Dear Podficcer!!

[opalsong]

Dear Podficcer,

Thank you :)

First a note to the mods: You are also the best! I keep adding more detail (words) to my requests; this year I have bolded the important info for you.  Hope this helps. (as always offers are at the bottom)

 

Dear Podficcer:

You are the best!  I'm sure I'll love anything you make.  I have all the stuff about fandoms and pairings at the bottom in easy to read lists so skip to that if you want.  If you really just want to ignore most of this, please just go to my pinboard ( https://pinboard.in/u:opalsong ) and look for the [ extra:wishlist ] (without the brackets) tag (link: https://pinboard.in/u:opalsong/t:extra:wishList/).  All the stuff I really want a podfic of is there.  If you podfic something from that list I would be over the moon but don't feel like you need to.  There are many amazing fics out there that I haven't read.  Introduce me to something new!

Speaking of new things, I'm going to give crossovers their own section.  I love crossovers (and fusions) from the very bottom of my podfic-loving heart.  If you have the perfect fic and one of the fandoms is on the list and the other is not; that is totally okay.  Especially if you can link me to a primer or good wiki article.  and Hey! you might just get me into a new fandom.

Actually, if you are willing to wade through my pinboard account you can get a good idea of what I like and the broad spectrum of fandoms I'm in (though, just because I have a fandom tag for it does not necessarily mean I'm in that fandom.  See: love of crossovers).  My rating system is weird, I know, but crocodile and whale are the highest.  Also I have a [ extra:favorite ] tag (again, without the brackets) and that is exactly what it says, my favorite fics.  Don't feel like you need to do this though.  I just wanted to throw out the option in order to help you.  Feel free to ignore this whole paragraph.

I know I have a reputation for intensly LONG podfic.  I do really really love listening to short podfic too! So please do not feel like making something long is necessary!!!  (Due to a bunch of reasons including time constraints, I’m not actually able to listen to a lot of podfic day-to-day.  I will love and listen to that super long thing you made but it will take me a while. (…. Uh. Rhea if you are reading this I am still working on that birthday gift. I love it a lot!)

Triggers/Squicks
I have no triggers, well unless you count horrible second hand embarrassment…

Squicks: The only thing bordering on a trigger I have is for non-con hugs (and other non-sexual romantic gestures).  I CANNOT STAND adultery/cheating/lying to a partner.  It is the one thing that I absolutely will not read about, won't even click on in a *what is this horrible train wreck/this concept looks intriguing* sort of way.  Otherwise, one of the only hardcore squicks I have is generation gap/huge age differences in pairings (included under this umbrella are things like student/teacher relationships, and parent/child incest).  Stories where one character bullies another and it isn't addressed (or is treated like they are friends or a couple) are a definite squick.  Fatshaming is also something to avoid.  If you’re going to do porn; I’m also not a fan of humiliation, watersports, or non-con.  Other than that, I can’t really think of any things (off the top of my head) that will make me avoid a fic out of hand.

Things I'm not super into: There isn't much that will make me avoid a story out of hand (and I've listed those things above) but there are a couple of things that I'm not super fond of.  I'm okay with angst as long as that isn't the point of the story.  I can't do unhappy endings, sorry.  Non-canonical major character death is generally a no-go for me (there are circumstances in which I can handle it but it is probably safer to avoid it). Domestic fic is just not my jam. Connected to that: Coffee-shop aus and really any mundane aus or rom-com fics are just not my thing.  (Highschool aus are cool though).


Things I Love
Crossovers.  But I've been over that.  I love people pushing norms (like genderswap, crossdressing, or an omega that acts like an alpha for example).  Also people pushing their boundaries or being pushed.  This also includes tropes like bonding (not soulmates but the “we brushed skin and now cannot go more than 20ft from each other for the next 2 years” type).

Creature!fic (werewolfs, mermaids, sirens, moon spirits, someone being a magical creature) is amazing.  I love kid!fic, and people being awesome (secret badass fic is a perpetual fave), and soulbonding (and sentinel!aus), and people having to pretend to be in a relationship. 

Also Fix-it fic - I love fic where it fixes things that are sad in canon.  While I'm not a fan of time travel in general, I do love me some fix!it fic so if someone's using time travel to fix things I am 100% there for that, in the front row, with popcorn. 

While most full on AUs aren’t what I search out (I’m much more of a Close Canon AU person), Professional Gamer/Esport AUs are a thing I crave in every single fandom ever.  I am partial to DOTA2 because I follow it but I will be happy with literally any esport (and also videogame streamers too). 

I do also love dark!fic but this is trickier because I don't like depressive or overly angsty fic (a fic about ppl happily serial!killing is okay, a fic about how terrible someone's life is, is not.) 

If we're talking porn: I love the use of sex toys.  Bondage and crossdessing are great, as is BDSM; however, all these come with the caveat of no humiliation which is sometimes hard to find.  If you podfic me a fic with orgasm denial (with the same caveat) I will love you forever.  Though, if you podfic me an awesome (and anything you do is going to be awesome!) G rated gen fic I'll also hold you forever fondly in my heart too, so there is that.

I’m also a massive fan of not!fic and meta and other non-traditional storytelling styles.  So if you want to ramble into a mic for a while and gift that to me I’d be stoked!

Pairings
I don't focus on pairings so much as specific characters.  I've listed the characters I'm into for each fandom below along with people I'm cool seeing them paired with.  If you don't see your favourite rare-pairing for a character there but have the perfect fic it is probably cool! If you're worried, feel free to get someone else to ask me what I think about it on twitter.  I'm a super fan of threesomes/moresomes/polyamory so if you want to go there I'll be right there with you. I will eat it up with a spoon if you give me a crossover pairing.

Last note: I've said for a couple of things "ask me about it on twitter".  You can ask several ways: go through the mods, ask anonymously as a comment on this post, just flat out ask me a question on twitter (seriously, I probably won't even put it together if you're like "OMG YOU'RE INTO X! WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON Y"), or ask reenajenkins, aarkadyevna, or rjcreighton & they can ask me in a duplicitous way and get you your answer.

On to the important stuff:

Love to Receive,

Instead of pairings I'm going to put down characters that I'm interested in. Mostly when I'm in fandoms I'm pretty easy on pairings as long as they contain the character that I've latched on to in the fandom. I'll try to notate it like this: Harry Potter: Harry (gen, Draco, Twins, Ginny, NOT SNAPE). If I say anyone that means anyone within reason, rare pairs are welcome (Harry/Krum for instance) but random things like (Harry/Giant Squid) aren't.  I hope that makes sense. Feel free to get people to ask me for clarification if this is confusing.

Naruto: Gaara (gen, Lee, Naruto, rare pairs); Team 7 (gen, as a ship); Please no Iruka/Kakashi [almost anything by blackkat is amazing. Feel free to gift me a podfic of something I’ve already podficced if you want!]

One Piece: Strawhats (Gen, Character Pieces, Zoro/Sanji, Sanji/Pudding, anything with Ace!Luffy is awesome, background Usopp/Kaya, if you can find a Robin/Jinbei I might actually swoon); Law (gen, Luffy, Zoro, possibly Kid (haven't really delved into that pairing so I have no real feelings on it. Go for it if you have one that will win me over :D), rare-pairs?); Bon Clay (gen); Ladies in general; Inuzuma (Ivan's sexswapping second in command. the one with scissor powers. gen or ship I really don't care.  I just want fic about them & gender (I read them as gender-fluid).)

Dragon Age Origins: Alistair (Zevran, Anora, I love virgin!Alistair but would also be super into stuff where he is surprisingly knowledgeable.  My Aro heart loves the idea of political marriages and so I’d love a fic where Alistair is married to Anora and they are friends but each have their own thing going on.)

Dragon Age 2: Fenris (Male!Hawke (bonus points if he is a mage), Dorian (but only if the magister-former slave power thing is addressed well))

Dragon Age: Inquisition: Iron Bull (anyone); Krem (gen, anyone); Dorian (Iron Bull); Cullen (Iron Bull); General Inquisition Gen fic

Game of Thrones: Sansa (gen, Oberyn/Ellaria, possibly Jon Snow, Margery Tyrell, Tyrion, No Sandor); General Stark kids; General Ladies of GoT/ASoIaF; ANY Cracky theories about prophesies/explanations for events/ASoIaF theories in general (If you recorded a bunch of these it would be just as amazing if not more than a coherent narrative, gimme that sweet sweet meta about the ending, gimme post-canon)

Gundam Wing: Wufei (gen, Heero, Duo, Meiran); Relena (gen, rare-pairs, politics)

Yu Yu Hakusho: Ladies! (Shizuru is my fave, Botan is my least fave, they are all awesome!, gen, canon pairings, Shizuru/Sakyo - I am CONVINCED they are soulmates); Hiei (Kurama, gen, sibling fic); Yuusuke (Keiko, gen)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Ed (gen, Roy, Al); Ladies (gen, Winry, Hawkeye, Gracia focus, Gracia/Hughes)

HunterXHunter: Killua (Gon, gen); Gon (Killua, gen) (mostly here I want more canon T_T. But I’d also love crack aus and stuff. Omg. A pro gamer au of HunterXHunter. I am dead from the idea alone)

Shadowhunters: Alec (Magnus, Alec+Lydia & Magnus/Alec+Lydia (If you can find a fic where Alec and Lydia are happy married in a very "marriage of convenience/social/political contract that makes both our lives better" way and awesome friends while Magnus and Alec are a couple? That would blow my mind. (note to focus on the HAPPY part in that)), Alec/Magnus/Jace (SOULBOND accidental voyeurism shenanigans)); Clary/Simon/Jace, Simon/Raphael, Izzy/Aromantic Sex shenanigans

Six of Crows: Matthias (Nina, possibly Kaz, gen, basically I just want Fix It fic for the end of the second book. And/or something that acknowledges him as the Cinnamon Roll he is)

My Hero Academia: Aizawa (All Might, Hizashi (Present Mic), please help me get my “tired!dad, hates children but loves teaching and his kids will learn something dammit and he will kill for them” fix); Midoriya (gen, Todoroki, NOT Bakugo, special fondness for Quirkless!Izuku still becoming a hero); Bakugo/Kirishima

Final Fantasy XV (15): Noctis/Prompto/Gladio/Ignis (any and all combos of those 4. I like them as a foursome/poly group more than any individual pair but won’t dismiss any contained pairing out of hand. With optional +Lunafreiya. I love the political marriage thing where Noct and Luna are friends and publicly together but not romantically so.)

Polygon RPF: Brian/Pat (while I tend to ship these two together, I will accept pretty much anything about either of them.  (though be aware that I don't know who some of the Polygon adjacent people are so am less into that); big note here: I know the fandom is particularly fond of Daddy kink and/or the characterization of Pat as MUCH older, meaner, and very dominant (generally in contrast to a Brian who is young and fey).  None of that is for me.  In fact, I am highly uncomfortable with that entire *waves hands*that in this fandom.  (*whispers* part of it is bc I read Pat as just as much a sub/bottom as Brian).) Brian/Pat/Simone  (I will however, happily experience Simone domme-ing the fuck out of Brian and Pat)

 

A last note for my podficcer and not the mods: As you may have noticed by the sheer amount of fandoms above, I am ridiculously multi-fannish.  If you look at my pinboard (or have seen me talking on twitter) and see a fandom that isn’t listed here that you are super into, poke one of my friends on twitter to make sure I am currently spending time in that fandom and if yes, go for it.  There were several things I am kinda into right now that I didn’t put on the list because it is long enough already.

Willing to Podfic

(Character focus of requested fic in the request above)

Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age: Origins
One Piece
Final Fantasy 7 (Cloud, Tifa, Aeris, Sephiroth)
Final Fantasy 15
Harry Potter (Harry, Draco, Hermione, Luna, Twins, probably others)
Fullmetal Alchemist
DCU (Tim, Kon, Jason)
The Fast and the Furious series (Dom, Brian, Hobbs, Han, Giselle, Ramsey)
Leverage (OT3)
Naruto
Katekyou Hitman Reborn (Tsuna/Anyone, Yamamoto, Gokudera)
My Hero Academia (Midoriya, Todoroki, Uchako, Eraserhead)
Yuri on Ice (Yurio, Otabek)
Voltron
Game of Thrones
Polygon RPF

Willing to Podfic if you really can't match me anywhere else OR need a pinch hit
Bandom (MCR, PatD, (if in dire need then FOB))
Avengers (Steve/Tony, Clint/Coulson, Pepper/Natasha)
American Idol (seasons 7, 8 or Adam Lambert fandom on his own)
Teen Wolf (Derek/Stiles, Stiles/Scott, Ladies)
Star Wars (Originals or Prequels)

Thank you again!!! You are awesome!!! (as are you Mods as well!)