitter, if you want to poke around.

Likes: Mutual pining, hurt/comfort especially if it’s heavy on the comfort, pretending to be married/dating FOR THE MISSION, fake dating turns real in general, fake break-up for whatever reason, happy endings, soulbonding/mates/any kind of weird psychic connection bonding scenario. I also like angst where it fits the setting, like in Marvel Noir or Fantastic Four (2015). AUs and tropes! Love them! If you want to write me any of my requests but they're werewolf florists who live on Mars, I'm down with it. Similarly, I love all of my requested canon settings and am more than happy to receive fic set in them.

Dislikes: permanent major character death (I’m fine with canon character deaths, such in FF 2015), character bashing, infidelity, harm to animals. I don't want incest between adopted siblings for Fantastic Four (2015).

Fantastic Four (Comicverse)
Johnny Storm, Peter Parker

I love these two so much. The sheer breadth of their history -- the teenage rivalry, the deep trust and affection between them even back before Johnny knew Peter's name or face. Their long history of saving each other. The fact that canonically every Christmas they meet up at the Statue of Liberty. The way Johnny will tell Peter anything (when he messed up by asking Ben to be his best man, that the "Alicia" he married was actually a Skrull spy). I also love the banter, the jokes, and the goofing off. One of my favorite relationships in comics. I admit I'm more partial to fic set post-identity reveal, after their adults, but I love them as teens too and identity porn is always fun.

My prompts here trend towards shippy, but I'm also very happy to receive gen!

Some prompts:

They have so much history! They've literally known each other their entire careers! A game I like to play is to pick any point in their shared canon and reimagine it if they were in a relationship at that time. What changes? What stays the same? (For example, what does Fraction's Fantastic Four run look like if Peter's along for the ride?)

I am very weak for the fact that Johnny has the world's best track record when it comes to calming Peter's deep well of rage and making him back off before he goes too far. What is it specifically about Johnny that he's able to get through to Peter so easily?

How does Johnny’s celebrity and Peter’s dual identity play into how the public views their friendship? Into a relationship? Johnny loves public attention and defines himself by it, perhaps to his own detriment – Peter has a mixed relationship with the press. Is Spider-Man ever accused of dragging the Human Torch into shady business? Tarnishing his reputation? Do they get snapped by tourists at Lady Liberty? Do people wonder just how Johnny became friends with Spider-Man and/or Peter Parker?

Related, is there Spider-Man/Human Torch RPF in-universe? Are there shippers, a tumblr community, etc? Ship wars over Spider-Man/Human Torch vs Peter Parker/Human Torch? Do they know about it?

The recent Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 sees them hanging out together on rooftops, eating lunch, and apparently having regular movie nights. I'm not going to lie: I would read a thousand fics of them arguing about takeout and movies.

I'm totally down with porn and would feel remiss not pointing out that 1) Peter's canonically used webbing in the bedroom, 2) Johnny really seems to dig the idea of "Peter Parker in charge", and 3) Peter "loves" when Johnny "does what he says." (Thanks, Zdarsky.)

Fantastic Four (2015)
Sue Storm, Johnny Storm

I love this movie, bite me, Rotten Tomatoes. The whole core cast is great, but I requested Johnny and Sue because I feel there's so much left to explore about these versions of them and because while I love Reed and Ben, so much of the fic is about Reed and Ben. Not to say I'll mind if Reed and Ben show up as well! I'd just like the central relationship to focus on the Storm siblings, before, during, or after the film.

Some prompts:

I'd love something exploring Johnny's absence from Baxter at the beginning of the movie, and how he and Sue haven't (or have) been talking, or a peek into their childhoods. Before Baxter? At Baxter? Their respective relationship with their father?

Johnny and Sue have very different relationships with their powers -- Sue calls them "abnormal" and wants to get rid of them, while Johnny's embraced them (perhaps a little too much -- he seems naively trusting of his military handlers). I'd love to see that reversed. A moment where Sue really gets to revel in what she can do, or when Johnny's frightened of his own (inherently destructive) abilities. One thing I love about the Storm siblings in 616 is that Sue's learned to take a defensive power and turn it into a weapon, whereas Johnny's control over heat is so finely pinpointed that he can soothe burns. I'd love to see these Storms set out on that kind of journey with their powers.

One thing Johnny and Sue seem to have in common in music; Sue states that she needs it to help her focus, while Johnny's listening to Motown (specifically, Standing in the Shadows of Love by the Four Tops) in the car in his introductory scene. I'd love fic exploring what music means to both of them, how it brings them together or keeps them apart, or even the Storms at karaoke night.

I love Johnny's cut line from the trailers: "We should use these powers to help people." Once they're released from the military's hold, what does he do with his powers? It's hard to envision this version of Johnny in a sterile lab space for very long -- although notably, another cut scene has him claiming lab space and saying he needs "a big ass sun roof." What does he want the team to do with their powers? What's Sue's point of view on the newly formed Fantastic Four and her ideas for what their goals should be? She seems more comfortable with her powers at the end, but is she?

Johnny and Sue's mother is entirely absent from the movie, but considering Fantastic Four (2015) is heavily based on Ultimate Marvel, and Ultimate Mary Storm abandoned her family for Very Serious Science, I would totally be down for fic (ridiculous or serious) where she learns of their abilities and reenters their lives in order to gain their help in her quest to find the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Just throwing that out there.

Marvel Noir
Peter Parker, Felicia Hardy, May Parker, Mary Jane Watson

You do not have to use all my selected characters for this request, although of course you are more than welcome to! I'm interested in any individual one or combination of these characters! This is the only request I would prefer not to get an AU for, as it's already a canon AU setting. (Though again, if you want to go like, Noir in space, or mermaid Noir, or any sort of AU that doesn't meet a mood change -- I'm more than cool with it.)

I'm not terribly interested in anything that happened with this Peter during or after Spiderverse and would prefer it ignored, but if you've got an idea that hinges on it, go for it!

Some prompts:

One of my favorite things that you can do with a multiverse is examine how shifting one little thing changes a character. For example, with Marvel Noir's Peter, Uncle Ben was murdered before Peter was bitten by the spider, and he wasn't killed by a gun. In reaction, this Peter carries and uses guns, and also may not have as much of a problem with the whole killing thing. (He certainly didn't seem to feel any great remorse or guilt after he killed the Vulture.) I'm interested in an exploration of this Peter and how he feels about violence -- he seems sickened by it when it's inflicted by other people, possibly because of how Ben died? But at the same time, with the timing of the bite and Ben's murder, his sense of responsibility over Ben's death is at least lessened, if not nonexistent: this is not a thing that happened because of him. IMHO Peter's almost crushing sense of responsibility is what keeps him, a man with the ability to crush steel with his bare hands, in check. What then keeps Noir Peter in check? What does he consider to be the hard limit? (I am, it should note, more than down with stories wherein Peter is brutal in his pursuit of justice.)

I'm always a sucker for stories where May finds out Peter's Spider-Man, or scenarios where she's suspected or even known all along. A look at May and Peter in the wake of the Vulture's death would be amazing. I always sort of read Peter as gravitating towards people who have stronger moral centers than him -- people who innately possess the kind of goodness that he has to strive for. This May is moral, perhaps, to a flaw. How does that balance out between them in the quiet moments?

I love this scene from Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face, especially the panel of Peter and Felicia's feet and the cats. I am 100% down with Peter/Felicia PWP or even Peter and Felicia shop talking in bed while cats climb on top of Peter's head and chew on his hair or try to bat him in the eye. Similarly, I'm interested in Peter and Felicia's attachment to each other despite their different viewpoints -- and despite Peter wanting more than Felicia can give him.

Anything about Felicia after Eyes Without a Face would be amazing, or anything that takes place in the gap between Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face.

We don't know a whole lot about this Mary Jane, who seems more subdued than her 616 counterpart. I'd love something from her point of view, or just more about her. Additionally, I'm always a sucker for PeterMJ, so I'm more than happy to get shipfic. In 616, Mary Jane knew the whole time that Peter was Spider-Man -- could the same be true of their Marvel Noir versions?

Mary Jane/Felicia?? Mary Jane/Peter/Felicia???

This being Marvel Noir, I'd love to see casefic with any one or combination of these characters!

Unstoppable Wasp
Nadia Pym

This book was so bubbly and fun and colorful and kind and bright that it made me emotional every single issue. I loved it! She's a half-Hungarian girl living in New Jersey! I'm a half-Hungarian girl living in New Jersey! (I'm a couple of generations further from the old country than Nadia but still.) Instant kinship.

Some prompts:

I'd love something that picks up from the end of the series, exploring where Nadia goes next. I love all of the girls and women in this series, so if you wanted to write more of them, I'd love to see all the girl geniuses together! Alternatively, I'm perfectly happy with a Nadia solo story.

With Marvel Legacy upon us, the theme of legacy seems pretty fitting. Nadia has her father's, and all of the good and the bad that could come with that, and now, by taking Jan's last name, she's adopted hers too. I'd love to read something about what either of those mean to her -- or Nadia forging ahead with a legacy of her own. (Or, really, anything about her decision to ask Jan if she could take her last name instead of Hank's.)

One of my favorite things about the Marvel universe is how deeply rooted in New York it is. It's a real city that exists and for me it just adds a whole other dimension to the Marvel lore that it uses all these real, tangible, modernly mythical places. Nadia hasn't been in the area very long -- I'd love to see her explore it more, either the fictional Marvel spots or the very real landmarks.

If there's a woman in the Marvel universe you always wanted Nadia to meet but that she hasn't yet, I'd love to read that!

I also love holiday fic, and Nadia's sunny disposition makes her perfect for that!

I'm looking forward to whatever you come up with! Thank you for writing for me!

Thank you for writing for me! I’m a person who likes long letters with a lot of talk about the fandoms/characters and prompts, so that’s what I’ve written, but if that’s not your style please disregard and do your own thing! I’m incredibly easy to please and I love all these series with my whole heart – if I wrote more about one than another, it just means I had more thoughts to share, not that I would prefer it. I’m so excited to see what you come up with! I'm Traincat here, on Ao3 and tumblr, and basically everywhere on the internet except for twitter where I'm @hellotraincat, if you want to poke around.

Likes: found family/families of choice, fluff, alternate universes and fusions (the wackier the better), mutual pining, soulbonding/mates, characters who genuinely enjoy each other, hurt/comfort especially if it’s heavy on the comfort, pretending to be married/dating FOR THE MISSION, fake dating turns real in general, happy endings.

Do Not Wants: permanent major character death (I’m fine with canon character deaths, such in FF 2015), tragedy for tragedy’s sake as opposed to for character/story development, character bashing, infidelity, harm to animals.

Fantastic Four (Comicsverse)

Johnny Storm, Peter Parker

Right off the bat: I ship them like crazy, but a big part of why I ship them is their amazing friendship – I love how it grew out of them being competitive show-off teenagers into a relationship where they completely trust each other and consider themselves family, so while I’d love shipfic, I’m also totally happy with gen.

I’m familiar with them throughout their whole shared canon and love fic set at any point, though I admit a particular fondness for stuff set after Johnny learns Peter’s identity, when they’re both adults. But! I also like fic set during their teenage days and/or identity porn! I would gleefully read a 1000 words of them goofing around on a rooftop somewhere! You really can’t go wrong here.

Some prompts:

The Usual Place! How did they fall into the pattern of meeting at the Statue of Liberty? What made Peter decide to put up with the hassle of getting out there when it’s not a swingable location? How did their Christmas tradition of meeting up there start? Do they have any particular memorable Christmas mornings up there? (I would totally be up for holiday fic, if it strikes your fancy.)

They have so much history! They've literally known each other their entire careers. A game I like to play is to pick any point in their shared canon and reimagine it if they were in a relationship at that time. What changes? What stays the same?

How does Johnny’s celebrity and Peter’s secret identity play into how the public views their friendship? Into a relationship? Johnny loves public attention and defines himself by it – Peter has a mixed relationship with the press. Is Spider-Man ever accused of dragging the Human Torch into terrible doings? Do they get snapped by tourists at Lady Liberty? Do people wonder just how Johnny became friends with Spider-Man and/or Peter Parker? (Is there Spider-Man/Human Torch RPF in-universe and if so do they know about it?)

Current canon as of this letter sees Johnny without his family Johnny, clearly feeling kind of clingy (his jealousy when Peter calls Harry his best friend, the fact that he's slept naked in Peter’s bed…..) and it gives me a lot of hurt/comfort feelings about Peter realizing Johnny needs him. However, ahem, you want to take “needs”, ahem ahem. Johnny’s had a particularly rough run the past few years in canon, so I would definitely not be adverse to him getting some comfort. (I’m less into hurt!Peter fic, possibly because so much of it already exists.)

Smut-wise, I would remiss not to mention Peter’s canonically used his webbing for sexy bondage, and Johnny is apparently super into the idea of Peter in charge.

Anything about Johnny’s recent naked cat nap in Peter’s bed. Gosh I love canon.

Scarlet Spider

Kaine, María Aracely Penalba

This whole run was so much fun – I think I cried laughing at the rodeo and Santa robbers issues. (And then I actually cried during the last couple issues.) I love everything about Kaine, but especially how he claimed he was eschewing responsibility and then immediately turned around and adopted a teenage girl. I love that they lived in a luxury hotel suite and probably only ate room service unless Donald and Wally objected. I love that six-foot-tall two hundred pound Kaine is a ridiculous lightweight, and I love all his feelings about his “brothers.” I love that he's so garbage at secret identities Peter can't show his face in Houston. I love his struggle over his belief that he’s a monster. I love that he and Aracely have a swear jar that they actually use. I love Aracely’s big bright sunny disposition, how immediately she adores and trusts Kaine, and that she sees past his gruff exterior. I love that she made herself a costume! I love that they’ve got some kind of psychic bond that’s intense enough Aracely felt it when the Lobos killed Kaine. Just! I have a lot of feelings!

While I love their relationship, I don’t ship them romantically and would strongly prefer gen for this request.

Some prompts:

Exploration of Aracely’s godhood and what it means that Kaine is her champion? Alternatively, Aracely as a god contrasted against Kaine as the Other?

Kaine and Aracely meeting any other hero in the Marvel universe! Or a non-hero – Kaine and Aracely somehow end up hanging out in May Parker’s living room? J Jonah Jameson’s office? Kaine and Aracely having NYC adventures that Aracely’s completely thrilled about and Kaine is immediately over but gets involved in anyway because that’s what always happens?

Spider-Verse fix-it fic with Aracely saving Kaine?

Kaine & Aracely spending time with Donald and Wally?

I love that they have spa days in canon, so Kaine and Aracely Have a Nice Day at the Spa would be delightful. (Possibly the spa is crashed by assassins. These things happen.)

Fantastic Four (2015)

Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm

The under-rated cinematic masterpiece of 2015; I honestly adore this movie, RT can fight me. I ship Ben/Reed (the whole movie but especially drunk dialing Ben up in the middle of the night to COME TO ANOTHER DIMENSION, the Ben Shrine at the Panama Isolationist Shack, “he was looking for him/”I’m not you’re friend”, my heart) and Reed/Sue (“Do you prefer Susan?” Flicking him on the ear! Finding him! That tense across the table conversation, man), but I could also very easily be sold on Reed/Johnny (the fistbump/hand pat! The hug!) or Ben/Johnny (in my F4-loving heart I believe Ben/Johnny at least a little real in every version of canon). While I love Ben/Reed and filmed Ben/Reed fanfic that is this movie, I'd prefer them not to be the sole focus. I requested all four characters because I’d love to see this version of the Fantastic Four becoming, well, the Fantastic Four – whatever that means for them. Basically: I’m happy to get Ben/Reed fic, but I’d love to see their relationships with Sue and Johnny, too.

Honestly I'd love to see any interaction between these four kids; I love this version of the FF and all their potential a lot.

Some prompts:

A look at Sue, Johnny, and Ben during the year Reed was gone: Sue seems to have a pretty good handle on what’s going on with Ben, while Johnny appears to have bonded with his handlers. (He jokes with them and calls them by name in the one tiny glimpse we get.) Is Johnny desperate for approval and jealous that Ben’s been out in the field, not really understanding what exactly it is Ben’s been doing? How much time have Sue and Johnny spent with Ben? With each other? Have they developed their own in-jokes and friendships and is it hard for Reed when he comes back into their lives? How does the dynamic change and grow when they get to Central City?

OR just Central City antics: what do they get up to once they’re there? What kind of things do they build and discover? Do Reed and Johnny combine their skills and build the Fantasticar? Are the other inhabitants of Central City afraid of their powers? Fascinated? How does Ben feel in Super Genius Heaven? Do Sue and Johnny get a chance to grieve? How do they recover from their own personal traumas and move forward, together?

A canon divergent AU where Reed doesn’t manage to escape. What changes? How hard does he fight to keep Ben from being used as a weapon? How does he fight for Ben? Is Ben used as a bargaining chip against him to keep him compliant and working for the military? I’d love to see Reed, Sue, and Franklin Storm pretending to cooperate and plotting behind everyone else’s backs.

I'm a complete sucker Fantastic Four power swap plots -- Reed and Ben swapping powers? Sue and Johnny? Any other combination? It could be especially interesting considering this Sue, Johnny and possibly Reed (he did build himself a containment suit) can't control their powers on their own during the events of the movie. (Have they learned to?) How do they react to each other's powers? Is Johnny unexpectedly good with force fields? Is Reed kind of freaked out by lighting on fire? Do they fix it? Additionally, in two other-canon Fantastic Four power swaps, Reed has tried to keep Ben's powers for himself so Ben won't have to suffer, which could be great for a Ben/Reed prompt.

This is such a small thing but I love that Johnny’s listening to Standing in the Shadows of Love in the car. What do the other three listen to? Is Baxter/Central City/Fantastic Four karaoke night a complete disaster?

I Dream of Jeannie

Jeannie, Tony Nelson, Roger Healey

This is a really happy show for me – I watched the same handful of episodes on tape over and over again as a kid and then picked it up again from the start a few years ago with the complete collection and fell in love all over again. I love the characters and their relationships, the humor, and the magic, and I love these three in any combination.

I ship Tony/Jeannie of course, but I’d also be interested in seeing a Tony/Jeannie/Roger OT3, and I think the Roger&Jeannie’s friendship is adorable -- I love when he ends up her partner in crime. I’d be thrilled with either something totally out there (seriously, go wild) or a “missing episode” type fic with the three of them getting into typical trouble.

Some prompts:

I’m always a sucker for Jeannie agreeing to Tony’s face and then just turning around and doing whatever she wants anyway (possibly with Roger’s help?) – I love Jeannie’s strong will and her exuberance, especially when it gets her (or Tony) in trouble. I love Jeannie and Tony (and Roger!) rescuing each other.

Role reversal – Jeannie’s an astronaut, and it’s Tony who’s trapped in a bottle? Tony and Jeannie are astronauts and it’s Roger they find in a bottle? There are two genies in the bottle?

Any kind of AU, except Jeannie’s still a genie? (Space AU except Jeannie’s still a genie/alien genie and Tony finds her bottle on some distant planet? Modern AU, except Jeannie’s still a genie? A Jeannie with social media accounts, bloggin’ from the bottle?)

Thank you so much! Looking forward to seeing what you write!