Miss-Ingno's 2023 Wishlist

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Username: Miss-Ingno
AO3 Username: missingnowrites
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Medium Likes: fic, meta, podfic, fic recs, art, craft, icons, memes, fanvid, mixed media
Medium DNWs: music recs, picspams

General Likes:

• what ifs/canon divergences, alternate identity reveal, time travel (fix-it), canon aus where the canon setting remains,
• fluff, domesticity, banter, found family, family dynamics, friendship, developing & established relationships, intimacy,
• UST, misunderstandings, miscommunication, character conflict, conflict-rich dialogue, (emotional) hurt/comfort, secret identity, secrets and the slow reveals thereof,
• fealty & loyalty, devotion, protectiveness, protective possessiveness, mutual possessiveness, (public) claiming of some sort (jewelry, bitemarks, verbal, etc.)
• characters being competent at their jobs, Battle Couple, teamwork, nonverbal strategy communication,
• casefic, canon-style plots, mystery, action/adventure,
• outsider PoV, first/second PoV, epistolary, multimedia and experimental formats (fictional socmed, letters, snippets from history books, text books, mission reports, etc.)
• AUs I like: Canon AUs that keep the setting but change/add something in the worldbuilding (e.g. wingfic, dragon!Shen Wei, omegaverse, Dixingren are Vampires, Dixingren are known, etc.), drama-novel blend AUs, historical AUs (with or without magic, especially interested in wuxia or xianxia AUs)

NSFW Likes: D/s, bondage, begging, enthusiastic consent, undernegotiated kink, kink negotiations, dirty talk, praise kink, happy sex/banter during sex, clothed sex, foreplay, aftercare, plot-relevant sex
General DNWs: breaking up requested ships, genderswap, anything related to cannibalism, body horror, graphic gore, zombies/undead, hanahaki, sickfic, permanent character death for canon characters, mundane Aus, role reversal AUs;
nsfw DNWs: underage-under 16, watersports, scat, vore, sounding, enemas, ageplay, crossdressing, injured sex

Art Likes: monochrome, b&w with pop of colour, high contrast with few colours, jewelry & flowers, character poses that tell a story/embody their dynamic, small intimacies (hand to cheek! Fingers brushing! Eyes meeting! back-to-back!)

Podfic Likes: I would very much love any of my own works turned into one, if you feel so inspired <3 if you do soundscaping, I’d ask you to avoid high pitched/screechy noises as those might trigger migraines for me

Transformative works: any remixes, works inspired by, memes of or in-universe within my fics would be lovely <3

Fanvid Likes: I would enjoy any form of these, whether the classic drama footage set to music or those joke videos turning bits of canon into gags, using memes or sounds

Memes: I got some delightful memes last year! I would love more of any kind, using modern memes as templates or set in universe (either canon or in any of my fics!) Memes about what trouble one might run into writing for these fandoms would also be fun :D

Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Characters/Ships: Weilan, Da Qing, SID ensemble, Chu Shuzi, Zhu Hong, Weilanzi, Weilanhong
Fandom-specific DNWs: Shen Wei being naive/unaware of politics, Shen Wei giving up his role as HPS or Professor Shen, reincarnation post-canon (reincarnation as part of a novel-blend instead of time travel is ok!)

Weilan

I love how much these two complete and complement each other. They share ideals of how the world should work, what is just, what is right. They understand duty, and they understand each other in that: they will both put their duty to protect the world, the innocent first, even when it kills them. But they're still super protective of each other, scolding each other for being reckless with their own safety (tbf, Shen Wei has a lot more reason to scold ZYL than vice versa, but ZYL gets his own jabs in e.g. the "you're not a weapon" line). They push and cross polite boundaries with each other, but it's okay because their stalking is mutual, it's their love language. The time loop just puts a cherry on top of all this delicious Weilan cake - they each are in love with the other when they first meet, they know them intimately, and it shows in their interactions. And because they're both clever, they notice that discrepancy and are intrigued.

specific Weilan Likes: alternate identity reveal, ZYL helping Shen Wei keep his secret, Us Against The World, Pendant of Pining content, getting together, first kiss, time loop content, mutual protectiveness, mutual possessiveness, hurt/comfort, whump!Shen Wei, whump!ZYL, throwing themselves in the way of danger despite being hurt to protect the other, consequences of the light energy wound, consequences of the Serum injection, Battle Couple, teaching the other to fight with their weapon, working together to solve a problem/case, one getting kidnapped and knowing the other is coming for them, exasperated but fond Shen Wei, reckless Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei being a troll, Zhao Yunlan being very observant and smart

for smut: kink exploration (especially with bondage & D/s stuff, I like both Dom!Shen Wei as well as Dom!ZYL), porn with feelings, monsterfucker!ZYL, sex pollen, omegaverse (including mpreg or pregnancy kink), first time, emotional intimacy, fucking while pining, enthusiastic consent, alternate Dixing biology

Weilan & Da Qing

I love Da Qing being part of Weilan's family unit. With these three, I like anything from domestic fluff, slice of life, Da Qing as their cat, Da Qing raised Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing and ZYL’s sibling-esque bond, the complexity and simplicity of their relationship, being protective of each other, Shen Wei and Da Qing coming to an understanding, to Da Qing remembering some of his past with Shen Wei. Lately I’ve been really into Da Qing feeling the need to talk to Shen Wei about what exactly his place in the family is.

SID ensemble

My favourites to focus on are Weilan, Zhu Hong and Chu Shuzhi, I love their sass and competence. Especially Zhu Hong's interactions with Lin Jing, Chu Shuzhi, and Wang Zheng fascinate me - what did they usually do, pre-canon? Do they hang out together when we don't see them on screen? Clearly, they like to tease and prank each other. Generally, I enjoy team as family and team-bonding, casefic, characters being competent, the team working together, the team being protective of each other, team members having a conflict and growing to understand each other better through adversity

What's their perspective on Zhao Yunlan's courtship of Professor Shen? The Heipaoshi reveal? Working as a team and having each other's back, possibly when the regent shows back up to pester Chu Shuzhi or another inspector pokes their nose in? Working with Professor Shen in an official capacity as consultant without Zhao Yunlan hovering?

Weilan &/ Chu Shuzhi

I am always, always a sucker for fealty, and Chu Shuzhi's unquestioning loyalty to Heipaoshi ticks all my boxes. I enjoy that Chu Shuzhi is clever in his own right, that he works towards what he thinks Shen Wei's goals are, that he won't hesitate if Shen Wei has a task for him - but that he clearly has strong opinions of his own he may or may not bring up. The tension of finding a worthy lord to serve and his own unworthiness is amazing. Similarly, his respect and disgust for Zhao Yunlan amuse me, because he *does* follow Chief Zhao's lead and respects his professional skills, he just disagrees *vehemently* with his approach and lifestyle and general disasterness.

I would love anything where Shen Wei is injured and forced to rely on Chu Shuzhi, or Zhao Yunlan and Chu Shuzhi are stuck together for ~reasons pre-HPS reveal. (Or maybe where Zhao Yunlan knows/suspects but before Chu Shuzhi has his confirmation.) Or something where Chu Shuzhi thinks he's stuck between loyalties, maybe he even agrees with the task Zhao Yunlan gives him, but perceives it as working against Heipaoshi's goals and thus feels unable to do them? Something related to Professor Shen's undeniable Dixingren status and hiding it maybe? Ideally with Chu Shuzhi coming to the realization that his lord and his boss are on the same page, actually.

For a smutty scenario, I’m very interested in Chu Shuzhi helping Shen Wei to dominate sub!Zhao Yunlan, using his dark energy strings for sexual bondage. I enjoy the idea of CSZ being a switch and kinking on his hero learning and using his power to bind ZYL, helping Shen Wei tie ZYL up with strings, following Shen Wei's orders and without hesitation but at the same time domming ZYL sort of second-in-command dom style? Like he doesn't wait for Shen Wei's orders to punish ZYL when he pushes boundaries or to reprimand him, perhaps he even prepares and offers a tied up ZYL to Shen Wei as a gift from his loyal servant?

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan/Zhu Hong

I very much liked how canon handled Zhu Hong's one-sided crush on Zhao Yunlan. He was gentle and self-effacing, trying to buffer her feelings, especially her self-worth, despite the inevitable rejection. He clearly knew about her crush, but also tried to put her off, a hint she noticed but couldn't quite kill her hope that maybe some day they could be together. I find the personality switch episode especially enlightening re: Zhu Hong's character here because she starts chasing Zhao Yunlan actively, using cutesy names and acting like a cutesy female lead stereotype. It shows that Zhu Hong usually /isn't/ that. Despite her crush she's feisty, proud and hides her feelings.

Her rivalry yet understanding with Shen Wei is imo under explored, their conversation about love in the park, while primarily serving to highlight both their romantic feelings towards Zhao Yunlan, drew interesting parallels between their characters. In a lot of ways Shen Wei is the sort of gentleman Zhu Hong is supposed to fall in love with, but at his core he is similar to Zhao Yunlan, especially re: justice and duty and responsibility, once the outer layers of bad boy vs polite professor genteel are peeled away. And vice versa, I think Shen Wei would find several of Zhao Yunlan's more brash and reckless traits reflected in Zhu Hong.

Ideally, I would want this ship to develop with established Weilan and Zhu Hong hopelessly pining from the outside, until circumstances force them to re-evaluate. Whether Zhu Hong has to marry either Shen Wei or Zhao Yunlan for political reasons and thus destroy their HEA, or one (or both!) of them need to have sex with her due to extenuating circumstances, I would love for Zhu Hong to go through some homewrecker angst and feeling like an intruder in the relationship (until they grow to a point where she becomes a proper part of the threeway relationship).

For a fluffier take, I would also love the fake dating/married trope undercover during a case, where for some reason or another one of Weilan can't participate in the trickery (whether the target knows them or they have a different part to play...) Bonus points for an outsider to catch Weilan making out at some point and assuming they're cheating on poor Zhu Hong 👌 ideally the fake dating would lead to a realization that there's relationship potential between the three of them, with a promise to explore that in the future.

Prompts: If you find yourself inspired by a combination of likes, feel free to go wild! These are just some more suggestions :)

• Battle Couple Weilan fighting together and intercepting shots/hits meant for the other, ideally ends with both of them injured and taking care of each other, either victorious or managing a temporary retreat. Could be set in YOHE, during Dixing's invasion or in a post-canon scenario!
• Pre-identity reveal (or pre-episode 20 where ZYL knows but SID doesn't), Shen Wei gets injured and has to rely on CSZ and/or CSZ and ZYL get stuck and have to work together to free themselves
• CSZ getting confirmation Shen Wei is a Dixingren pre-HPS-reveal and feeling very conflicted about it
• Zhu Hong dealing with her unrequited crush by focussing on work, training to kick ass (and totally not to impress Zhao Yunlan), bonding with other SID members as she bullies them into chasing some lead or another
• Zhu Hong being forced to crash the Weilan relationship by outside forces (e.g. sex pollen via Yashou concoction or Dixingren power, some sort of curse, a Treaty subclause) aimed at either Shen Wei or ZYL, through much angst and Zhu Hong internally struggling with knowing she's the intruder and not a beloved partner, finding some triad arrangement which eventually turns into genuine three-way love
• Casefic in which the SID comes together to protect one of their own (e.g. keeping an injured Professor Shen from being handed over to Haixing Labs, hiding CSZ from the Regent, standing up for Zhao Yunlan to another Haixing inspector a la episode 16/17, etc.) Would love if Lin Jing's and Chu Shuzhi's potential conflict in loyalties is adressed :D!

Fic Recs: Everything I’ve ever read is bookmarked by my Ao3 account, for cross-checking purposes

• looking for new casefic to read! Anything that’s even vaguely case-flavoured and features the SID working and/or how various Dixing powers might cause chaos welcome
• undercover fic! Whether it’s fake dating undercover, undercover at a club (I’ve read at least two of those, I don’t think there’s more?), undercover as married, any and all types of undercover work!
• I also want to read more SID as a team fics, outside of casefic. Shenanigans at the office, the developing relationships and interpersonal conflicts, how do SID personell get trained, paperwork mishaps, team bonding exercises, etc.

Art Prompts:

• Battle Couple Weilan
• floating void cat Da Qing
• Zhu Hong in that red dress (or similar flashy outfits! I would love her in an evening gown)
• formal wear!Weilan – maybe ZYL with his fly untied?
• flower crowns! Flower crowns for everybody!

Icons: I would love an icon of Chu Shuzhi with a skeptical eyebrow raise, and one of Lin Jing from this gif (I cannot for the life of me remember what episode this is from, help!)


Fandom: Guardian (novel)
Characters/Ships: Weilan & Zhaomom & Zhaodad, Shen Wei & Da Qing, Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing
Prompts:

• I would love anything with Weilan being the normal couple visiting ZYL’s parents, paying respects, following customs, etc.
• the same as above, except something goes wrong and Weilan reveal their divine powers to deal with it, after a short moment of shock, Zhaomom and Zhaodad shrug it off
• missing scene for Shen Wei & Da Qing throughout the reincarnation cycles and watching out for Kunlun, the stolen memories, or afterwards how Shen Wei wins Da Qing over when courting ZYL
• snippets from the training montage as ZYL learns to be Sailor Moon the Guardian with Da Qing’s less than helpful advice

Fic Recs: Everything I’ve ever read is bookmarked by my Ao3 account, for cross-checking purposes

Anything that fulfills the above prompts! I haven’t read widely in novel fandom and would like to dive more into it :)

Art Prompts:

• anything with Weilan being all ~xianxia with long, flowing robes and hair
• the contrast of uptight Professor Shen vs sloppy Chief Zhao
• domestic scenes with Da Qing

Fandom: Granting You A Dreamlike Life
Characters/Ships: Luo Fusheng/Duan Tianying, Duan Tianying & Hong Lan, Luo Fusheng & Hong Lan
Fandom-specific DNWs: any mention of the late spy plot, let's pretend it never happened
Prompts:

Duan Tianying/Luo Fusheng

I enjoy Luo Fusheng and Duan Tianying’s developing relationship, how they grow from the early misunderstandings and mistakes into each other’s greatest support. Having to work through the early mistakes and assumptions they made leads to a sturdier basis for their subsequent romantic relationship, imo. Tianying starts with understandable misgivings about Luo Fusheng and his job as a mafia enforcer, she takes him at the mask he presents to the world and has to learn how to peel those layers back. Luo Fusheng, meanwhile, is someone who will put everyone he cares about before himself, he will give everything he has and more to make the people in his life happy, but hides this behind a cavalier mask. Tianying is good for him, imo, because she sees beyond his pretense and can take care of the injured soul behind the mask, and Luo Fusheng can support her loyally and unequivocally without ever worrying about her letting him fall (unlike everyone else in his life :/) I love that her voice can bring him enough peace to fall asleep without nightmares, and that he's always willing to protect her.

And let's not kid ourselves, Luo Fusheng is a service sub and Duan Tianying would rise perfectly to the occasion of being his kind mistress.

Duan Tianying & Hong Lan

I like the rivalry between Hong Lan and Tianying. I would love for them to develop a friendship from there, or at least an appreciation and understanding. I like how condescending Hong Lan is, how much she abuses her power over Tianying, especially when she’s later forced to acknowledge Tianying after the Lin Ruomeng reveal as an equal. I would love something that focusses on Hong Lan’s character growth in this area, growing out of her selfish love for LFS and recognizing that LFS deserves happiness, even if it isn’t with her.
Similarly, I would love any fic that focusses on Hong Lan growing into and taking responsibility as the head of the Hong family after her father’s death, and how that affects her relationship to Tianying/Luo Fusheng. E.g. taking LFS back in as second-in-command and giving her blessing for him to marry Lin Ruomeng – what would lead her to something like that?

• I love how Luo Fusheng/Tianying's relationship is one of mutual care and respect and protectiveness, especially in contrast to their relationship with other characters (especially for LFS, who is always there for everyone else in his life, but none of them are there for him, especially Lin Qikai and Xu Xingcheng)
• How do Luo Fusheng and Tianying square their respective morals with LFS's job as top enforcer of the Hong family? Tianying scolds him several times in canon, but I would love to see how she can keep her morality and yet learn to accept why LFS is loyal to his mob family, how he does his best to keep his people safe and protect the weak. Possibly with Tianying realizing that the world is more than black and white along the way.
• Canon au with a stronger mob family focus where Tianying learns to live with her enforcer husband (and LFS doesn’t get perma-banned :( he deserves better!)
• Hong Lan recognizing everything Luo Fusheng has sacrificed for her and realizing that she can’t force him to love her, but that loving him should also mean trying to work for his happiness regardless. A character arc to being less selfish (even if she contrarily defines this as selfishness to protect herself from hurt feelings).
• Hong Lan growing into her Head of the Hong family responsibilities
• Tianying kicking martial ass/Battle Couple with Luo Fusheng. Maybe some rival mafia decided Luo Fusheng's girlfriend would be an easy hostage to force his hand, but she ends up rescuing herself/LFS only shows up as she's already kicking ass.

Art Prompts:

• Battle Couple Luo Fusheng/Tianying! I love the few moments where they practice kung fu, like in episode 2 with the motorbike fight, but also later in the alley or during filming a movie stunt
• Tianying taking care of injured Luo Fusheng
• Hong Lan and Tianying as Love Rivals in a Shanghai 20s/30s movie poster

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