duaedesigns

Thank you for writing for me

For this letter I'm going to be going over the tags I picked and

talking a little about my feelings for them to give you an idea of what

I was thinking when I picked them. AUs can be combined if you feel they

would go well together!

For pairing specific stuff, feel free to browse past letters. (May the 4th https://duaedesigns.dreamwidth.org/1233.html and JediPairingExchange https://duaedesigns.dreamwidth.org/1440.html have a lot of my Star Wars pairings.

Ageswap AU - Obviously this one works better for pairings with a larger age gap, but what I like most is the change up of the character dynamic as well as speculation on what the older/younger versions would be like

Always a Different Sex - I do not want any trans headcanons here. Also,taking a m/f pairing to f/f, or m/m, or f/m is all great! I would prefer not to have a f/f or m/m pairing as m/f.

Arranged Marriage AU - I love reading about characters initially distrusting each other but forced to get along.

AU with dragons - Any dragons are awesome, from HTTYD-style pets, to the characters-as-dragons.

Beauty and the Beast AU - The thing I like most about the plotline is the secrecy, the human/nonhuman aspect, the rescuing each other. A villain and/or capture and captivity are secondary and I would prefer in pairings with a power gap, the 'less powerful' one be the one taking the other captive if you go this route.

Canon Divergence AU - Any what-ifs that aren't specified in a tag.

Canon is 100x more gothic and foreboding - Spooky things!

Centaur AU - I love the focus to be on care and grooming and physical aspects. Does not have to be horse centaur, can be deer, cat, etc. just no body horror and no insects.

Characters as fantasy creatures - Again would prefer no body-horror or insects, but everything from elves to gryphons are A+!

Characters as Steven Universe Gems - Can be in SU-verse or current canon just with Gems, give me their gemsonas!

Dragon Riders - Again I am not picky on the types of dragons, can be Pern style or anything.

Dragons in Space - I think dragons are cool, ok?

Equestria AU - Ponysonas! My one big headcanon I'd like is that in SW Jedi are alicorns. Either from birth, or discovering their alicorn-ness later.

Everyone has wings - Preening, feather descriptions, cuddling, all good! Prefer no focus on squeezing oil glands.

Gargoyles AU - Gargoyles-the-TV-series Gargoyles, please! I also really like gargoyle/human pairings.

Genderswap AU - No trans headcanons or dysphoria, but I love sciencemagic genderbending.

Groundhog Day timeloop - I am a sucker for 'no timeline for you until you admit your feelings'

Hurtcomfortverse - https://archiveofourown.org/collections/hurtcomfortverse has an explanation. I like Anodyne/Dysodyne as terms, but I'm not picky if you don't. I love the focus on the need to comfort and be comforted.

Incest isn't considered wrong AU - I think the only pairings I have that count are Son/Daughter and Savage/Feral and I like the idea that because of species norms, or because they're strange force-beings, there's no concept of incest taboo.

Jedi AU - Either with non-Jedi as Jedi, or non-SW canons as set in SW with Jedi!

Like canon but mpreg is the norm - Pregnant guys with no explanation! I don't mind if it's specifically by the partner, or by unmentioned donor as long as the partner considers the child theirs.

Mpreg is common AU - See above

Little Mermaid AU - No tragic endings please! I love human/nonhuman pairings and I love trying to make things work between two very different species, or changing physically to be with them, language barrier, etc. Does not need a villain specifically and prefer it not lean heavily into 'merpeople are just like humans with disabilities!'

Main character goes back in time to the body of their younger self and changes what happened - This is a favorite trope of mine. I especially like awkward things where they go back to before their established relationship and have to deal with the weirdness. Would prefer no younger than 14 for anyone.

Marriage of Convenience AU - Same as Arranged Marriage

Merpeople AU - I love either human/mer relationship or everyone merpeople. Can have lots of different sea creatures as the bottom half (tentacles? Sharks? Seasnakes? Leafy Sea Dragon?) Prefer it not lean heavily into 'merpeople are just like humans with disabilities!'

Space Merpeople AU - See above, but in spaaaace! Either space-traveling or like purgil!

One or multiple characters are rule!63’d to make femslash ship - Exactly what it says on the tin

Time Travel - This is one of my favorite tropes! I love fish-out-of-water type stories a little more than characters knowing everything.

Werewolves - I'm good with most any werewolf type stories, though I'll admit I am a total sucker for 'oh no werewolves are seen as awful, you must hate me' and reassurance and love from their partner. Less so strict pack dynamics.

SW: Ahsoka Tano was kidnapped and sold instead of found by the Jedi - I'd really love if this went in a 'Ahsoka bought by one of the other characters' direction, and either heavy h/c, or gaining her trust, or even a more smutty direction along with her being freed.

SW: Characters as different species AU - I love all the different species in SW and it's a dang shame they so often go with human-as-default. So I'd love species swaps, or just plain making all the humans non-human or nearhuman. Would prefer not making everyone human.

SW: The Republic Never Fell - I love things exploring what would happen if Darth Sideous hadn't won and the Jedi and Republic had continued on.

SWR: Ezra is a Lasat - I just really love Lasat and think Ezra would be cute as one.

SWR: Kanan is Miraluka - While I'm not interested in canon after S2 of Rebels and don't like what happened in Twilight of the Apprentice, having Kanan be Miraluka and always blind would be very cool to explore.

SWR: Maul finds Ezra first - Either something exploring Ezra as an apprentice or something where Ezra is turned by someone else with the power of love.

SWR: Sith Lord Caleb Dume - Either Ezra saving him with the power of love, or being taken as his Sith apprentice is awesome

SWSolo: Qi'ra is Maul's Sith Apprentice - I would love Maul and Qi'ra having a love-hate relationship, both trying to use each other for their own ends. They're both survivors

SWTCW: Clones imprint on their Jedi - I am thinking romantic imprinting, like soulmates.

SWTCW: The Clone Template was someone other than Jango Fett - Be as serious or silly with this as you want. It can be anyone from SW canon, even if Time Travel is needed

VLD: Altean Empress Allura - I'd like something where the paladins are the enforcers of a benevolent empire, not the dark Mirrorverse.

VLD: Galra Emperor Keith - Either because he won the Kral Zera in-canon-universe, or one where he looks more Galra and went with Krolia to join the Blade/

YGO: Duel Monsters in the real world - Like Pokemon!

YGO: Kaiba has the Millennium Rod - I like the idea of what Kaiba might do with that kind of power.

YGO: Mai was an Amazon queen in a previous life - (Almost) Everyone else gets to have interesting past life, why not Mai?