sufficiently_advanced_ex | Two Days Left in the Creation Period! PHs #3, #4, #5 (Reply)

Hi all, we hope you've been doing great so far! There are about two days left in the creation period! Assignments are due Sunday 11 May 2025 at 10:00PM US Eastern Time.

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PH 3 - This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, The Very Pulse of the Machine - Michael Swanwick

Request 1 by Melime
This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Mediums: Fanart, FanfictionRelationships:

Blue/Red (This is How You Lose the Time War)

Freeforms:
Treats welcome!
*points at the book* more! This book rewired my brain, and I don't know how to express how much I love this, them, their complicated relationship, their elaborate communication, everything, really.
Give them a happy ending, give them a sad ending, give them yet another undefined ending, let them be together, force them apart, get them running together from their sides, let them have visceral sex, let them connect in a way that goes so beyond the physical, keep exploring this period of evocative letters, play with form, keep me guessing what's happening, play with gender and presentation and physical form, soothe my heart or make me suffer more, I want anything!
I'm fine with a sad ending, an ending where Blue/Red aren't together, death for everyone including requested characters, graphic violence (except to eyes) and body horror.
Likes: angst (with or without happy ending) | fluff | h/c | introspection | sharing a bed | cuddling | petting/brushing/washing hair | mutual pining | obliviousness | excessive touching | domesticity | found family | banter | protectiveness | first times | pining while fucking | back of the hand, palm, inner wrist kisses | neck kisses | fairy tale retellings | secret relationship | undefined but important relationships | vulnerability | trust | loyalty | hugs | queer themes | 5+1 | fairy tale retellings | undefined but important relationships | epistolary | non-sexual intimacy
DNW: omegaverse | emeto/scat/watersports | noncon/dubcon | cheating | explicit depictions of eye trauma | spiders or spider like aliens/monsters/creatures/transformations | pregnancy | underage | mommy/daddy kink

Request 2 by Melime
The Very Pulse of the Machine - Michael Swanwick
Mediums: Fanart, FanfictionRelationships:

Juliet Burton & Io & Martha Kivelson (The Very Pulse of the Machine)
Juliet Burton/Io/Martha Kivelson (The Very Pulse of the Machine)

Freeforms:
Treats welcome!
This is a 6.5k words short story available online for free in text and audio formats at Clarke's World Magazine.
This story just left me wanting more! I love the trippy visuals, the unreliable narrator, the glimpses of the complicated relationship between Juliet and Martha (being friends, but there's also a strong rivalry there), Io's desperate attempts at connection and communication... I would love anything in the general feel of the canon.
Likes: angst (with or without happy ending) | fluff | h/c | introspection | sharing a bed | cuddling | petting/brushing/washing hair | mutual pining | obliviousness | excessive touching | domesticity | found family | banter | protectiveness | first times | pining while fucking | back of the hand, palm, inner wrist kisses | neck kisses | fairy tale retellings | secret relationship | undefined but important relationships | vulnerability | trust | loyalty | hugs | queer themes | 5+1 | fairy tale retellings | undefined but important relationships | epistolary | non-sexual intimacy
DNW: omegaverse | emeto/scat/watersports | noncon/dubcon | cheating | explicit depictions of eye trauma | spiders or spider like aliens/monsters/creatures/transformations | pregnancy | underage | mommy/daddy kink

PH 4 - Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce, Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce, Emelan - Tamora Pierce, Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger, The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher, Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine, Crossover Fandom, Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis

Request 1 by MimiHylea
Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce
Mediums: Fanart, Fanfiction
Relationships:
Beka Cooper/Farmer Cape
Solo: Farmer Cape
Solo: Clara Goodwin
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 2 by MimiHylea
Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce
Mediums: Fanfiction
Relationships:
Solo: Keladry of Mindelan
Solo: Nealan of Queenscove
Tobeis Boon & Keladry of Mindelan
Baird of Queenscove & Nealan of Queenscove
Solo: Lalasa Isran
Roald VI of Conté/Shinkokami of Conté
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 3 by MimiHylea
Emelan - Tamora Pierce
Mediums: Fanfiction
Relationships:
Solo: Pasco Acalon
Solo: Sandrilene fa Toren
Trisana Chandler & Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss & Sandrilene fa Toren
Briar Moss & Dedicate Rosethorn
Dedicate Frostpine & Daja Kisubo
Trisana Chandler & Briar Moss
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 4 by MimiHylea
Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
Mediums: Fanfiction
Relationships:
Juline Dizznee/Kesler Dizznee
Prentice Endal & Tiergan
WB: Cognates [KotLC]
Solo: Dex Dizznee
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 5 by MimiHylea
The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher
Mediums: Fanfiction
Relationships:
Grace/Stephen (The Saint of Steel)
Solo: Clara
Clara & Original Novice of Saint Ursa
Zale & Original Wonder Worker
Piper & Any Gnole
WB: Wonder Workers [Saint of Steel]
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 6 by MimiHylea
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
Mediums: Fanfiction
Relationships:
Areida & Ella of Frell (Ella Enchanted)
Prince Charmont/Ella of Frell (Ella Enchanted)
Ella of Frell & Mandy (Ella Enchanted)
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 7 by MimiHylea
Crossover Fandom
Mediums: Fanart, Fanfiction
Relationships:
Ella of Frell (Ella Enchanted) & Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan)
Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau (Tortall) & Aravis Tarkheena (Narnia)
Merry Brandybuck (LotR)/Ginny Weasley (HP)
Merry Brandybuck (LotR)/Luna Lovegood (HP)
Éowyn (LotR) & Keladry of Mindelan (Tortall)
Aravis Tarkheena (Narnia)/Nealan of Queenscove (Tortall)
Aragorn (LotR) & Keefe Sencen (KotLC)
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

Request 8 by MimiHylea
Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Mediums: Fanfiction
Relationships:
Shasta | Cor/Aravis Tarkheena
Hwin & Aravis Tarkheena
Freeforms:
General Likes:
Vibes/Themes: Fluff, Character studies, Deep friendships, Character growth, Cozy vibes, Hurt/comfort with focus on comfort, Teamwork/partnership, Loyalty, Found families, Kindness/empathy, Creative problem-solving, Familiarity, Happy/contented endings
Styles: Crossovers/fusions between requested fandoms (or other fandoms I write, bookmark, or have requested in the past), Missing scenes, Post-canon, Fix-it / canon-divergence that results in healthier/happier characters, In-universe documents, Poetry, Letters/journal entries
Character Headcanons: Aroace-spectrum characters, Non-binary characters, Queerplatonic relationships and/or queerplatonic polycules, Neurodiverse characters, Gender-non-conformity/cross-dressing, Socially normalized queerness
Specific Content: Stargazing, Nature walks, Breakfast, Tea, Dancing, Folklore/fairytale elements, Banter, Hugs/cuddles, Parallel play, Domestic scenes, Acts of service, Teaching, Healthy processing of strong emotions and conflict, Learning each other's needs and love languages, Consensual fake dating and/or marriage of convenience (ie the people in the relationship all know and agree to it being as such), Symbolism/metaphors (especially ones used/realized by the characters, not just the narration), Puzzles
DNW: higher than T rating, graphic depictions of violence or sex, underage sex, non-consensual sex/sensuality/affection/nudity, mentions of pornography, kissing to decide if a relationship is worth it, self-harm, kidnapping/stalking, verbal/emotional abuse within requested relationships, dishonesty within requested relationships, pregnancy, non-canonical character death, non-canonical violence against children, body horror, torture, cannibalism, insanity/delusions, parasites/serious disease, religion-bashing, hopeless endings

PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, Crossover Fandom

Request 1 by redgear
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Mediums: FanfictionRelationships:

Solo: Vlad Tepes

Freeforms:

Spoilers for novel within

- It's been 500 years and no one has taught him how to use a classified ad? A temp agency? Vlad pls you're killing me. I'd love to read the story of some oc librarian who got hired in a less bugnutty way to do Vlad's paperwork (or any of the canon academics in a divergence au!!). still a very bugnutty situation with vampires and all ofc but like, pls, more reasonable hiring practices than scattershotting very secret diaries across random universities and waiting for decades to see if anyone will circle (yes) on the "do you like me y/n" you left hidden in the woodblock print.
- How did Vlad get so hung up on libraries, specifically, anyway? Did he catch the bookworm vibe while he was in jail in Hungary?? Is he pining for Matthias? Also, I can't imagine that he would just have let the bibliotheca corviniana just get robbed by other people - those should be in HIS museum, right? Vampire heist fic to steal the books before Suleiman's boys can get them/before they can get shipped back to the Empire?
- So we got like a half glimpse at Matty collecting vampire books and a longer glimpse at Mehmed setting up anti-vampire secret society but PLEASE i'm begging you: what did saint stephen the great think about his COUSIN being a vampire? pls the contrast... so fascinating... (also please feel VERY welcome to do like, a saberhagen-y twist thing and tell me a lionizing POV of why Vlad was the real hero of this twisted narrative all along lmao.)
- Vlad has tried his wacky hiring strategy for hundreds of years and mysteriously still can't find a good librarian so he goes to get an MLS and learn how to do it himself

Any ship (oc, canon characters, historical characters etc) or gen is totally fine. More likes in my letter!
Letter: https://redgear.dreamwidth.org/8861.html

Request 2 by redgear
Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter
Mediums: FanfictionRelationships:

Any Relationship

Freeforms:

DNW:
- Permanent death of requested characters (Both undeath and temporary character death as in time loops etc is always welcome)
- Unrequested Barista/omegaverse etc type setting change AUs
- Unrequested gender identity hcs, neurodivergent hcs, or genderswaps
- Characters going to therapy
- Bad/unhappy/hopeless endings
- Mpreg
- Kink negotiations/negotiated kink, safewords/color checks, characters using modern BDSM terminology like "scene" or "drop"
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Gyula is my guy, would love any Gyula fic whatsoever. Give me more elaboration on his backstory growing up in a village, working his way up to the institute, picking up all his many talents! Give me more about what he does in the background of the past while Karoly isn't looking at or thinking about him! Elaboration on what he does post-canon, does he manage to get anything set up wherever he goes next? Or how about an AU where Gyula went to the past alone and just wildly changed shit instead of trying to change nothing at all? He got chased out when he tried making his stuff in the end, but if he'd had Matthias's backing it would've been different, I imagine. Matthias picking up Gyula the smith like the folktale of picking up Kiniszi as a miller pls..

Any ship (oc, canon characters, historical characters etc) or gen is totally fine. More likes in my letter!
Letter: https://redgear.dreamwidth.org/8861.html

Request 3 by redgear
Crossover Fandom
Mediums: FanfictionRelationships:

Mircea II of Wallachia (Touch the Dark) & Vlad Tepes (Once Burned)

Freeforms:

Any ship (oc, canon characters, historical characters etc) or gen is totally fine. More likes in my letter!
Letter: https://redgear.dreamwidth.org/8861.html

Two Days Left in the Creation Period! PHs #3, #4, #5

PH 3 - This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, The Very Pulse of the Machine - Michael Swanwick

PH 4 - Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce, Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce, Emelan - Tamora Pierce, Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger, The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher, Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine, Crossover Fandom, Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis

PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, Crossover Fandom

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