Chocolate Box Exchange 2019
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lucymonsterGeneral Likes | Angel: The Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Bleach | Crossovers | Marvel Cinematic Universe | Star Wars RPF | Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Dear author,
Thank you so much for writing for me! I love every fandom, character and ship I've requested and will be unreservedly thrilled with a gift that features any of them.
Other than my handful of DNWs, I'm really open to anything. Go where your heart tells you to go, and please feel free to include past/background ships, opt-in kinks, unhappy endings if that's how you roll - seriously, go wild!
I've requested both / and & pairings, and I have no strong views on the line between them, so please don't worry about being too shippy or not shippy enough. I love it all, from genfic to pre-ship to romance to smut.
AU-wise, anything on my AU likes list is blanket welcome, and I've included some specific AU prompts in the relevant fandom sections.
If you're looking for me elsewhere, I'm on ao3 and occasionally tumblr. If you're keen-eyed, you may spot that some of my requests are copied from past exchanges, including things I've received as gifts before. This is 0% because I didn't love what I already got, and 100% because I loved it so much that I'm greedy for more.
Thank you again, and happy writing!
Dear author,
Thank you so much for writing for me! I love every fandom, character and ship I've requested and will be unreservedly thrilled with a gift that features any of them.
Other than my handful of DNWs, I'm really open to anything. Go where your heart tells you to go, and please feel free to include past/background ships, opt-in kinks, unhappy endings if that's how you roll - seriously, go wild!
I've requested both / and & pairings, and I have no strong views on the line between them, so please don't worry about being too shippy or not shippy enough. I love it all, from genfic to pre-ship to romance to smut.
AU-wise, anything on my AU likes list is blanket welcome, and I've included some specific AU prompts in the relevant fandom sections.
If you're looking for me elsewhere, I'm on ao3 and occasionally tumblr. If you're keen-eyed, you may spot that some of my requests are copied from past exchanges, including things I've received as gifts before. This is 0% because I didn't love what I already got, and 100% because I loved it so much that I'm greedy for more.
Thank you again, and happy writing!
Do Not Want
- underage smut (<18 - ageing up, tactful handwaving or fade-to-black is fine)
- parent-child incest
- extreme gore, graphic internal/organ/genital damage
- unrequested AUs (including trope AUs: a/b/o, soulmates etc)
- pure fluff
- scat, emetophilia, vore, bestiality, lactation kink
- issuefic, character/ship bashing
- unwarned major character death (if it's not a canon death, please flag it in tags or author's notes so I'm ready).
- underage smut (<18 - ageing up, tactful handwaving or fade-to-black is fine)
- parent-child incest
- extreme gore, graphic internal/organ/genital damage
- unrequested AUs (including trope AUs: a/b/o, soulmates etc)
- pure fluff
- scat, emetophilia, vore, bestiality, lactation kink
- issuefic, character/ship bashing
- unwarned major character death (if it's not a canon death, please flag it in tags or author's notes so I'm ready).
GENERAL LIKES
Story likes
- anything with a strong character focus
- characters who are flawed and abrasive and challenging to love
- worldbuilding, incidental details
- difficult or dysfunctional relationships
- dark/gritty/moody aesthetics
- romantic tension, unrequited feelings, love triangles
- ensemble casts, background characters
- outsider or observer POVs
- banter, snark, gallows humour
- descriptions of food, characters eating or sharing food, food as comfort
- military kink: uniforms, weapons, 'sir' (including and especially to address women)
- enemies to lovers
- stranded together, huddling for warmth
- harsh environments, survival/adventure stories
- redemption arcs (or failed redemption arcs)
- subversions, pastiches, crack treated seriously
- first times (sexual or non-sexual).
Smut likes
- characters who are flawed and abrasive and challenging to love
- worldbuilding, incidental details
- difficult or dysfunctional relationships
- dark/gritty/moody aesthetics
- romantic tension, unrequited feelings, love triangles
- ensemble casts, background characters
- outsider or observer POVs
- banter, snark, gallows humour
- descriptions of food, characters eating or sharing food, food as comfort
- military kink: uniforms, weapons, 'sir' (including and especially to address women)
- enemies to lovers
- stranded together, huddling for warmth
- harsh environments, survival/adventure stories
- redemption arcs (or failed redemption arcs)
- subversions, pastiches, crack treated seriously
- first times (sexual or non-sexual).
Smut likes
- character-driven smut
- orgasm delay/denial, sexual frustration
- coming too quickly, loss of control, getting overwhelmed
- crying after sex
- sex pollen, aphrodisiacs, drugged sex, fuck-or-die
- rough sex, hate sex, power imbalances
- humiliation, verbal insults, gendered slurs
- frottage, dry humping, clothed sex
- different erogenous zones, being sensitive in non-genital places
- anal sex (het or slash), double or multiple penetration
- sounding, watersports, forced wetting
- public use, gangbangs
- loss of virginity, inexperience, clumsy sex
- scar worship
- uncomfortable, consensual-but-unpleasant type sex
- under-negotiated kinks.
Darker likes
- creepy, uncomfortable, 'something's off here' vibes
- self-sacrifice, suicide for a good cause
- 'ugly' mental illness: violence, paranoia, warped thinking
- noncon/dubcon
- grey morality, antiheroes
- villain-centred morality
- coercion, blackmail, abuse of power
- victim-blaming
- mind rape, violation, psychological torture
- imprisonment
- physical or sexual torture
- anything in my Consent Issues letter.
AU likes
- canon-divergent AUs, especially when the change is to an on-screen canon event
- 'for want of a nail' AUs exploring the flow-on effects of a single small change
- bad guys win, good guys turn bad, good guys were really bad all along
- mirrorverse, including verse crossovers where characters get sucked into each other's worlds
- always a girl, especially if it turns a ship into femslash
- these weirdly specific modern AUs: pornstars, figure skating, metal (or heavy alternative) bands, pro gaming.
- orgasm delay/denial, sexual frustration
- coming too quickly, loss of control, getting overwhelmed
- crying after sex
- sex pollen, aphrodisiacs, drugged sex, fuck-or-die
- rough sex, hate sex, power imbalances
- humiliation, verbal insults, gendered slurs
- frottage, dry humping, clothed sex
- different erogenous zones, being sensitive in non-genital places
- anal sex (het or slash), double or multiple penetration
- sounding, watersports, forced wetting
- public use, gangbangs
- loss of virginity, inexperience, clumsy sex
- scar worship
- uncomfortable, consensual-but-unpleasant type sex
- under-negotiated kinks.
Darker likes
- creepy, uncomfortable, 'something's off here' vibes
- self-sacrifice, suicide for a good cause
- 'ugly' mental illness: violence, paranoia, warped thinking
- noncon/dubcon
- grey morality, antiheroes
- villain-centred morality
- coercion, blackmail, abuse of power
- victim-blaming
- mind rape, violation, psychological torture
- imprisonment
- physical or sexual torture
- anything in my Consent Issues letter.
AU likes
- canon-divergent AUs, especially when the change is to an on-screen canon event
- 'for want of a nail' AUs exploring the flow-on effects of a single small change
- bad guys win, good guys turn bad, good guys were really bad all along
- mirrorverse, including verse crossovers where characters get sucked into each other's worlds
- always a girl, especially if it turns a ship into femslash
- these weirdly specific modern AUs: pornstars, figure skating, metal (or heavy alternative) bands, pro gaming.
ANGEL: THE SERIES / BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
I've watched all of BtVS and Angel and read Go Ask Malice, but I'm not across any of the comics canon. It's fine if you want to reference those events - I'll just be reading it as brand new material.
Faith Lehane & Angel (A:tS)
I'll never stop being emotional about Faith's redemption arc: the hideous things she did, the depth of her self-loathing, the lengths Angel went to to bring her back. I'd love to see a missing scene of her time holed up in his apartment, or of what happens after she turns herself in - maybe he visits her in prison? Maybe he's there at her trial?
I also adore their late-series relationship, with her ferocious loyalty to the one person who refused to give up on her. I love the way they're able to bond over their shared dark history, though I've never felt the comparison between them is perfect - Angelus was a soulless demon incapable of conscience, while Faith was an off-the-rails teenager with no moral bedrock and no clue how to responsibly handle her powers. They both committed horrible crimes, but for polar opposite reasons (genuine pleasure vs desperate attempts at pain relief) and I'd love to see anything dealing with that.
Faith Lehane /& Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (A:tS)
If you want to go dark, that torture scene speaks deeply to the nastiest part of my id. Faith trying so hard to enjoy her cruelty, and getting progressively angrier and more dangerous as the enjoyment refused to come. Wesley shedding his early-season Pompous Nitwit persona and showing flashes of the cold, hard, stoic man he's going to become. On a less dark note - though, honestly, I have a hard time imagining any real sunshine and rainbows between these two - I'm also very into their later-season relationship, their grudging alliance and cautious, reluctant acceptance of all the baggage that's going to be with them forever.
Faith Lehane/Lilah Morgan (A:tS)
Conniving older woman uses sex and/or love to control her volatile pet assassin, yes please. I love the way these two first meet, with Lilah's slick money-flashing offer and Faith's animalistic wildness. On a pure id level I would love to see what Lilah does to tame her. I'd also be really interested to see how their relationship might play out later in the series, once Faith has had time to cool her jets in prison and Lilah has, you know, died.
Faith Lehane & The Mayor (BtVS)
Their twisted father-daughter shtick is so great. The way he spoils her, the way she looks up to him, the terrible things she does for his affection. I'd love a dark-fluffy s3 missing scene where the Mayor dotes on Faith: a gift, a family meal, praise after a successful mission? Or maybe an AU where the Mayor never dies, and Faith remains his loyal daughter-lieutenant. Or maybe he does die but then comes back to life, and a redeemed Faith's loyalties are put to the test.
Faith Lehane/Tara Maclay (BtVS)
I hadn't thought about this ship before I saw it in the tagset, but now I'm thinking about it a lot. I can hardly imagine a more mismatched pair of characters: Tara is gentle and anxious and prone to getting stepped on, while Faith's whole MO is to step on everyone else before they get a foot up on her. They sure didn't hit it off warmly while Faith was masquerading as Buffy. I'd love to see something set during that post-coma rampage - maybe instead of targeting Buffy through Joyce and Riley, Faith goes after Willow, and Tara gets caught in the crossfires? Or perhaps Tara takes it on herself to reach out to Faith and see if she can end the fighting without bloodshed?
I'd also love to see an AU where Faith never turns and is still the black sheep of the Scooby Gang, out picking fights and causing trouble while Buffy and Willow adjust to life in college. How would she get on with this shy new addition to their social circle?
Faith Lehane/Willow Rosenberg (BtVS)
These two have a great shared history of going off the rails and trying to destroy the world. Maybe one of them reaches out to try and mend old rifts, to find common ground over the horrifying ways they acted out their trauma. Maybe the damage runs too deep and can only be solved by resentful hatesex. Or maybe an apocalypse forces them to work together like angry lesbian buddy cops!
I also love the idea that same-sex romance might be something new to Faith. She's so worldly and jaded in every other way, whereas Willow - the naive, sheltered, prudish girl Faith knew from high school - is more grounded in her sexuality and experienced with other women. And again, an AU where Faith stays part of the Scooby Gang would be awesome, too.
I've watched all of BtVS and Angel and read Go Ask Malice, but I'm not across any of the comics canon. It's fine if you want to reference those events - I'll just be reading it as brand new material.
Faith Lehane & Angel (A:tS)
I'll never stop being emotional about Faith's redemption arc: the hideous things she did, the depth of her self-loathing, the lengths Angel went to to bring her back. I'd love to see a missing scene of her time holed up in his apartment, or of what happens after she turns herself in - maybe he visits her in prison? Maybe he's there at her trial?
I also adore their late-series relationship, with her ferocious loyalty to the one person who refused to give up on her. I love the way they're able to bond over their shared dark history, though I've never felt the comparison between them is perfect - Angelus was a soulless demon incapable of conscience, while Faith was an off-the-rails teenager with no moral bedrock and no clue how to responsibly handle her powers. They both committed horrible crimes, but for polar opposite reasons (genuine pleasure vs desperate attempts at pain relief) and I'd love to see anything dealing with that.
Faith Lehane /& Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (A:tS)
If you want to go dark, that torture scene speaks deeply to the nastiest part of my id. Faith trying so hard to enjoy her cruelty, and getting progressively angrier and more dangerous as the enjoyment refused to come. Wesley shedding his early-season Pompous Nitwit persona and showing flashes of the cold, hard, stoic man he's going to become. On a less dark note - though, honestly, I have a hard time imagining any real sunshine and rainbows between these two - I'm also very into their later-season relationship, their grudging alliance and cautious, reluctant acceptance of all the baggage that's going to be with them forever.
Faith Lehane/Lilah Morgan (A:tS)
Conniving older woman uses sex and/or love to control her volatile pet assassin, yes please. I love the way these two first meet, with Lilah's slick money-flashing offer and Faith's animalistic wildness. On a pure id level I would love to see what Lilah does to tame her. I'd also be really interested to see how their relationship might play out later in the series, once Faith has had time to cool her jets in prison and Lilah has, you know, died.
Faith Lehane & The Mayor (BtVS)
Their twisted father-daughter shtick is so great. The way he spoils her, the way she looks up to him, the terrible things she does for his affection. I'd love a dark-fluffy s3 missing scene where the Mayor dotes on Faith: a gift, a family meal, praise after a successful mission? Or maybe an AU where the Mayor never dies, and Faith remains his loyal daughter-lieutenant. Or maybe he does die but then comes back to life, and a redeemed Faith's loyalties are put to the test.
Faith Lehane/Tara Maclay (BtVS)
I hadn't thought about this ship before I saw it in the tagset, but now I'm thinking about it a lot. I can hardly imagine a more mismatched pair of characters: Tara is gentle and anxious and prone to getting stepped on, while Faith's whole MO is to step on everyone else before they get a foot up on her. They sure didn't hit it off warmly while Faith was masquerading as Buffy. I'd love to see something set during that post-coma rampage - maybe instead of targeting Buffy through Joyce and Riley, Faith goes after Willow, and Tara gets caught in the crossfires? Or perhaps Tara takes it on herself to reach out to Faith and see if she can end the fighting without bloodshed?
I'd also love to see an AU where Faith never turns and is still the black sheep of the Scooby Gang, out picking fights and causing trouble while Buffy and Willow adjust to life in college. How would she get on with this shy new addition to their social circle?
Faith Lehane/Willow Rosenberg (BtVS)
These two have a great shared history of going off the rails and trying to destroy the world. Maybe one of them reaches out to try and mend old rifts, to find common ground over the horrifying ways they acted out their trauma. Maybe the damage runs too deep and can only be solved by resentful hatesex. Or maybe an apocalypse forces them to work together like angry lesbian buddy cops!
I also love the idea that same-sex romance might be something new to Faith. She's so worldly and jaded in every other way, whereas Willow - the naive, sheltered, prudish girl Faith knew from high school - is more grounded in her sexuality and experienced with other women. And again, an AU where Faith stays part of the Scooby Gang would be awesome, too.
BLEACH
I first got hooked on Bleach during the Soul Society arc: I love all the personal and political tension around Rukia's execution, and the Gotei 13's extreme dysfunction with its powder-keg mix of strong personalities and rigid honour codes. Any and all political or social worldbuilding around life in Seireitei is very welcome here.
I followed canon right through to the end of the manga, but I tend to view the Thousand Year Blood War arc as honorary filler. Use it, change it or pretend it never happened - I'm not fussed. If you do stick with the canon ending, I'd love anything that engages with the survivors' trauma and the devastation the war caused to Seireitei.
I followed canon right through to the end of the manga, but I tend to view the Thousand Year Blood War arc as honorary filler. Use it, change it or pretend it never happened - I'm not fussed. If you do stick with the canon ending, I'd love anything that engages with the survivors' trauma and the devastation the war caused to Seireitei.
Abarai Renji/Kuchiki Byakuya
Loyalty, antagonism, power imbalance, clashing personalities. I love every stage in the evolution of their relationship, from aloof master and seething subordinate to murderous enemies to fond mentor/student with a solid base of mutual respect. I have so many questions that I'd love to see answered: will Renji ever progress to a captaincy, or will he stay at Byakuya's side forever? If they end up on opposite sides of a fight again, will things play out differently? How do their different ranks and social castes affect their growing intimacy?
Kuchiki Byakuya/Kurosaki Ichigo
Ichigo has been so busy saving the world that he's had to skip the normal teenage growing-up stuff. Byakuya has been so busy living up to society's expectations that he's had to skip over his entire natural personality. I love how temperamentally alike they are: hot tempers, protective instincts, affinity for reckless self-sacrifice. Ichigo can get past Byakuya's status barriers in a way no one else can, and I think they're capable of bringing out the best in each other - or annoying each other to the point of bloodshed. I'd love to see them train together (or 'train' together, if that's more your speed).
Cardinal/Finn
Cardinal was one of my highlights of the Phasma novel: he's so earnest and principled, a lone paragon of conviction in the self-serving wasteland of the First Order. I'd love to know what kind of role Cardinal had in Finn's training, and if he saw a bit of himself in his young recruit. Or perhaps they meet later, after Finn and Cardinal have both defected - does Cardinal join the Resistance, and help Finn settle into his new life as a defector? Or is he a freelancer like Vi Moradi, and Finn has to leverage their shared past to get Cardinal's help against the Order?
Lando Calrissian & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
From 'Unca Wanwo' to estranged best friend of the father Kylo killed in cold blood - I feel like there's got to be some serious baggage here. I'd love to see the two of them come face to face after Kylo's fall to the dark side, either as enemies sharing recriminations or as the world's most painfully awkward family friends after Ben is redeemed, sharing memories of Han and the life they used to live in happier days.
Qi'ra/Rey
I'd love to see inexperienced, rough-and-ready young Rey with a smart, ruthless older woman. I can picture Qi'ra as a freewheeling criminal agent in a post-First Order takeover world, playing both sides and keeping channels open with the Resistance for shady reasons of her own. I'd especially love anything anything that plays up the age gap and Rey's desperate need for a parental/mentor figure. I'd also be super into a dark Rey who took Kylo's offer and meets Qi'ra through their shared dark side allegiance.
Qi'ra/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I'm heavily into the Oedipal potential here. Is Kylo hyper-aware that he's fucking his dad's ex? Is Qi'ra nostalgic for Han? Does it bother either of them that she's old enough to be his mother? Please feel free to lean into the age gap and keep-it-in-the-family vibe as hard as you like. I'd love to see awkward virgin Kylo with experienced older woman Qi'ra, or maybe Qi'ra indulging her nurturing side with a younger and more energetic toyboy. Maybe she's using him to get to the First Order, or maybe he's walked away from the Order and taken refuge with Crimson Dawn.
I adore Jodie Whittaker's doctor: her balance of self-important bombast and deep compassion for everyone around her, and the way she brings humour and levity to the most ridiculous situations. I also love how personally invested she is in everything, and how she's willing to admit her mistakes but never lets them hold her back. What if she stops by a galaxy far, far away to stick her nose into the war that's raging between the First Order and the Resistance?
Thirteenth Doctor & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
It would probably take the Doctor all of five seconds to dismantle Kylo's Big Bad Scary Grr act and get at the insecure trainwreck underneath. I wonder how her ability to find good in everyone would play off his 'yes I am a monster' issues - and if you want to go there, I'm partial to the idea that pre-fall Ben Solo had serious hangups about his family all seeing him as monstrous and damaged and incurably contaminated by the dark side. Could the Doctor, as a neutral outside party, get through to him in a way that no one else has been able to?
Thirteenth Doctor & Rey
Rey, on the other hand, would probably be an instant hit with the Doctor. I can see them clicking really well - they have a similar ingrained sense of justice and respect for life. Rey is choosing to forge a new destiny for herself out of the nothingness of her family origins, and I'm sure the Doctor has a lot that she could tell her about destiny and choices.
Thirteenth Doctor & Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I'd dearly love to see the Doctor play matchmaker between these two. Maybe it's part of the war effort - to save the galaxy, Kylo needs to fall in love with Rey? Or maybe she's arrived in the war's aftermath, to find a redeemed Ben Solo and romantically hapless Rey making eyes at each other while the newly victorious Resistance scrambles to re-establish some form of functional government. Or has the war gone badly for the Resistance, and it falls to the Doctor to help what's left of the galaxy's freedom fighters in the wake of a First Order triumph?
Adam Sackler/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
My motives here are around 50% sexy selfcest and 50% cracky entertainment value. How could these two characters end up in a room together? Maybe poor gormless Adam gets sucked into the Star Wars universe where he finds himself at the heart of all the action due to his eerie resemblance to this crazy galactic despot with a laser sword. I'm sure Kylo Ren could find plenty of strategic uses for such a convincing body double. Or perhaps - God help us all - it's Kylo who gets sucked into our modern world, and Adam ends up offering his couch because where the fuck else is this guy gonna go?
Adam Sackler/Rey
What is it about Adam that Rey finds so appealing? Is it his weirdly endearing ignorance about the spacefarer lifestyle? His helplessness in battle? His all-or-nothing temperament and his sharp, bluntly-worded flashes of insight into her innermost thoughts? It certainly isn't his striking physical resemblance to Kylo Ren. That would be ridiculous.
Tony Stark/Faith Lehane
Seeing this in the tagset was an exciting moment! Faith and Tony have a lot in common: they're impulsive, promiscuous, wracked with guilt and haunted by parental issues. They're also extraordinary different: Tony's silver spoon vs Faith's dirt-poor upbringing, Tony's technological bent vs Faith's natural 'Chosen One' powers.
One thing we know about Faith is that she has no qualms using people for their money and resources, and Tony has plenty of those to go around. Maybe she needs help from Earth's Mightiest Heroes to tackle an up-and-coming threat. Or maybe Tony takes a scientific interest in the Hellmouth and the demon underworld.
Gamora/Nebula
I found that scene in the second movie where Gamora had Nebula chained up deeply inspiring! I’d love any whumpy, angsty badwrong where they work out their family issues through some good old-fashioned hatesex. How does sex work for Nebula, after everything Thanos has done to her body? Can she still feel pleasure in that way? I’d also adore any sisterly(ish) hurt/comfort, or maybe something where Gamora takes pity and finally feeds Nebula a nice ripe yaro root.
I'm always down for ignoring Infinity War, but I'd also love to see Nebula's grief and vengeful rage in a post-snap world.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Sharon Carter
I see these two as practical, serious, strategic-minded people willing to get the job done at any cost. They're not big old capital-h Heroes in the way some of their friends are - they prefer to operate quietly, and we've seen that they're both willing to break the rules in pursuit of what they think is right. They're also willing to take ridiculous risks for the people they care about. Maybe they bond through their loyalty to Steve, or maybe Sharon gets involved in Bucky's case while he's in custody during Civil War? Going back to before the Accords, I'd also love to see Sharon on the Winter Soldier's case. Maybe she finds him before he hightails it to Romania, while he's still lurking around the Smithsonian trying to piece together the shards of his identity.
Any canon-divergent AU is also great here. As I mentioned above, I'm especially partial to pretending Infinity War didn't happen, but equally happy to drop out of canon at whatever point suits your storytelling needs.
Mantis/Nebula
I love Mantis so much! I find her irresistibly adorable as well as strong and tough and sharply intelligent. Then there's hard-bitten Nebula with all her pain and rage and half-healed wounds. Yes please to all the quirky dialogue, empathic whump and general xeno weirdness.
I'm thinking of maybe a forced-cooperation scenario where a mission or adventure brings these two together? Mantis isn't exactly Nebula's idea of a 'proper' warrior, but her psychic skills are undeniably powerful and she has a knack for getting past other people's stoic bullshit to what's really going on inside their heads.
It's been a while since I dipped my toes in RPF waters, so sorry for the sparse prompts here. Basically I find these actors charismatic and attractive, and would love to read some iddy fun about their fictional love lives. I enjoy behind-the-scenes stuff about life on set, career details, personal rivalries, tension between public and private personas - and of course, indulgent porn is always fine in my book.
Adam Driver/John Boyega
I like how well they seem to get along, and the edge of competition that comes through in some of John Boyega's public mentions. Certainly neither of them seems the type to back away from a dare or challenge - is there a bit of lighthearted rivalry between them?
Adam Driver/Domhnall Gleeson
What's it like playing a pair of frothing enemies who spend most of their shared screentime ripping each other to shreds? Do Adam and Domhnall know about the Kylo/Hux chemistry that's been taking the fandom by storm? How do they get on when the cameras aren't rolling?
Adam Driver/Oscar Isaac
Height differences! Muck-up childhoods! Ridiculously pretty faces! I love all the photos of these two being dickheads together on the red carpet, and I feel like they could have a really fun dynamic.
Skywalker Family Drama
This family is such a tragic mess of love and betrayal and miscommunication, and I desperately want them to sit down and talk about their fucking issues - whether that means making apologies, sharing hard truths or shouting bitter recriminations.
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren & Han Solo
What if at the end of TFA, Kylo surrenders and comes home with Han instead of killing him? I'd love to see their conversation on the Falcon, or maybe something later as Ben struggles to reintegrate into non-evil life. Other ideas: pre-fall father-son bonding. Post-fall introspection, and Han's angst about failing as a parent. Kylo Ren is haunted by the father he killed. Kylo Ren pulls some that's-not-how-the-Force-works shenanigans to try and undo what he's done and bring Han back.
Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
So many possibilities! Supreme Leader Kylo Ren comes to the Resistance to try and broker their surrender so he doesn't have to kill his mother. General Leia, leader of the triumphant Resistance, talks to her captive son through the bars of his cell. At the eleventh hour, in the heat of battle, Kylo does something recklessly self-sacrificing to save Leia's life. One of them is horribly injured, and the other sets aside their enmity to visit their bedside. One of them reaches out to talk to the other through the Force. They work together on a mission, with redeemed Ben Solo leading the way to a First Order stronghold or asset.
Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren & Han Solo
Any combination of my prompts above could work here. I'd also love to see some achey, angsty interaction between Han and Leia as they try to cope with the fall of their son and figure out what went wrong. Or a flashback to their life before Ben became Kylo Ren - I'm especially interested in what it would have been like parenting teenage Ben, what signs there might have been that things were trending south, and what hopes and dreams they had for his future.
Luke Skywalker /& Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
My favourite flavour of Kylo Ren is evil but sympathetic: I love seeing him at his worst. I love seeing him make awful decisions, I love seeing him suffer for his mistakes, I love the tease of how he could do so much better but somehow doesn't. I love his inner conflict and his lack of self-control. I also love awkward, painful redemption stories where his battered conscience finally asserts itself and forces him face-to-face with the worst parts of his personality.
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren /& Rose Tico
I'm really into the ethical clash between these two: Kylo with his love of power and his violent authoritarian leanings, Rose with her sense of justice and compassion for the underdog. I'd love to see the two of them build a relationship - maybe Ben defects to the Resistance, and Rose steps up to offer him some firm-handed guidance? Or maybe they can't stand each other, but somehow they keep ending up in bed when the beers and bad decisions come out? Or maybe some outside plot device strands them together and forces them to cooperate.
I'm interested in all kinds of polyships - love triangles, triads, v arrangements, open relationships, casual threesomes. I've got no preferences for who receives how much attention, as long as all three characters get some kind of look-in!
Armitage Hux/Phasma/Kylo Ren
All three of them are difficult, damaged people with competing professional agendas and very different views of what it means to be part of the First Order. I'd love a fic that explores the power struggles between them, and the clash between their need for human intimacy and their need to get one over each other at all times.
Finn/Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Banter. Love-hate. Competitive one-upmanship. I love how different and how alike these three are, how badly they've hurt each other and how much worse they still could. Does a freak incident force Finn and Rey to cooperate with their enemy? Does Ben Solo defect to the Resistance? Or maybe it's Finn who doesn't defect from the First Order, and Rey gets captured / turns dark and joins them / becomes an unlikely point of shared fixation that supersedes the wide gulf of rank between them?
Poe Dameron/Luke Skywalker/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I absolutely love this ship when combined with the 'Ben and Poe as childhood friends' headcanon. They're on different paths now, with Ben's Jedi training and all, but I like to think they might have bonded over their shared love of fast ships and reckless piloting maneuvers. I imagine Luke would have his hands plenty full trying to manage both of them at once, if he was involved in their younger lives. Or maybe Luke and Poe don't meet till much later, after Ben has become Kylo Ren, and they're two of the last people in the galaxy with the motive and determination to try and bring him back?
Rey/Luke Skywalker/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Phasma/Rey
Phasma and Rey had similar nightmare early lives that they've dealt with in opposing ways: Phasma has come out ruthless and power-hungry, while Rey escaped Jakku full of justice and compassion and the will to make the world a better place. There's huge potential here for a really dark and conflict-fueled relationship, but I'd also melt for Rey showing Phasma some unexpected kindness. Maybe she takes mercy on her in the heat of battle? Maybe Phasma gets captured by the Resistance, and Rey takes charge of interrogating her? Or maybe they get stranded somewhere and are forced to work together for survival.
Armitage Hux/Rey
I love Hux so much at his awful, scheming canon worst. He's Rey's polar opposite in pretty much every respect: cruel, unprincipled and utterly self-interested in everything he does. And yet underneath it all, he has just that little piece of common ground with her in his rotten childhood and his need to prove himself against the absence of parental love. What if he fell into Resistance hands - as a prisoner of war, or perhaps a willing traitor once he figures out that First Order life under Supreme Leader Kylo Ren isn't all he'd hoped it would be?
Poe Dameron/Armitage Hux
Sadistic banter during Poe's capture and interrogation. Retribution when Hux is captured by the Resistance. Uneasy alliance - I'm always a huge fan of enemies being forced to work together! Or, on a much darker note, a 'First Order wins' AU where Hux finally gets his chance for revenge on the ace pilot who has caused his Navy so much grief over the years.
Rey & Han Solo
Han is the father Rey never had. He's also damaged, taciturn and extremely gun-shy after his last attempt at parenting led to apocalyptic planetary destruction. I'd love to see the two of them awkwardly bonding - over ship mechanics, maybe, or shitty bravado-filled stories about their young lives trying to survive on their own.
Loyalty, antagonism, power imbalance, clashing personalities. I love every stage in the evolution of their relationship, from aloof master and seething subordinate to murderous enemies to fond mentor/student with a solid base of mutual respect. I have so many questions that I'd love to see answered: will Renji ever progress to a captaincy, or will he stay at Byakuya's side forever? If they end up on opposite sides of a fight again, will things play out differently? How do their different ranks and social castes affect their growing intimacy?
Kuchiki Byakuya/Kurosaki Ichigo
Ichigo has been so busy saving the world that he's had to skip the normal teenage growing-up stuff. Byakuya has been so busy living up to society's expectations that he's had to skip over his entire natural personality. I love how temperamentally alike they are: hot tempers, protective instincts, affinity for reckless self-sacrifice. Ichigo can get past Byakuya's status barriers in a way no one else can, and I think they're capable of bringing out the best in each other - or annoying each other to the point of bloodshed. I'd love to see them train together (or 'train' together, if that's more your speed).
Kuchiki Byakuya & Kuchiki Rukia
I'm a complete sucker for Byakuya and Rukia's family relationship. I love how she looks up to him and how desperate she is for the tiniest scrap of his approval. I love the hidden depths of his affection for her, his cloying overprotectiveness and his tendency to use money and gifts as a substitute for intimacy. We see Rukia's confidence blossom as canon progresses - is part of that down to her growing sense of belonging and wanted-ness in her new adoptive family? How much does it mean to them both that they're learning to relate to each other more openly?
I'm a complete sucker for Byakuya and Rukia's family relationship. I love how she looks up to him and how desperate she is for the tiniest scrap of his approval. I love the hidden depths of his affection for her, his cloying overprotectiveness and his tendency to use money and gifts as a substitute for intimacy. We see Rukia's confidence blossom as canon progresses - is part of that down to her growing sense of belonging and wanted-ness in her new adoptive family? How much does it mean to them both that they're learning to relate to each other more openly?
Kuchiki Byakuya/Kuchiki Rukia
The incest is a feature, not a bug! I'm so here for shame and guilt and violated duty of care. Is Rukia too stricken by guilt and gratitude to say no to anything her brother asks? Or is she hungry for his attention and willing to milk her resemblance to Hisana for all it's worth? How long does Byakuya resist the temptation of having his wife's sweet, subservient body double sleeping in the room right next to him? Do they compartmentalise the different aspects of their relationship, or are they siblings and lovers and military colleagues all at once?
Star Wars crossovers
Cardinal/Finn
Cardinal was one of my highlights of the Phasma novel: he's so earnest and principled, a lone paragon of conviction in the self-serving wasteland of the First Order. I'd love to know what kind of role Cardinal had in Finn's training, and if he saw a bit of himself in his young recruit. Or perhaps they meet later, after Finn and Cardinal have both defected - does Cardinal join the Resistance, and help Finn settle into his new life as a defector? Or is he a freelancer like Vi Moradi, and Finn has to leverage their shared past to get Cardinal's help against the Order?
Lando Calrissian & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
From 'Unca Wanwo' to estranged best friend of the father Kylo killed in cold blood - I feel like there's got to be some serious baggage here. I'd love to see the two of them come face to face after Kylo's fall to the dark side, either as enemies sharing recriminations or as the world's most painfully awkward family friends after Ben is redeemed, sharing memories of Han and the life they used to live in happier days.
Qi'ra/Rey
I'd love to see inexperienced, rough-and-ready young Rey with a smart, ruthless older woman. I can picture Qi'ra as a freewheeling criminal agent in a post-First Order takeover world, playing both sides and keeping channels open with the Resistance for shady reasons of her own. I'd especially love anything anything that plays up the age gap and Rey's desperate need for a parental/mentor figure. I'd also be super into a dark Rey who took Kylo's offer and meets Qi'ra through their shared dark side allegiance.
Qi'ra/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I'm heavily into the Oedipal potential here. Is Kylo hyper-aware that he's fucking his dad's ex? Is Qi'ra nostalgic for Han? Does it bother either of them that she's old enough to be his mother? Please feel free to lean into the age gap and keep-it-in-the-family vibe as hard as you like. I'd love to see awkward virgin Kylo with experienced older woman Qi'ra, or maybe Qi'ra indulging her nurturing side with a younger and more energetic toyboy. Maybe she's using him to get to the First Order, or maybe he's walked away from the Order and taken refuge with Crimson Dawn.
Star Wars/Doctor Who crossovers
I adore Jodie Whittaker's doctor: her balance of self-important bombast and deep compassion for everyone around her, and the way she brings humour and levity to the most ridiculous situations. I also love how personally invested she is in everything, and how she's willing to admit her mistakes but never lets them hold her back. What if she stops by a galaxy far, far away to stick her nose into the war that's raging between the First Order and the Resistance?
Thirteenth Doctor & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
It would probably take the Doctor all of five seconds to dismantle Kylo's Big Bad Scary Grr act and get at the insecure trainwreck underneath. I wonder how her ability to find good in everyone would play off his 'yes I am a monster' issues - and if you want to go there, I'm partial to the idea that pre-fall Ben Solo had serious hangups about his family all seeing him as monstrous and damaged and incurably contaminated by the dark side. Could the Doctor, as a neutral outside party, get through to him in a way that no one else has been able to?
Thirteenth Doctor & Rey
Rey, on the other hand, would probably be an instant hit with the Doctor. I can see them clicking really well - they have a similar ingrained sense of justice and respect for life. Rey is choosing to forge a new destiny for herself out of the nothingness of her family origins, and I'm sure the Doctor has a lot that she could tell her about destiny and choices.
Thirteenth Doctor & Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I'd dearly love to see the Doctor play matchmaker between these two. Maybe it's part of the war effort - to save the galaxy, Kylo needs to fall in love with Rey? Or maybe she's arrived in the war's aftermath, to find a redeemed Ben Solo and romantically hapless Rey making eyes at each other while the newly victorious Resistance scrambles to re-establish some form of functional government. Or has the war gone badly for the Resistance, and it falls to the Doctor to help what's left of the galaxy's freedom fighters in the wake of a First Order triumph?
Star Wars/Girls crossovers
Adam Sackler/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
My motives here are around 50% sexy selfcest and 50% cracky entertainment value. How could these two characters end up in a room together? Maybe poor gormless Adam gets sucked into the Star Wars universe where he finds himself at the heart of all the action due to his eerie resemblance to this crazy galactic despot with a laser sword. I'm sure Kylo Ren could find plenty of strategic uses for such a convincing body double. Or perhaps - God help us all - it's Kylo who gets sucked into our modern world, and Adam ends up offering his couch because where the fuck else is this guy gonna go?
Adam Sackler/Rey
What is it about Adam that Rey finds so appealing? Is it his weirdly endearing ignorance about the spacefarer lifestyle? His helplessness in battle? His all-or-nothing temperament and his sharp, bluntly-worded flashes of insight into her innermost thoughts? It certainly isn't his striking physical resemblance to Kylo Ren. That would be ridiculous.
Marvel Cinematic Universe/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossovers
Tony Stark/Faith Lehane
Seeing this in the tagset was an exciting moment! Faith and Tony have a lot in common: they're impulsive, promiscuous, wracked with guilt and haunted by parental issues. They're also extraordinary different: Tony's silver spoon vs Faith's dirt-poor upbringing, Tony's technological bent vs Faith's natural 'Chosen One' powers.
One thing we know about Faith is that she has no qualms using people for their money and resources, and Tony has plenty of those to go around. Maybe she needs help from Earth's Mightiest Heroes to tackle an up-and-coming threat. Or maybe Tony takes a scientific interest in the Hellmouth and the demon underworld.
Gamora/Nebula
I found that scene in the second movie where Gamora had Nebula chained up deeply inspiring! I’d love any whumpy, angsty badwrong where they work out their family issues through some good old-fashioned hatesex. How does sex work for Nebula, after everything Thanos has done to her body? Can she still feel pleasure in that way? I’d also adore any sisterly(ish) hurt/comfort, or maybe something where Gamora takes pity and finally feeds Nebula a nice ripe yaro root.
I'm always down for ignoring Infinity War, but I'd also love to see Nebula's grief and vengeful rage in a post-snap world.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Sharon Carter
I see these two as practical, serious, strategic-minded people willing to get the job done at any cost. They're not big old capital-h Heroes in the way some of their friends are - they prefer to operate quietly, and we've seen that they're both willing to break the rules in pursuit of what they think is right. They're also willing to take ridiculous risks for the people they care about. Maybe they bond through their loyalty to Steve, or maybe Sharon gets involved in Bucky's case while he's in custody during Civil War? Going back to before the Accords, I'd also love to see Sharon on the Winter Soldier's case. Maybe she finds him before he hightails it to Romania, while he's still lurking around the Smithsonian trying to piece together the shards of his identity.
Any canon-divergent AU is also great here. As I mentioned above, I'm especially partial to pretending Infinity War didn't happen, but equally happy to drop out of canon at whatever point suits your storytelling needs.
Mantis/Nebula
I love Mantis so much! I find her irresistibly adorable as well as strong and tough and sharply intelligent. Then there's hard-bitten Nebula with all her pain and rage and half-healed wounds. Yes please to all the quirky dialogue, empathic whump and general xeno weirdness.
I'm thinking of maybe a forced-cooperation scenario where a mission or adventure brings these two together? Mantis isn't exactly Nebula's idea of a 'proper' warrior, but her psychic skills are undeniably powerful and she has a knack for getting past other people's stoic bullshit to what's really going on inside their heads.
It's been a while since I dipped my toes in RPF waters, so sorry for the sparse prompts here. Basically I find these actors charismatic and attractive, and would love to read some iddy fun about their fictional love lives. I enjoy behind-the-scenes stuff about life on set, career details, personal rivalries, tension between public and private personas - and of course, indulgent porn is always fine in my book.
Adam Driver/John Boyega
I like how well they seem to get along, and the edge of competition that comes through in some of John Boyega's public mentions. Certainly neither of them seems the type to back away from a dare or challenge - is there a bit of lighthearted rivalry between them?
Adam Driver/Domhnall Gleeson
What's it like playing a pair of frothing enemies who spend most of their shared screentime ripping each other to shreds? Do Adam and Domhnall know about the Kylo/Hux chemistry that's been taking the fandom by storm? How do they get on when the cameras aren't rolling?
Adam Driver/Oscar Isaac
Height differences! Muck-up childhoods! Ridiculously pretty faces! I love all the photos of these two being dickheads together on the red carpet, and I feel like they could have a really fun dynamic.
Skywalker Family Drama
This family is such a tragic mess of love and betrayal and miscommunication, and I desperately want them to sit down and talk about their fucking issues - whether that means making apologies, sharing hard truths or shouting bitter recriminations.
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren & Han Solo
What if at the end of TFA, Kylo surrenders and comes home with Han instead of killing him? I'd love to see their conversation on the Falcon, or maybe something later as Ben struggles to reintegrate into non-evil life. Other ideas: pre-fall father-son bonding. Post-fall introspection, and Han's angst about failing as a parent. Kylo Ren is haunted by the father he killed. Kylo Ren pulls some that's-not-how-the-Force-works shenanigans to try and undo what he's done and bring Han back.
Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
So many possibilities! Supreme Leader Kylo Ren comes to the Resistance to try and broker their surrender so he doesn't have to kill his mother. General Leia, leader of the triumphant Resistance, talks to her captive son through the bars of his cell. At the eleventh hour, in the heat of battle, Kylo does something recklessly self-sacrificing to save Leia's life. One of them is horribly injured, and the other sets aside their enmity to visit their bedside. One of them reaches out to talk to the other through the Force. They work together on a mission, with redeemed Ben Solo leading the way to a First Order stronghold or asset.
Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren & Han Solo
Any combination of my prompts above could work here. I'd also love to see some achey, angsty interaction between Han and Leia as they try to cope with the fall of their son and figure out what went wrong. Or a flashback to their life before Ben became Kylo Ren - I'm especially interested in what it would have been like parenting teenage Ben, what signs there might have been that things were trending south, and what hopes and dreams they had for his future.
Luke Skywalker /& Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Force ghost Luke haunts Kylo Ren (To make amends? To minimise the damage? To pass the time in a boring afterlife?). Pre-fall Ben and Luke train together at the Jedi temple. “I've seen this raw power only once before” - when? What was it like seeing Ben grow into his strength, watching his inner light/dark battle in real time?
If you go the familial route, I'm very interested in the angst and broken trust elements in this relationship. For shipfic, I'm here for all the creepy claustrophobic incest and age gaps and general fucked up-ness. In either case I'd also love any kind of missionfic, wacky Force hijinks or religious worldbuilding as the two of them walk the Jedi path together.
Fandom Bicycle Kylo Ren
My favourite flavour of Kylo Ren is evil but sympathetic: I love seeing him at his worst. I love seeing him make awful decisions, I love seeing him suffer for his mistakes, I love the tease of how he could do so much better but somehow doesn't. I love his inner conflict and his lack of self-control. I also love awkward, painful redemption stories where his battered conscience finally asserts itself and forces him face-to-face with the worst parts of his personality.
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren /& Rose Tico
I'm really into the ethical clash between these two: Kylo with his love of power and his violent authoritarian leanings, Rose with her sense of justice and compassion for the underdog. I'd love to see the two of them build a relationship - maybe Ben defects to the Resistance, and Rose steps up to offer him some firm-handed guidance? Or maybe they can't stand each other, but somehow they keep ending up in bed when the beers and bad decisions come out? Or maybe some outside plot device strands them together and forces them to cooperate.
Finn/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I love every flavour of this ship - commander and subordinate, enemies with benefits, post-redemption, anything. I'm fascinated by Finn's stormtrooper background and love any fic that sheds light on their shared FO history / common ground as defectors / intensely personal baggage as enemies. I'd also be super into a captive scenario in either direction: one of them is taken prisoner by the other, and airing of grievances / heartfelt argument / sadistic revenge ensues.
Poe Dameron/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I love the idea that there's more between these two than simple enemy combatants. Maybe Poe knew Ben Solo pre-fall, and despite the different paths they've taken, they can't let go of their feelings for each other. Maybe they meet after Kylo defects back to the light side, but he's still not good, exactly, and the relationship quickly takes a dangerous turn. Or maybe Poe falls back into First Order captivity, and Kylo takes a very personal interest in interrogating the man who spent most of their last torture session calmly and defiantly sassing him.
Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I'm here for absolutely any variation of Kylo and Rey having fraught, dangerous chemistry that overrules their better judgement - bright and hopeful, dark and hate-fueled or anywhere in between! They make such fantastic foils for each other, and their relationship is so ill-advised and yet so compelling.
Smut-wise, I'm especially fond of any kind of Force bond weirdness. Bodyswap where they're forced to share more than just each other's thoughts? Force bond sex in a public place, with one of them desperately trying to pretend nothing untoward is going on? Force-fueled sex pollen or magic?
Snoke /& Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
My favourite take on this relationship is 'vulnerable asshole gets in way over his head with a much bigger, badder asshole'. I'm intrigued by Kylo's volatility towards Snoke: the brainwashed hero-worship, the seething resentment, the willingness to turn on a dime and gorily murder him. I also have a weakness for cracky stories about big scary villains being secret failboats, so would welcome something darkly funny about their student/mentor relationship or the inner workings of the First Order bureaucracy.
On the / side, I'm totally here for Snoke the super-creep using sex as a tool of control and a way to reward/punish/manipulate Kylo. I'd also love some one-sided pining from Kylo: maybe there's a sexual/romantic element to his worship, or a simple longing for affection in whatever form it takes?
My favourite take on this relationship is 'vulnerable asshole gets in way over his head with a much bigger, badder asshole'. I'm intrigued by Kylo's volatility towards Snoke: the brainwashed hero-worship, the seething resentment, the willingness to turn on a dime and gorily murder him. I also have a weakness for cracky stories about big scary villains being secret failboats, so would welcome something darkly funny about their student/mentor relationship or the inner workings of the First Order bureaucracy.
On the / side, I'm totally here for Snoke the super-creep using sex as a tool of control and a way to reward/punish/manipulate Kylo. I'd also love some one-sided pining from Kylo: maybe there's a sexual/romantic element to his worship, or a simple longing for affection in whatever form it takes?
Star Wars polyships
I'm interested in all kinds of polyships - love triangles, triads, v arrangements, open relationships, casual threesomes. I've got no preferences for who receives how much attention, as long as all three characters get some kind of look-in!
Armitage Hux/Phasma/Kylo Ren
All three of them are difficult, damaged people with competing professional agendas and very different views of what it means to be part of the First Order. I'd love a fic that explores the power struggles between them, and the clash between their need for human intimacy and their need to get one over each other at all times.
I'd be really into Phasma Doing What Must Be Done to secure her position. What does she think of Kylo and Hux - does she respect them as allies, or look down on them as sheltered brats who've been handed power they don't deserve? Does she grit her teeth when she takes them to bed? Is she using them, or are they using her?
Finn/Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Banter. Love-hate. Competitive one-upmanship. I love how different and how alike these three are, how badly they've hurt each other and how much worse they still could. Does a freak incident force Finn and Rey to cooperate with their enemy? Does Ben Solo defect to the Resistance? Or maybe it's Finn who doesn't defect from the First Order, and Rey gets captured / turns dark and joins them / becomes an unlikely point of shared fixation that supersedes the wide gulf of rank between them?
Poe Dameron/Luke Skywalker/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
I absolutely love this ship when combined with the 'Ben and Poe as childhood friends' headcanon. They're on different paths now, with Ben's Jedi training and all, but I like to think they might have bonded over their shared love of fast ships and reckless piloting maneuvers. I imagine Luke would have his hands plenty full trying to manage both of them at once, if he was involved in their younger lives. Or maybe Luke and Poe don't meet till much later, after Ben has become Kylo Ren, and they're two of the last people in the galaxy with the motive and determination to try and bring him back?
Rey/Luke Skywalker/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
This ship is ripe for all the love triangle angst: Luke is wracked by the guilt of his past failures and desperate to make things right now that he's once again responsible for training a powerful young Force user. Kylo has the world's largest Luke-shaped chip on his shoulder, his need to prove himself the stronger man clashing with his need for approval. Rey - I love that line from Daisy Ridley about Kylo nurturing her the way Rey can't. There's so much to play with there.
I'd also be into an AU where Ben never turned, and he and Rey are students together at the temple. Are they rivals for their teacher's praise? Friends? Lovers? Secret lovers who Luke catches in the act?
Other Star Wars pairings
Phasma/Rey
Phasma and Rey had similar nightmare early lives that they've dealt with in opposing ways: Phasma has come out ruthless and power-hungry, while Rey escaped Jakku full of justice and compassion and the will to make the world a better place. There's huge potential here for a really dark and conflict-fueled relationship, but I'd also melt for Rey showing Phasma some unexpected kindness. Maybe she takes mercy on her in the heat of battle? Maybe Phasma gets captured by the Resistance, and Rey takes charge of interrogating her? Or maybe they get stranded somewhere and are forced to work together for survival.
Armitage Hux/Rey
I love Hux so much at his awful, scheming canon worst. He's Rey's polar opposite in pretty much every respect: cruel, unprincipled and utterly self-interested in everything he does. And yet underneath it all, he has just that little piece of common ground with her in his rotten childhood and his need to prove himself against the absence of parental love. What if he fell into Resistance hands - as a prisoner of war, or perhaps a willing traitor once he figures out that First Order life under Supreme Leader Kylo Ren isn't all he'd hoped it would be?
Poe Dameron/Armitage Hux
Sadistic banter during Poe's capture and interrogation. Retribution when Hux is captured by the Resistance. Uneasy alliance - I'm always a huge fan of enemies being forced to work together! Or, on a much darker note, a 'First Order wins' AU where Hux finally gets his chance for revenge on the ace pilot who has caused his Navy so much grief over the years.
Rey & Han Solo
Han is the father Rey never had. He's also damaged, taciturn and extremely gun-shy after his last attempt at parenting led to apocalyptic planetary destruction. I'd love to see the two of them awkwardly bonding - over ship mechanics, maybe, or shitty bravado-filled stories about their young lives trying to survive on their own.
