Dear FIAB 2023 Creator...

 ...Thank you for considering me! I hope that whatever tempted you to my side was worth it! I don't have a lot of copy-paste for these ships, and my thoughts frequently simply boil down to exclamation points, but I'll do my best to copy-paste and dutifully translate my exlaimations!

Just so we have our basics down...

DNWs:

First Person POV (Exception for Epistolary Fic)

Gore inflicted on main characters

Permanent Marks (scarring, branding, etc.)

Blood Play

Breath Play

Vore

Torture Porn

Major Character Death

Castration

Ingestion of bodily wastes

Any injury causing brain damage

Vomit

Animal Cruelty

PiV sex (Objects that are not penises-such as tentacles, vines, etc.-welcome!)

Character Bashing (Clarification: Using a character as an antagonist - fine! Saying said character is terrible with no redeemable qualities - please don't)

 

My biggest smut likes are:

Ageplay/ABDL/Infantilism

Watersports

Scat

Mind break

Humiliation/Degradation

Medical Play

Begging/Crying

 

And then I have some general, more SFW likes, here:

Found Family

Transgender Characters

Standing up for oneself/loved ones

Trauma Recovery

Hurt/Comfort in all forms

The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
Milligan/Moocho Brazos - This is not a ship I ever saw as a kid, and then I read a few choice fics with those undertones and I realized that there is potential for a really sweet ship here! Fluffy fics on the farm, playful banter about who's the better dad--and Moocho comforting Milligan about how he's doing a great job catching up after ten years--I see this as a really sweet, fluffy ship that has endless possibilities!
 

McCracken/Milligan - And then on the flip side, we have one of the most fucked-up ships I can imagine! It's about the homoerotic tension, the desire to come out on top no matter what, the deep hatred that turns into obsession until no one can hurt them but each other. I'm not looking for fluff with this ship, although if you wanted to go the yandere route where one believes it's true love to the other's horror, that sounds absolutely delicious and I support you whole-heartedly!

S.Q. Pedalian & Any Executive - You know remember that scene in the first book where S.Q. left a note to help remember the code and then Jackson left a note on the note telling S.Q. to knock it off? The total office-worker vibes? That's what inspired this whole idea. I want to know more about the interactions between these people, especially those who think that S.Q. shouldn't be an Executive because, as the third book says, Curtain keeps S.Q. around out of love.

WB: Executive Life at L.I.V.E. (Mysterious Benedict Society) - Same deal as above, but broader and with less of a focus on any character. What is it like to teach the classes at the Institute? How do the Executives, some who might even only be in the second half of teenager-dom, handle the responsibilities that come along with that? Running a school is no easy feat, and who handles the finances when Curtain is busy trying to take over the world? Who's collecting the newspapers from across the globe? There are so many questions that go unanswered!

The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV)

Ledroptha Curtain & S.Q. Pedalian - Okay so. Is Curtain a terrible father? Absolutely. But how terrible is he on the regular? Does he have his good days, or is he always trying to manipulate S.Q.? What does S.Q. think of the situation, only knowing a little about what parents are supposed to be like from other kids at the Institute? How does Curtain interact with his son when he's younger/older/when his plans are going well/poorly? I'd love to see this explored!

Nicholas Benedict & S.Q. Pedalian - This is...self-indulgent to the max. Benedict and S.Q. interacting makes my brain go whirring at ten thousand miles an hour. How does Nicholas react to learning he's an uncle? How does S.Q. react to Nicholas, based on what his father has told him? How do they grow past that and reconcile, provided they do that at all?

Nicholas Benedict/Ledroptha Curtain - They are brothers fated to meet, they are sworn enemies to one and the last tether to anything resembling family and roots to the other. They are fire and fury versus light and mirth. In this universe, they were never destined to be, but in another time, another place, they might have been.
 

Suffice to say, anything either in canon 'verse or AU is fine here! If you want to write about star-crossed love, cool! Want to write some sci-fi epic where their love transcends galaxies? Go for it! A coffee shop employee desperately wants their manager to finally step up and ask the guy they're always bickering with out already? Love to see it!

Humans Are Space Orcs (Meme)
Original Human(s) & Original Alien(s) - Listen, this meme kinda speaks for itself. I've written this genre before and it's always, always delightful. Whether you go total crack with the aliens being dumbfounded by the humans, or have something really sweet with humans packbonding to everyone on their crew, I guarantee I will love it. And to speak to the medium I nominated for this (I know, this is the only time I'm bringing up the medium, but I need to say it!)...McMansion Hell is probably just Earth in general, if you want to break out knowledge about ecosystems and the like. I'm a bio nerd through and through.