All But Romance 2026 Dear Creator Letter

[krzeslicko]

Hello! 
Thank you for creating for me!
I'm always open for treats, in any form.

I'm including a list of my general likes, as well as fandom-specific likes and prompts. Prompts are just suggestions, you don't have to use them. If you want to play around with your ideas, go ahead. You can also mix and match my prompts, work from them etc.

My ao3 is Krzeslicko.

Requested fandoms:
One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)  
Original Work   
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga   
Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo   
Murderbot (TV)   
Crossover Fandom   
The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)   
Merlin (TV)   
The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
Iron Lung

My general likes:

• 5+1 things
• A character that usually has their shit together breaking down and being taken care of
• A character that's usually a caretaker being taken care of
• Aloof characters yearning for friendship but not knowing how to reach out
• Androids, robots, body augmentation (non graphic please! By that I mean no on-page operations, the characters can have any number of augments etc as you want)
• Angst
• Anxious, overthinking characters
• Aro ace characters, aromantic characters, asexual characters (please no "self discovery" plot though!)
• Banter and humour
• Case fics/Mission fics
• Character study
• Characters struggling with self-worth
• Competent characters, bamf characters, smart characters
• Complicated relationships and politics
• Creative problem-solving
• Cuddle pollen (sort of like sex pollen but instead of sex, you need to touch, cuddle, hug), bonus points if the character is alone, or with an enemy, or if they really don't want to touch or are touch repulsed 
• Cyberpunk
• Dnd-esque setting
• Doomed characters, Broken characters getting help, receiving affection
• Enemies to friends (slow burn)
• Enemies to friends to lovers
• Enemy to caretaker
• Expanding on canon
• Fight scenes, fighting, dynamic scenes, using the environment to your advantage
• Finding purpose in life
• Fleeting touches
• Forced to watch/hear the other get hurt/tortured (no rape/assault please!)
• Found family, friendship and genuine affection, queerplatonic relationships
• Gen fics
• Gothic vibes (old mansions, elaborate designs)
• Grumpy/sunshine
• Happy/hopeful endings
• Hiding injury (physical injuries or mental health)
• High Fantasy, Low Fantasy, urban fantasy
• Hurt (comfort optional, unless it's psychological!); i'm fine with hurt no comfort, hurt little comfort, hurt a lot of comfort, little hurt a lot of comfort and all comfort 
• Loyalty and devotion
• Magic and magical realism
• Mentoring 
• Morally ambiguous characters
• Mystery and suspense, eldritch horror
• Noir vibes (elusive femme fatal, hardass detective etc)
• Older characters (over 25)
• Plot-heavy stories and worldbuilding
• POV outsider
• Realising you've had something good going on the minute you lose it
• Redemption arc
• Regency era stories
• Reluctant allies
• Sassy characters
• Scars, exploring the past via scars, stories where character A hides their scars and character B sees them on accident, either as a big reveal of A's past, or B is the only person who doesn't make a big deal out of the scars A has, or anything really. Caring for scars, appreciating scars, helping a character get over their insecurities from having scars, or scars from silly accidents that have fun backstories
• Sci-fi, mix of sci-fi and fantasy, sci-fi in near future
• Showing off skills
• Slow burn
• Smart characters
• Steampunk, solarpunk
• Stoic characters breaking down
• Sunshine characters breaking inside, or in general
• Sunshine characters seen as 'silly' and 'weak' lashing out and showing everyone they've underestimated them this whole time
• Taking care of each other's injuries
• Touch starved, yearning
• Underdog story - someone who everyone thought was bad at everything turns out to be a badass
• Unusual takes on the tropes
• Violence (sans gore and eye trauma mentioned in the DNWs), no graphic details though, please; action
• Whump

Note! If something in the DNWs is canon - please don't focus on it.

DNWs:

• A/B/O and related, including mpreg and secondary genders
• Abuse between main cast (accidentally hurting someone OK, maliciously making them hurt not OK)
• Age gap romantic relationships (over 10 years)
• Age play, age regression, Daddy/Mommy kinks (magically/otherwise turning back into a younger self OK, turning into older self OK, just no child in an adult's body, please! adult in child's body OK)
• Brainwashing, mind-altering substances, hypnosis (mention OK, in the past OK, happening to a background character OK, hypnosis with no effects OK)
• Cannibalism and cakeverse (mention OK, detailed description of eating human meat not OK, main characters as cannibals not OK unless accidental or circumstantial - ex. they have to eat human meat or they die, accidental cannibalism OK)
• Character bashing
• Cheating and infidelity with main cast (in the past OK, thinking of cheating if resolved OK)
• Cults (mention OK, realising you're in a cult OK, detailed description of inner workings of a cult not OK unless in a comedic setting)
• Drugs (please no cigarettes, alcohol, soft/hard drugs), topics related to addiction and recovery (mention of smoking/drinking/using/recovering OK, but don't have MC smoke on page. If it's canon - don't focus on it)
• Eating Disorders and elaborate descriptions of food and eating (mention of food/disorders in passing OK)
• Elaborate descriptions of bodily fluids (especially spit, piss, shit), so no scat, watersports (mentions OK, crying OK)
• Elaborate descriptions of kissing (mention that characters kissed OK) and sexual activities on page (masturbation, sexual thoughts, wet dreams, etc) (mention in passing OK)
• Excessive use of slurs, main characters being racist, homophobic, transphobic for the whole story
• Explicit smut and sexual content (fade to black OK, mention of sex OK, references OK)
• Eye trauma, pulling out nails and detailed descriptions of gore. By gore I mean insides being outside, so cuts, bruises, broken bones, mutilation etc. OK
• First-person POV, epistolary, poems, text-based or social media posts based fic, Reader Insert
• Fully domestic/slice of life story (small part of the fic OK)
• Incest, including pseudo incest (step sibling etc)
• Insta love
• Love potions and love spells used by and on main characters (in the past OK, potions/spells used but not working on MC OK, mention of using love potions/spells OK)
• Main character death on page (mention of them passing OK, dealing with grief OK, temporary character death OK, near-death experiences OK, terminal illness not OK unless mentioned in passing)
• Miscommunication as a main drive of the story
• No comfort when hurt is psychological
• Non-con, rape, CNC (mention of past experiences OK, but don't focus on it please)
• Parasites (mention OK, parasites in background characters OK)
• Parenthood and related topics for main characters (so don't give them kids - unless canon - don't focus on kids, don't have them adopt or find kids) background characters with kids OK, canon kids OK, siblings above 12 OK, smaller kids mentioned in passing OK
• Power imbalance in romantic relationships (unless resolved quickly)
• Pregnancy and related topics (giving birth, abortion, miscarriage, infertility, newborns), mention OK, a background pregnant character is OK
• Primal play, knife play, blood kink, stalker in sexual sense
• Setting change to close to real life, Mundane AU - coffeeshop AU, flowershop AU, office, university, high school AU etc (things like band, royalty, actor or spy - set in our universe OK)
• Setting change to part creature - wing fic, cat-person, mer-person (android OK, robot OK, full creature OK, full shapeshifter OK)
• Stories focused on self-discovery of gender/sexual identity
• Terminal illness (mention OK, in the past OK)
• Topics related to (especially poor) mental health and mental disorders (mention OK)
• Topics related to real-life issues (real politics, wars) mentions OK
• Topics related to suicide - self-harm, elaborate suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, characters being actively suicidal
• Trauma Olympics and comparing trauma
• Underage (under 18)
• Unrequested BDSM topics - especially Dom/Sub
• Unrequested identity headcanons, unrequested changes to race, sexual/gender orientation, neurodivergence
• USA-centric stories (unless canon)

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One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)  

Fandom specific DNWs:

• Luffy in a romantic relationship (I see him as ace aro)
• Sanji as a creep (like he is sometimes potrayed in the manga)
• Zoro/Mihawk
• Tashigi/Smoker
• Sanji/Nami, Sanji/Nico
• Nami and Nico in romantic relationships with Zoro, Sanji, Usopp or Zoro
• Chopper in a romantic relationship

Fandom specific likes:

This version of the Strawhats offers something different to Manga and Anime (which I also have fond memories of), and I love that it can be silly and manga-accurate but also allows us to see the raw emotions that can be somewhat muted in the source material (not to say manga isn't able to move you, I myself cried when [redacted] got destroyed and the Strawhats watched it burn), but there is something about watching actors perform that's inherently different to comics.
That said, here's some things I like about this version of Strawhats:
SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2!!!

• Luffy being even more unhinged - that scene in Loguetown, as Luffy is about to get beheaded and starts to laugh histerically? So much raw emotion in that scene, I got chills just watching him.
• The bond between the strawhats is so fantastic, it's clear they're still trying to get to know each other and work out what makes the other tick; I love that first scene in the first season as everyone sans Usopp tries to convince Luffy to stop at Loguetown.
• Sanji being more respectful towards women - that is something I like less about the source material, and I appreciate how the show towned his character down.
• Zoro being a silly guy but also a badass - I adore that directionless mossball.
• Nami! Oh, she's perfect! I love how she is clearly not as much a fighter as the others are, but knows how to use her other strenghts to her advantage. I also like how quickly she bonds with Vivi.
• Usopp! I adore him here! He's an average man (when it comes to Strawhats lol), doesn't have Zoro's sword skills, or Luffy's courage, but that doesn't stop him from doing great things. He's very relatable and is the perfect balance to the other Strawhats madness.
• (Also the little glimpse we got of Robin! I wonder which direction they'll take her!)
• Vivi, obviously, a great character - her royal aura is apparent from the first frame she's in. I love that she's also a skilled fighter and a spy!
• I like the balance between the goofyness and the more serious moments.

Prompts:

• I would love to see what the crew is up to between the islands, what they do, do they visit other islands between the main ones?
• Or maybe you'd want to do an outsider pov on any of the characters? How they're seen through the others' eyes, are they scary or laughed at?
• Some bonding over insecurities/shared experiences/loved ones 
• Can't go wrong with whump and angst. Hiding injury? Love that, Zoro is definitely guilty of that. Hurt anyone, everyone, make them cry, beg, I will eat it up
• Hurt/comfort in any form
• More adventures! 
• Some crazy meet up - do they meet characters who haven't been introduced in the show, or your ocs?
• An au! I'd love to see maybe some steampunk, cyberpunk versions of these characters.
• Different meeting? Someone joins first, and how it changes everyone's dynamic?

Feel free to use any of those or not use them at all!

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Original Work   

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga   

Fandom specific DNWs:

• FMA 2003 AUs
• Roy/Ed or Roy/Al
• Ed with a love interest (I like Winry, but don't like them very much as a couple)

Fandom specific likes:

I like how sassy Ed is, how he starts the series as a weary teen, and eventually transforms into a young adult with issues TM
Love the sibling dynamic between Ed and Al, and how complicated their relationship is. I love the scheming, the setting, the characters.
FMAB is one of my favourite shows, I've seen it at least 3 times. Love the alchemy system, and how everything has its price, I adore the characters and how doomed Elrics are. Love the tragedy and the drama.

Prompts:

• Hurt/comfort obviously, whump and angst - I mean FMA is full of heartbreak, why not add some more? Maybe it's physical and someone gets hurt on a mission, or maybe you want to explore the past? Maybe you want to go deeper into Roy's, or Riza's psyche during the war? Maybe you want to do a canon divergence and do some body horror with Trisha? (Although there already was some of it on the manga so...)
• How Ed trained to become the state alchemist, how is he treated? By other soldiers and the general public. Why doesn't he wear the uniform - maybe there's a deeper meaning to that? 
• Al deserves a story of his own, maybe you want to write about what he was up to after getting his body back? Or his pov of being a suit of armour?
• Another adventure, maybe a mystery, or maybe something silly to lighten the mood? 
• Some sort of au!
• Ed (and or Al) getting to be a kid at least one time 
• What if Ed didn't lose Alchemy? Would he still be in the army? 
• Regency AU?
• What if Trisha lived? Or what if someone else became Edward and Alphonse's teacher? What it Teacher went with them and stopped them from trying to bring Mom back?
• Make Ed more fucked up, give him more trauma or explore what he already has going on

These are just ideas, feel free to disregard them!

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Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo   

Fandom specific DNWs:

• Jordie being resurrected,
• Details about Inej's time at the Menagerie,
• ignoring Kaz's disability
• Jesper-bashing;
• Kaz-bashing;
• Kaz being without fault and having all his ideas pan out without a hitch;
• Inej not feeling emotions;

Fandom specific likes:

Kaz is my favourite character. I love him as a mastermind that's not afraid of getting his hands dirty, but who has his shortcomings as well. I love that others often underestimate him, and that he's such a theatre kid at heart. He's so dramatic. Love his backstory, and how tragic his life was.
I love Inej and her no-nonsense attitude, how she yearns for company but cannot handle touch, how she fell in love with the only other person who hates touch more than she does. Love how strong she is, but still feels empathy towards people, how conflicted she is about killing.
Love how Kaz would sacrifice everyone and everything for Inej.
I really like the Crows and how they interact with Kaz/Inej - some of them fear them, some pity them. The group has such a fun dynamic, a perfect blend of unhinged and competent.

If you want to include other characters not listed in my signup, go ahead!

Prompts:

* Another heist, or preparation for a heist
* Some time before the book, how things were - how did everyone behave, did they like Kaz, fear him?
* How Kaz fell in love, what if the heist didn't happen, would he do something with his feelings towards Inej? Would she grow to resent him because of what he does?
* In the future, after the book concludes, does Inej go off with her parents? Do they like Kaz? Do they think he's not good for their daughter?
* Everyone realising how far Kaz is willing to go
* Five times someone notices something is wrong with Kaz (injury, bad day?) but lets him go alone, and one time someone helps him
Love a strong character who has to ask for help or gets help despite not explicitly asking for it
* Regency AU - are they still criminals but in high society? Are they normal people? Do they still have superpowers? How does this change everyone?
* Band AU - is Kaz the lead singer? Or maybe he's a masked vocalist everyone has their eyes on? My personal headcanon is that thanks to his nimble fingers, Kaz is very good at piano. Maybe it's band AU but in the canon universe? Where instead of becoming a criminal mastermind, Pekka sees Kaz's talent and uses him to lure pidgeons to his casino? Or doubles his workload and in addition to being his left hand man, Kaz also has to be an entertainer? Does he hate all those eyes on him, trying to touch him? Does he grow tired of pretending to have fun on stage just so Pekka doesn't beat him after the show (avoiding his hands and face, of course).
* Vigilante AU - is Kaz the 'Nick Fury' of this operation, or is he in the field? Is it set in the original universe, or in ours? Or maybe in space?
* Grisha AU where Kaz has powers. Does he hide them? Does he flaunt them? What are they? How tragic it would be, if he was a healer, but only realised it after Jodie died?

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Murderbot (TV)   

Fandom specific DNWs:

• While I appreciate the books, please avoid 1st person POV
• Dr. Bharadwaj or Dr. Ratthi being seen as 'stupid'
• Dr. Mensah/Dr. Gurathin (mention of his fascination/one-sided love OK)
• Elaborate details about Dr. Gurathin's addiction
• Elaborate details about Dr. Mensah's anxiety attacts (mentioning she has anxiety/attacks OK, but don't describe the attack proper please)
• First person POV
• Focus on the Ratthi/Arada/Pin-Lee situationship
• Making SecUnit into a 'pure baby', oblivious to the world around it. It wants to watch its shows, but isn't stupid - it's a SecUnit, it was made to kill and has instincts to prove it
• Murderbot in a romantic/sexual relationship/situationship, so please no Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot, or Dr. Mensah/Murderbot
• Using pronouns other than 'it/its' for SecUnit unless done by characters who don't know it, or who are being rude on purpose, or if someone slips up but corrects themselves eventually

Fandom specific likes:

I am familiar with the book (finished Network Effect), so I don't mind if you include things up to that point. I do think the TV series is a different story to the books, so if you prefer to stick to the series only - fine by me.
I like the vibes of the show - you see how much more menacing MB can be if we don't hear its constant monologue, don't see it's panicking, but only see how PresAux sees it - as a deadly construct that could kill them at any point.

• AroAce MB
• Exploration of bonds and complicated relationships
• "Mother Hen" (gender neutral) MB
• Love the canon
• Murderbot being a BAMF
• Murderbot character study 
• Fluffy coda between the episodes
• Team as family
• Gurathin and Murderbot - their dynamic is really interesting, what with how similar they are
• Murderbot and Mensah - love how Mensah is a mentor to MB, how it respects her and tries to help her
• Mensah - she's strong, tries to be a good leader but has a lot of anxiety about that (MB sees that)
• Gurathin is an interesting character! I would love to see him explored more

Prompts:

• Murderbot just chilling
• Murderbot fighting
• Gurathin before, during or after canon - how does he see PresAux? Is he uncomfortable, or maybe he loves them in his own way but doesn't know how to show it?
•  Murderbot after the canon, what happens to it?
• A stolen moment during the mission
• Mensah character study - how she became a leader, how she deals with all the pressure
• PresAux chilling
• Someone gets hurt and they blame MB? Before MB is revealed to be sentient
• Canon divergence where MB stayed - what would happen?
• The weird dynamic between MB and Gurathin explored - why do they fight like that? Is it because they're so similar?

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The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)   

Fandom specific DNWs:

• Focus on Thorin going gold-sick for a significant majority of the story

Fandom specific likes:

I like how sassy Bilbo is in the movies (he was sassy in the book too, but a little less in my opinion), and Thorin and Bilbo have so much chemistry! I just think there is something special between them, and I think everyone around them sees it. 
I love how protective Thorin is of the Company (for a good reason!), and how they respect him and trust him. I love Thorin's big sad eyes.
The way dwarves can find joy in smallest things despite having lost their home is great.
I love that Gandalf just disappears in the middle of the story lol
I love great battles, and elves, and complicated politics, and dragons, and fantasy, and magic- you get the idea.

Prompts:

Go nuts! Want to focus on a background character - sure! Want to do an Outsiders Perspective on X character - yes please!
Maybe you want to do an AU where everyone lives, or a time travel au, or a fragment of Thorin's company before meeting Bilbo, or show me how they were on the road, or give them another adventure, all's good!
Maybe you want to show us what dwarves think of hobbits, maybe hobbits have some weird habits? Or maybe it's Bilbo getting surprised by the Company?
Maybe you want to do some angst or whump or hurt/comfort, or maybe you want them to have fun and chill for a bit. Maybe you want them to solve a mystery, or maybe you want to change the genre and surprise me!

• What if Thorin was the first one to arrive?
• What if everyone arrived at the same time, and Bilbo knew eexactly why they were at his door?
• What if Bilbo was secretly more of a badass? Maybe he can fight, or make traps, or learns magic with ease.
• Something about Thorin's past, how he was before Smaug
• Thorin's company and them bonding, training, hanging out
• Everyone lives AU, or Time travel, or reincarnation AU
• Thorin and Bilbo platonic soulmates AU of any sort

 

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Merlin (TV)   

Fandom specific DNWs:

• Morgana-bashing
• Merlin/Morgana
• Arthur/Morgana

Fandom specific likes:

I grew up with this show, I think I watched it at least three times on TV. I loved the setting and the characters (Gaius and Morgana and Gwen I think were my favourite, but love others as well! Maybe not Uther. He's a complex character but wouldn't want to be stuck in an elevator with him).
I love the bond between Merlin and Arthur, and how they grom to respect one another; no matter if it's romantic or platonic, I think they have some sort of connection that makes them destined for each other - as the show says, they are two sides of the same coin.
I also adore Merlin's relationship with Gaius and Gwen, and the Round Table Knights. He might not be a knight in a typical sense, but Merlin is very much a protector. 

Prompts:

• What if Arthur knew about Merlin's magic from the get go? How did it happen?
• What if magic wasn't forbidden?
• Someone underestimating Merlin and Merlin proving them wrong - maybe showing off his proficiency in magic, or shows off in another way
• Someone underestimating magic and the knights defending him, only for Merlin to burst into the room, oblivious, proving how badass he is
• What if Arthur lived?
• What if Morgana trusted Merlin more, would she not have turned evil? What if they bonded more?
• Morgana and Arthur being siblings
• Merlin and Arthur hanging out
• Arthur secretly knowing Merlin has magic, and realising how bad Merlin is at hiding it

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The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)

So I never got into CR as a campaign, but am obsessed with the MN story! Am caught up with Vox Machina as well, so if you want to include them - go ahead! I have added Vox Machina (the cartoon) and Mighty Nein crossover in the crossover section of this page, so you can check it out for further details.
Would prefer to stay away from the CR campain spoilers, if that's possible.

Fandom specific DNWs:

• Romantic relationships between the party
• Major spoliers from the CR campaign

Fandom specific likes:

• I love how doomed everyone is, how complicated their stories and personalities are. Caleb, obviously, but what little hints we got at everyone's trauma is so heartbreaking! I'm really interested where the story will take it.
• I love everyone in the party - the sad wizard Caleb, Nott the Brave and her mysterious past, Beau and her Daddy issues and her brilliant mind, Jester and her fucked up childhood, Fjord and his self worth issues, Molly's forgotten past! And Yasha, of course, even if we didn't get to meet her for long.
• I like the setting, and the nods to the Legend of Vox Machina, the crazy fantasy setting of Exandria is so close to my heart so feel free to explore it in any way you want.
• I like the plot, and how the characters have obvious flaws/past they're actively trying to fight, and how no one can escape their past.
• I like how everything is connected and nothing exist in a vacuum - everything they do has consequences, and I love it.

Prompts:

•  An adventure, something before, after, during the show?
•  A coda to whichever episode, or a different take on the story?
• An AU of some sort - maybe you want to go the sci-fi route, or some crazy Xover, or change the genre entirely?
• Maybe something else is hunting the Nein?
• Some sort of whump, or hurt/comfort of anyone, and they are out of spells and potions so they have to scramble to heal them?
• Dealing with their trauma, or hiding their past but it catches up to them and the Nein help with the issue but it leads to more problems?
• Nein getting closer, more familiar with each other, growing fond of each other, slowly working to fight like a well-oiled machine
• Someone underestimating the MN and they show off their amazing skills

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Iron Lung

I watched the film once, but I adore the worldbuilding and the whole story. The Convict is such a fucked up character, I love how angry he is, and how desperate to do good he turns out to be.

Fandom specific DNWs:

• Romantic relationships between main cast

Fandom specific likes:

• Eldritch horror, my beloved - loved how you're never quite sure what is happening, or what will happen, or why it's happening.
• The Convict - Simon - is a great character, so angry but desperate to live (but eventually doomed by the narrative)
• Ava - and those who send Simon into the ocean - is awesome as well, she clearly has so much more history than what we were lead on to. Love how she goes from angry and a bit indifferent towards Simon to being ready to sacrifice herself for him.
• I love the vibes, and the world. 
• I love Simon - he's got anger issues (where does that come from?) and wants to be kind but doesn't know how.

Prompts:

• What happened before? Before the apocalypse, or maybe just before the film starts?
• What will happen after?
• What was Simon's life growing up, or anyone elses? Is it miserable, or do people of this world find small joys to look forward to?
• Who were the previous convicts, or were they a figment of Simon's imagination?
• How did this thing start? Did the subs look like this all the time, or did they get smaller and more cramped with time? Were they always a one-way journey?
• What would happen if Ava reached Simon in time?
• What - who - are the creatures at the bottom of the ocean?
• Do the people living in this world have any hope? Did Simon's sacrifice mean anything?
• A deep dive into the Convict's past, or present, or future - why is he the way he is? He's a victim, but also a culprit, he's angry but wants to do good, he's full of regret. So cool.
• What about people living on this planet - what are their stories, their hopes?