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[lavenderandrue]

Sorry this is so late!! I will be perfectly happy with anything for my requested AUs and ships, but below are some of my general likes and a few prompts I didn't have time to fit into my signup.
SFW/general likes

• Polyamory! OT3s or OT4s are my faves but I also enjoy polycules where not everyone is dating everyone else and they're cool with that.
  
• Trans characters and T4T ships in any direction. I prefer the focus to be on gender euphoria or for the character to just happen to be trans rather than a focus on dysphoria!
  
• WLW, including genderbend. Please feel free to make my faves lesbians!
  
• Any kind of AU where one or more of the blorbos is some kind of cool monster, including fun worldbuilding; any fantasy or sci-fi AU in general; fun monster/plant descriptions (even combined with requested AUs! I would be very happy with, for example, a phantom thief AU that also happens to be sci-fi)
  
• Humor, even in works that are darker in tone. For all the canons I requested, there are elements of both - feel free to lean into it! Some of the AUs I requested would work very well as crack treated seriously, and I'm very much down for parodies/deconstructions of a genre/trope, especially for things like the otome game AU, musicals, etc.
  
• I generally like good endings, but especially for some of these requests I'd be interested in something more bittersweet or even tragic, too, especially if it fits the AU really well. I particularly like straight up tragedy for Qijiu, though I also really like complex, bittersweet, fucked-up-but-functional dynamics for them.
  
• That being said, I also love romcoms! Please feel free to give me the sappiest romcom imaginable!
  
• Kiss tropes!
  • Accidental kiss- especially of the "I just casually gave you a kiss goodbye and now we're both going ??!??!" variety, but also the forced proximity, improbable kind. Fake dating where they got so used to it that they forgot there was no one around to see, mutual pining where someone just woke up from a happy domestic dream and forgot it wasn't real, force of habit because A used to kiss their ex goodbye/A went and kissed their pet/kid on the forehead and then autopiloted to kiss B... (I also love accidental "love you!" on the phone/as a goodbye and accidental pet names slipping out in either SFW or NSFW contexts!)
  • Fakeout Makeout! Oh no the bad guys are coming, the best way to hide from them is... to kiss! Right now! I enjoy this in shippy contexts or not - A and B have latent feelings for each other that the kiss makes one or both of them realize; A and B hate each other but why was the kiss so great tho; A and B are genuinely platonic and this actually worked perfectly to hide them (but maybe someone else got jealous); A and/or B are so used to stage kissing that this doesn't even register to them... I love when this ends in desperate, frantic sex, unresolved sexual tension, or just (shrug) well that happened :/ I also enjoy the variant of this that is A and B having to pretend to have sex out of sight, whether or not they're actually into each other. Exaggerated bed-squeaking, over-the-top porn moans... again, could be super Charged or two besties/people who have no particular feelings about each other going "uhhh what does sex sound like. It's this right"


• Non-sexual intimacy; bathing/washing; hair brushing/hair care in general; cuddling, lazy mornings in bed, fluff without plot/slice of life vibes. I love to see my ships being sappily in established-relationship love, and would love a peek into their life in a requested AU, but I also think all of these things are really fun in a mutual pining or platonic situation! I just really enjoy skinship and caretaking and characters being physically affectionate.
  
• Touch-starved characters getting touch and how they handle it (Badly is very much an option); cuddle pollen/magical forced proximity tropes; really any kind of forced proximity, including huddling for warmth/there was only one bed/trapped in a box...
  
• Identity porn, especially masquerades. I am such a sucker for masquerades. Falling in love with the person you're supposed to be scamming, or killing, or robbing, and having to keep your true identity/purpose a secret. Falling in love with someone online you're pretty sure is a catfish. A and B get along great in their secret identities/online identities/behind the cover of a mask, but in real life they're bitter enemies. Identity porn where everyone REALLY should know who they are (magical girl!A is literally just A with pink hair? It's not even a different hairstyle??) and somehow doesn't, either played for laughs or because the characters really are that oblivious or because they Know and don't want to admit it.
  
• Epistolary! I know it's not everyone's favorite format but I always really enjoy it, whether it's letters or texts or something else. I also enjoy other unusual formats being part/all of a work, like Reddit posts, diary/journal entries, or even choose your own adventure elements, especially if it plays with the genre/AU in a cool way!
  
• Fancy, pretty, detailed clothes; cool character designs; putting the blorbos in cute outfits, whether that's in art or in descriptions in writing.
  
• When an AU takes canon elements of the characters' backstory or the canon plot and spins them in a fun way that works for the AU (ex. blorbo was kicked out of college or their ballet company instead of their superhero organization, or the canon betrayal in a backstory is over something really silly in a crack-treated-seriously AU)
  Art likes
  • Any art style, honestly! I particularly enjoy pen and ink, watercolor, or painterly inspired styles (traditional or digital), but I love seeing different styles - I am even down for chibis, SFW or NSFW. I think it's so silly and cute when people draw chibis having sex. If an AU I requested draws you towards a particular style, I'd love that!
    • I also love little chibi or cartoony commentary/reactions/"extras" off in the corners of a regular-styled art piece!
    • I love when there's an abrupt style switch in comics for a gag, too (ex. switching to a particular character's POV suddenly turning everything shoujo, a panel where everyone is drawn "badly" in black and white as the punchline to a joke)
  • Any color palette, though I particularly enjoy monochrome (with a pop of color is especially fun), limited color palettes, vibrant colors, and pastel/soft colors
  • I don't care about characters being "on-model" and would much rather see the artist's interpretation of them (if that's "exactly as they are in canon" that's okay, too!). Making characters fatter, hairier, or darker-skinned than canon will pretty much always be a hit with me. I also love trans and genderqueer interpretations of characters, at any stage of transition.
  • In comics, I love when artists get funky with paneling, color/style choices, etc. in service of the story they want to tell (ex. a scene in a dream is in monochrome, watercolors "bloom" around a character who is falling in love, etc.)
  • I love fashion and costuming - one of my favorite parts of AU art is getting to see the blorbos in cute new outfits. If you're someone who also enjoys that, feel free to go ham on designing clothing for them!
  • Also, if you're someone who likes backgrounds/environment design, I really love environmental storytelling and worldbuilding through little details!
  • In NSFW art, I'm totally down for unrealistic hentai anatomy/positions and ahegao, but I also enjoy realism. Any level of visibility for genitalia- if you prefer not to draw them, that's fine, if you like drawing them I'd love that too!
  • I think "x-ray shots" of someone getting penetrated are really fun in any style.
  • Feel free to combine requested AUs with each other, or with unrequested AUs as long as they're not a DNW. I'm especially always down for monsters/aliens or other fun ways to make blorbos have new character designs, even if the requested AU is, like, ballet.
  • Basically I'm down for genuinely anything, if it's not a DNW, please go for it!!
  
  Sex/kink likes
  
  • expand for some favorite positions/acts

    • tribbing/scissoring
    • frotting
    • thigh riding
    • intercrural/thighfucking
    • oral/rimming/felching (especially when the person giving is really enthusiastic- not necessarily actually Good At It, and especially with xeno supernaturally long tongues)
    • docking
    • muffing
    • 69
    • mutual masturbation/handjobs
    • titjobs (especially given by men)
    • cockwarming (with any hole)
    • sucking on/warming the strap
    • vibrators
    • double penetration (in two holes or in one)
    • riding someone's dick/strap
    • snowballing
    • spitroasting
    • mating press/the thing where the bottom's hips are up and legs are over the top's shoulders
    • ridiculously improbably athletic positions
  • praise kink, especially when the person getting praised doesn't believe it's sincere or that they deserve it
    • One flavor of praise kink I especially love is when a character who is hardworking or focused on duty most of the time gets praised for letting go, for making their own body feel good, for working hard during sex, and the character goes ??!?! because they hadn't conceptualized sex, or letting go during sex, as something praiseworthy/something that takes effort. (Yes, I am insane about Tranquil Cloud Edmond, if you go to NU:Carnival.)
  • pet names and endearments- doesn't necessarily have to be an actual pet name, it could be the character's first/last name (whichever is more intimate for them), a diminutive, a childhood nickname...
    • For actual pet names, my favorites are "(my) darling/love/dearest" and "sweetheart/sweet boy/girl" as well as endearments in the character's native language (if the other person/people don't speak it).
    • Characters who don't normally use affectionate nicknames/pet names or characters who are trying to hide or deny their feelings slipping up and using an endearment during something-made-them-do-it dubcon, "casual no strings attached" sex, sex tutoring...
  • characters who are super into their partner's body because it's their partner's body. Body hair, soft tummies, thighs, moles/birthmarks/beauty marks, freckles, boobs... as well as things like their scent (even when they're kinda sweaty and gross) and voice.
  • scars- kissing them, tracing them, being possessive over a scar they gave the other person or the other person gave them, or being jealous of someone else for giving their partner a scar because they didn't get to do it.
  • gloves- latex or silk gloves on a doctor (depending on the setting), silk or satin gloves on an aristocrat or scholar, leather gloves on a warrior or a biker... running hands over someone's body with gloves on, fingers in mouth with gloves on, fingering with gloves on, slowly peeling off gloves
  • sensation play- teasing over silk/satin clothing, temperature play, light sensory deprivation so the sensations are stronger, wax play, body writing, tracing slowly over someone's body
  • normalized public sex and exhibitionism, societies where orgies can just happen at random in the town square, casual semi/public sex as A Thing That Happens- I also really enjoy when having sex in private is seen as taboo, or when societies like this have other hangups around sex that are totally different than our society's
  • consensual free use arrangements between a couple/polycule where one or more partners is expected to put out whenever/wherever
  • outdoor sex, especially with the "threat" of being caught (maybe it's real, maybe it isn't), outdoor fighting/sparring that goes from rolling around in the dirt pawing at each other to sex
  • wet and messy- slime, comeplay, bukkake, squirting (from pussies or cocks), excessive slick/come of any kind, sex actually in water or in the rain, going multiple rounds until they're covered in fluids; I'm fine with spit anywhere, too (mouth, ass, genitals...)
  • overstimulation- multiple orgasms, someone (not necessarily the top) not stopping after another partner just came, pushing someone's body to their limits, keeping someone on the edge or in an unrealistically long orgasm
  • coming untouched
  • unexpected orgasms, especially in public and trying to hide them
    • coming "too fast" (which is always super cute to me) or from stimulation to an unexpected part of the body
    • dry orgasms when they've never experienced one before
    • accidental coregasms (coming only from working the core muscles)
    • magically-forced orgasms- hypnosis or mindlink or something else making someone come on command, especially if they had no idea it was a possibility
    • magically/hypno caused orgasms with no buildup or that don't stop when they should
  • the specific intersection of exhibitionism and silence kink and sex toys under clothing that is having to Be Normal while immensely horny and secretly getting pleasured
    • someone getting fucked with a magically-linked sex toy and trying to hide their reactions
    • someone wearing a plug or a vibrator in public with someone else controlling it
    • semipublic fingering or footjobs or grinding under the table
    • magically hands-off pleasuring someone
    • Oh No The Tentacles Left Something In Their Pussy
  • prostate milking
  • nipple play; nipple sucking; lactation, especially male lactation (pregnancy not necessary- most of the time, I actually enjoy it more when a dude just gets milky tits randomly because of the embarrassment/humiliation aspect)
  • bondage- it's especially fun for me if the bondaged character could easily break whatever's holding them and chooses not to
    • honor bondage/verbal bondage- there are no actual ropes, but the Dom commanded it so the sub is holding a position. Their voice could have a literal physical effect and freeze the sub in place, or the sub could just be trying really hard to be good (which is often more fun for me). I like seeing subs struggle to keep themselves upright, not touch the Dom, not touch their own cock...
    • shibari
    • simple handcuffs/hands tied behind their back, above their head, to the bed frame...
    • suspension
    • predicament bondage!!! I want those subs shaking from the effort of keeping themselves up or avoiding a rope chafing their pussy! Coming just from being in predicament bondage, whether it's from the overuse of their core muscles, the way the position presses on their erogenous zones or something else
    • tops tied up and used as fucktoys by bottoms
    • tentacle/vine bondage
    • bondage as forced proximity, characters tied together so that they can't help but rub against each other
    • immobilization- from vines/tentacles, from being wrapped up in a large tail, from slime...
  • boot kink, heels kink
    • tall leather boots <333 subs worshiping them, caring for them, humping them, only being allowed to get off from them...
    • stepping on a sub's genitals or chest or putting light pressure on their neck
    • heels- giving them simulated blowjobs, penetration with them (for some ships, coughQijiucough), or their use in predicament bondage
  
  
  Qijiu

  They absolutely can't communicate and I think that's so sexy of them. Unstoppable bitch vs immovable pushover. Their trauma fucks them up in equal and opposite ways which is SO fun to explore in an AU. YQY's guilt and people-pleasing fawn response making him too afraid to tell the truth; SJ's "I deserve all of this because I'm fundamentally rotten" attitude making him, instead of rolling over and accepting defeat, keep picking and picking at YQY instead. Part of what defines them to me is the tragedy- the way they keep missing each other, their broken red string... I love when they find a way to circumvent that and end up in a relationship that looks awful from the outside but works for them, but I also like when they Mutually Suffer from things they could both fix. For NSFW, I prefer dom SJ, and I love explorations of their mutually Complicated relationships with their own bodies and autonomy.
  

  • Qijiu's whole storyline works so well as a ballet premise to me. I think this would work particularly well as art, but I'd love to see it for fic too. Feel free to genderbend them to F/F, or stick them in pretty dresses even though they are still M/M, or do more traditional masc ballet costumes. This is one that I would be very happy with ending in tragedy, whether it's the canon tragedy of SJ simply fading away and being replaced or something different (feel free to use elements of whatever ballets and fairytales). A pas de deux where they are both dancing on opposite sides of the stage with someone invisible, or with the past versions of each other... SJ haunting SY and mirroring his movements around YQY... YQY's dramatic arabesque on the other side of the door to the Qiu manor, the fight with Wu Yanzi...
    
  • I don't have any particular thoughts for the Alien Stage AU other than lean into the tragedy. I could see them as (a version of) Mizisua or Ivantill, or even Hyuna/Luka, or just... stick them and their canon story in the ALNST universe and make them suffer <3
    
  • Orpheus and Eurydice Qijiu is just. Augh. I would love literally any take on this.
    
  • Something something YQY holding on no matter what even as SJ tries increasingly hard to push him into snapping, something something Tam Lin (I would also be fine with YQY getting (m)pregnant for this AU as long as the actual baby is not onscreen, even with the SJ-as-parent DNW)
    
  • Eros/Psyche- Eros!SJ who genuinely believes he is monstrous (but knows he's not hideous; he sees his beauty as a curse, or doesn't care about it- to me, his looks are the one thing SJ doesn't have self esteem issues about, but he sure can have other issues about them) and Psyche!YQY who is like, guess I'm a monsterfucker! I would also love anything based on other similar "monstrous husband" fairytales of this type, especially East of the Sun and West of the Moon (which has a very similar storyline with the candle but also has a really fun getting-him-back arc afterward). SJ could be a literal monster or not.
    
  • I am down for literally whatever fairytale/folktale/mythology AU, or an AU not necessarily based on an existing fairytale that is just Qijiu but As A Fairytale. I particularly love dragons and SJ as some kind of snake/naga!
    
  • Ella Enchanted- I could see this going either way but maybe YQY as Ella? Book, movie or a blend is all fine, take as much or as little inspiration from the original as you want!
    
  • (Somewhat related) obedience curse AU- this could be really horror flavored or horny or more lighthearted. I could see SJ being very abnormal about ordering YQY to do worse and worse things, even to the point where it starts to get into dub/noncon. If you do go for that vibe, I'd prefer YQY to be the cursed one!
    
  • Ballet (dancers) AU- this is a bulletproof AU for me, I will love literally anything. It could be modern or set in a different time period or in space or anything you like. I love ballet as emotional storytelling, characters being forced to pair up for a pas de deux, ballet mime... For Qijiu, I think ballet as miscommunication could be so fun; I also think SJ's resentment would be really interesting to explore. On the purely horny side, one of my nsfw likes is ridiculously athletic sex, and there are so many fun and improbable positions for that in a ballet AU- I would be equally happy with PWP or a G-rated experimental piece or anything else. (Or regular sex that happens to take place in a ballet AU!)
    
  • Camboy and pro Dom- I could see either of them camming for various reasons and could especially see SJ as a pro Dom, but it could be interesting with YQY, too! I would especially love some identity porn here. I also really love findom SJ and that would be really fun here!
    
  • Cakeverse- look, they would want to eat each other. Fine with any cake/fork configuration and anyone getting actually eaten! Get as dark as you like!
    
  • Figure skater/hockey player- Oh no what if they were FORCED to be ICE DANCE PARTNERS for REASONS!!! Also I love the mental image of big sweetheart hockey player YQY getting absolutely railed by SJ in a skimpy little leotard. Similarly to ballet AU, this is one where I'd really love The Choreo to be almost a character, and I'd love cool costume design too!
    
  • Corporate AU- their power dynamics in a corporate AU are always really fun to me, especially in a sexy context but in general too. Also, salarymen hot. I love sleeve garters, shirt stays (the incredibly slutty thigh garters that keep your dress shirt tucked in), and sock garters. I also love SJ in more fem office siren type outfits, regardless of gender!
    
  • Dark academia- Shen Jiu would THRIVE in dark academia. I would love to see him being awful, but in plaid. YQY's shizun could make a really interesting villain/murder victim/thesis advisor that fucks you up. One of the things in dark academia that always gets me is the weird fucked up parasocial relationships and the GRUDGES. Feel free to kill off whoever in service of the plot, too. Qijiu plotting frantically to cover up Wu Yanzi/QJL's murder, or both? Someone blackmailing SJ about the Qius?
    
  • Tentacle monster- so many fun ways for this to happen! YQY got REALLY fucked up by Xuan Su? Wu Yanzi Did Something to SJ? SJ did it to himself for his own reasons? Qi-ge was always a tentacle monster pretending to be a child and Xiao Jiu loved him anyway?
    
  • Symbiote AU- I could see this going either way, but one specific prompt would be something post-canon where SJ comes back as basically a xianxia symbiote. Is he only compatible with YQY and pissed about it? Does he refuse to go near his old body and YQY is the only logical choice? Did it happen by accident and he just keeps not leaving? Also please feel free to lean into the vore of it all, consuming organs, etc. I would love for SJ to go around eating shitty men and YQY just ^-^s about the rumors of the sect leader doing random murders, but also, they should eat each other <3
    
  • Pianist/violinist- I think YQY as pianist but it could go either way! Again like, the duet as central to the conceit is sooo fun to me.
    
  • Otome- Either of them having the other one as their oshi from an otome game! Reincarnated into an otome villain(ess)! Anything based on an existing otome game! Go wild!
    
  • Pistilverse- This is a really fun AU that I don't see a lot, and I think it would be really good for Qijiu! I'm especially interested in SJ as a Venom Stamen bc I think it fits him so well, but really anything in this verse would be great. I could see either/both of them expecting the other to have a ton of marks on their tree but there being nothing.
  Bingliushen

  I'm perfectly fine with the focus of the work being on one side of the triangle as long as there's like, implied blorbo happiness by the end. For all the requests except canon-as-a-ballet I would like it to end happily for LQG (for that one you can torture him as much as you like).

  I think the canon divergences pretty much speak for themselves- all of these are absolute catnip to me! My pet "what if" is LQG being there at Maigu Ridge, and I think it could be fun with Liushen, Bingliu or both being in a situationship beforehand.
  

  Phantom thief/detective- One of them as the thief, one as the target and one as the detective? One of them is bodyguarding another from the thief? So much identity porn potential! I could see any roles for this but I do think phantom thief Binghe would be so sexy.
  

  Princess Tutu AU- it doesn't have to be 1:1 at all but like. The Vibes. Assign roles however you see fit!
  

  Otome game- literally any interpretation of this tag would be great. As with Qijiu, one (or two) of them being fictional could be fun, or SY transmigrating into a BL otome (or yuri!), or anything based on a particular game!
  

  Artist/model- the concept of being Carefully Studied (horny) is bulletproof for me. Body painting/sculpture/other forms of art are also great for this!
  

  Musical theater and telenovela- I love crack treated seriously (seriousness optional). SVSSS is so fun to transpose into a different genre and both of these have such fun fucked up love triangle potential! Feel free to have mpreg just be a Thing (or make some characters trans) for The Drama.
  

  Canon as a ballet- This is one that would be really good as art but I'd also love it in fic! LQG dancing solo on one side of the stage while Bingqiu have their romantic pas de deux... the most hornily charged pas de troix... Bingliu doing something like the Siegfried/Rothbart fight at the end of Swan Lake... For this tag I'm fine with things ending in tragedy, though resolving to happy Bingliushen would be great too!
  

  Ballet (dancers) AU- this is a bulletproof AU for me, I will love literally anything. It could be modern or set in a different time period or in space or anything you like. I love ballet as emotional storytelling, characters being forced to pair up for a pas de deux, ballet mime... I also love ridiculously athletic sex and would be very down for just, LQG getting bullied. I think Bingliu having a Ballet Rivalry would be really good too.
  

  Liu Qingge Fucks! What happens when Bingqiu find out that he's actually way more experienced than either of them? Is there... sex tutoring? Does their fuck-or-die hookup go way differently than they expected?
  

  I am down for literally any fairytale/mythology/folklore AU, based on something specific or just Fairytale Inspired! Go wild!
  

  I'm really normal about dragons. If you choose to have Big Dragon Forms, please know that I think there is never enough sex with big dragons. Also very yes to vore, gently holding in mouth, riding a dragon tongue/grinding against teeth...
  

  Modern cultivation- I can never get enough of this AU and it's so sparse for SVSSS! I love worldbuilding in this AU especially, but it's also great as an excuse to do dual cultivation but also there are modern sex toys.
  
Bingjiuyuan/Jiuyuan
I love when (Bing)Jiuyuan make each other worse <333 I would love for them to be so fucked up and messy and codependent and super extra weird about each other.
Abyss monster SY is a favorite AU of mine because SY would be SOOOO happy about it and also probably oblivious to half of what his powers actually are. For Bingjiuyuan, LBH dragging SJ down with him could make for a really fun dynamic, or Bingyuan happening in the Abyss and then whoops we were supposed to take down your evil shizun together but we got sidetracked by him wanting to study me while you hid out... For Jiuyuan, I would really love a way that this could work, tbh. Maybe LBH winning at the IAC, or maybe they meet much earlier-SY whispering temptations from the Abyss to Wu Yanzi's little disciple?

Shixiong!SY- Depending on the age gap, this could be so funny as Jiuyuan with baby Bunhe. Imagine: you are eleven years old. Your shixiong is the coolest ever and a grown-up but you're gonna marry him someday. Except your stupid shizun is trying to marry him FIRST. I also really love any version of the fucked up tangled up dynamics that come with shizun SJ/disciple SY/disciple LBH. Imagine THAT Jin Lan City.

Beast Peak SY is another favorite of mine because he'd love it! I would really love Jiuyuan where instead of being easily wifebeamed and softened, SJ brat tames the hell out of his unruly shidi and they happily make each other worse. I do also like a slightly softer SJ, though! For Bingjiuyuan, Bunhe always running away to the beast peak to hang out with his cool shishu, which starts constant fights between him and SJ...

NPC SY- Go wild! I'd love to see how either of these ships would work with SY as some random dude.

Academic rivals- Academic rivals Jiuyuan is one of my favorite things. I would honestly be so happy with epistolary told through their bitchy reviews of each other's books or something. Feel free to fit Binghe in there too!

Dark academia- Shen Jiu would THRIVE in dark academia. I would love to see him being awful, but in plaid. One of the things in dark academia that always gets me is the weird fucked up parasocial relationships and the GRUDGES. A trope I've seen a few times in the genre is people like, trying to become each other and take over each other's lives, and that could be FASCINATING in any direction here. This would be a great one for F/F(/F) too. Fucked up toxic yuri Jiuyuan who want to wear each other's skin! Bingjie trying to break up her evil thesis advisor's marriage!

Modern cultivation- I can never get enough of this AU and it's so sparse for SVSSS! I love worldbuilding in this AU especially, but it's also great as an excuse to do dual cultivation but also there are modern sex toys.

Ballet- Ballet is a bulletproof AU for me, I will love literally anything. It could be modern or set in a different time period or in space or anything you like. I love ballet as emotional storytelling, characters being forced to pair up for a pas de deux, ballet mime... A lot of the dark academia stuff also applies, tbh. For these ships specifically, I would love ballet that is SO fucked up.

Mori's powers- this is so niche but I do think that SJ would be absolutely awful with Mori's powers in a way that is so fun. Can you IMAGINE.

Death of Koschei the Deathless- Listen. Okay. LBH as Marya Morevna. He's got evil wizard SJ chained up in his basement. Clueless Ivan!SY is like oh this guy looks thirsty I'll give him some water. Chaos ensues. I really love this fairytale and it's so perfect for them!
Tianyue, Yueliu, Tianyueliu, Yueliujiu
Some of my favorite SVSSS rarepairs! I think all of these AUs work pretty well for all of these ships, honestly.
Ballet- Ballet is a bulletproof AU for me, I will love literally anything. It could be modern or set in a different time period or in space or anything you like. I love ballet as emotional storytelling, characters being forced to pair up for a pas de deux, ballet mime... For Yueliujiu specifically, I would love such a fucked up Schrodinger's cheating dynamic- I think ballet AU for them has the potential to be so messy.

Bodyguard- I love this for Yueliu especially but I think it works for any of them! LQG is just such a good bodyguard <3 YQY as TLJ's bodyguard would also be super fun! I'd be happy with something in canonverse, historical China, or a modern AU (organized crime, maybe? It doesn't hit the same icks for me as cop/modern military so don't worry too much about hitting that DNW!)

For want of a nail- There are so many little moments you could use to fuck up canon for these ships! This also goes well with TLJ getting out earlier. YQY is trapped under the mountain with him? Different first meeting? LQG somehow stumbles into making Qijiu resolve some of their issues?

Accidental marriage and arranged marriage- Marriage tropes get me every time! For Tianyueliu, maybe LQG or YQY accidentally demon-marrying TLJ and the other one feeling obligated to be involved for some reason. I also think there are lots of ways Tianyue or Tianliu could end up in arranged marriages for Political Reasons that end up having more feelings than they thought! Kinda goofy Yueliujiu idea- Liujiu have to get married for reasons and for also reasons they're required to have a third to Mediate (an auspitice).

Telenovela- Honestly I think TLJ would absolutely thrive in a universe like this. For Yueliujiu, this is one where unhinged cheating plotlines could be so fun. Feel free to add in other ships, and feel free to ignore my "relatives sharing a lover" DNW for this one- while I'd still DNW a threesome with LBH and TLJ both involved, I could absolutely see both TLJ and LBH banging LQG at some point in this universe (or SJ, or YQY, or...)

Human weapon- It could be any of them tbh. Instead of trapping him under the mountain, Huan Hua made TLJ into their perfect weapon? YQY's shizun is more sinister than we thought? Wu Yanzi did Some Shit to SJ? LQG's loyalty went too far? A sci-fi or superhero type AU would be really fun here but as you can tell I'd also love canonverse!

Not much to say about "stranded together" tbh, I will love any iteration of this trope! Again, feel free to stick them in a sci-fi AU or otherwise change the setting!

Dragons- Listen I love dragons okay. Please feel free to give me all of your dragon worldbuilding in detail. Especially for Yueliujiu (because of the Qijiu involved, mostly) I think soft vore/almost-vore would fit really well, but I am down for it literally anytime, also.

Fealty tags- I am mostly thinking of Yueliu here but I am down for it for any ship. Did you know that the ancient Celts literally did swear fealty by sucking the king's nipples? I am on a mission to bring this trend back. I think LQG should lovingly suck his sect leader's nipples. SJ should too and be super mad about it. Milk optional but highly appreciated! For the oral tag, dick sucking is of course great (and cockwarming! Under a desk especially!) but enthusiastic pussy eating would also be wonderful, I think we should give YQY and/or TLJ a pussy more often.

I am down for literally any fairytale/mythology/folklore AU, based on something specific or just Fairytale Inspired! Go wild!

Modern cultivation- I can never get enough of this AU and it's so sparse for SVSSS! I love worldbuilding in this AU especially, but it's also great as an excuse to do dual cultivation but also there are modern sex toys.

Sugar baby AU- this could also be findom/finsub! YQY makes such a good finsub! But also literally any way to play this is delicious. TLJ as both Yueliu's sugar daddy? YQY as LQG's? As LQG's and SJ is blackmailing him about it?

Pushing Daisies- I kind of threw this one in here because I adore Pushing Daisies and the concept of being in love with someone you can't touch is so fun. The Yearning!! I also love the kind-of love triangle with Olive and the proxyfucking potential is soooo tasty. I think this could be canonverse too- LQG gets brought back in PIDW? TLJ gets brought back? SJ gets brought back postcanon and has to proxyfuck LQG about it because YQY can't touch him?

Just My Luck- this is a very cute and silly movie where Lindsay Lohan is a rich girl with really good luck who works in the music industry and Chris Pine is a working-class guy who cleans toilets at like, a bowling alley or something, and wants to make it big with his band. They kiss at a party and their luck swaps! Shenanigans ensue! There is a cute niece who could be ZZL or like, Ming Fan or something! I just think the concept of swapping luck is cute (and again, could work in canonverse!). I would love if some identity porn came in too- iirc they kiss at a masquerade and I loveee masquerades.

Here are some of my silly crossover ships. I would love anywhere from crack (treated seriously optional) to genuinely serious!
• For the "villain from one fandom causing trouble in another" tag, I was mostly thinking about the DA crossovers- one of the Veilguard villains (Hezenkoss/Isseya? one of the gods? Solas?) doing some dimensional weirdness. Maybe Xin Mo coincides with the Fade being especially weak or something.
  
• Similarly, for the dreamscape tag, what if those DA/SVSSS crossover ships met in the Fade?
  
• Characters turn out to be highly compatible- (deep breath) and here is why I think that would happen. Okay. (Feel free to stick them in a modern AU for the easiest way for them to meet!)
  • So I feel like I probably don't have to explain Liucheng, because if we matched on Liucheng, you Get It. But! I think their prickliness would line up in fun ways! I could see them being an ace4ace couple (or not)! They both have shixiong issues!
  • Davrin/LQG started out as a full on crackship with a friend, but then I was like "Wait a second." I genuinely think they'd be cute. Davrin's whole attitude towards being a Warden and hunting seems like something LQG would Get, and they'd be jock4jock! Plus, the two most beautiful men in the room! And I think LQG would be so into the primal play thing Davrin has going on.
  • TLJ/Emmrich is another one that started out cracky but like. Old man yaoi, guy who's falling apart x necromancer, sweetheart nephew/sweetheart skeleton ward... Plus they're praise kink 4 praise kink! Emmrich's intimate knowledge of anatomy could be very helpful for TLJ, and TLJ's cavalier attitude would charm Emmrich immediately.
  • JGY/SJ- They could make each other so much worse. <333
  
  
• Same neighborhood/soccer mom/PTA AU- I just think this is such a silly and fun way to do crossovers. I would totally be down for like, all the danmei guys you can think of all live in A Neighborhood now. For the soccer mom/PTA parent AU, I'm specifically thinking about SJ&/JGY- divorced milfs who are definitely still fucking their exes, all the political maneuvering among the parent groups, SJ being just SO awful at every one of his kid's soccer matches... It would also be fun if JGY and JC are doing Fraught Jin Ling Coparenting (3zun messy divorce also going on in the bg so he's double divorced?) and LQG is like, I am just trying to take my little sister to soccer practice over here. (I also really love sports rivals Liucheng, especially if the stakes are super low!)
  I am honestly such a huge multishipper for this game and I'm good with pretty much any background ships/polycules/whatever! Of the canon background characters, I particularly like Antoine/Evka and Teia/Viago, and I'm very intrigued by whatever the Viper and Tarquin have going on. I have done two full playthroughs, so don't worry about spoiling me!
  Thoughts on ships:
  
• Lucanis/Spite/Rook- This is the canon Lucanis Romance to me (no matter what the devs say). I really love him being accepted into their relationship- it's clear he has strong feelings toward Rook, and I like that Rook acknowledges him! Also I am a monsterfucker and wing enjoyer.
  
• Strife/Emmrich- I haven't gotten the chance to see their little cutscene in a playthrough yet, but I've watched it and I think they're so sweet! I love their slow-burn romance and how much they seem to care about each other.
  
• Emmrich/Rook- I have a massive praise kink. And also glove kink. And I'm obsessed with sleeve garters. But also on the more SFW side, I think their romance is soooo sweet and well-written and I adore them together!
  
• Neve/Rook- Complicated messy women!! Who don't know how to trust anyone anymore! I love Neve's wit and dry humor, and the fact that you get approval with her for petting Dock Town cats immediately endeared her to me. I haven't played through their romance fully yet, but I love their chemistry in the pre-romance lock in scenes!
  
• Neve/Bellara- They are so sweet together. I think they really bring out the best in each other, and I love how Neve inspires Bellara to start writing her own serials! It's so cute! She'd be Bel's beta reader in a modern AU...
  
• Lucanis/Spite/Emmrich- Emmrich is the only one besides Rook who can hear Spite and acknowledges him, and he's so lovely and gentle with him. I think he could soft dom the fuck out of both of them. He's always so caring with both of them in their party interactions, and really tries to understand Lucanis even if he's really put off by the assassin thing.
  
• Davrin/Lucanis- Some of Lucanis's dialogue about Davrin after a certain endgame event is. Wow. It's WILDLY different than his dialogue about the other option for that event. And like. The intimacy of being the guy who would put the other guy down if he went bad. The way they grow to enjoy each other's company!!
  
• Bellara/Rook- This was my first romance and I thought it was so sweet. I adore Bellara and the way she's so enthusisastic about everything- it's genuine, but she's also using it to hide her pain, and I love the way Rook coaxes her to open up about Cyrian and process things instead of bottling it up. Also, the serial she writes that clearly stars Rook is adorable.
  
• Lucanis/Rook- In AUs where there are no demons, I really like them together still! The gentle and slow romance, Lucanis's layers upon layers of trauma and the way Rook meets him where he is...
  
• Rook/Taash- I haven't played through their romance yet, but hhh hot tall Qunari. The way they pin Rook to the wall in that one flirt scene??? Damn. I love their Jock Moments (they're SO mad Davrin didn't trust them enough to tell them he's been a spirit the whole time, bless) and my first Rook was a Crow, so hearing about the Crow bedtime stories they got as a kid was prime teasing material.
  
• Taash/Harding(/Rook)- They're really cute together! I love how shy Taash is about trying to court her, even though they can literally smell that she's into them. The OT3 potential is great, too.
  Thoughts on AUs:
  
• Ballet is a bulletproof AU for me, I will love literally anything. It could be modern or set in a different time period or in space or anything you like. I love ballet as emotional storytelling, characters being forced to pair up for a pas de deux, ballet mime... I think Lucanis (and the Crows in general) would fit particularly well into a ballet AU, but I am super down for whatever, too.
  
• Canon-is-a-ballet AU- I just really love this concept! How could some of the major confrontations and emotional moments from the game work as a ballet? Not that ballet is always a tragedy, but Taash/Harding and all the tragedy in their lives (especially for a certain ending) could be really cool to do (and I'm fine with the angstiest route if you so choose).
  
• Noir- Neve was made for this! I'd love to see her in a full-on noir setting!
  
• Dark academia- This could be particularly fun for Emmrich ships! It could be modern, or a no-fucked-up-gods-situation AU where Mourn Watch!Rook is like, their equivalent of a grad student. Hezenkoss was MADE for dark academia.
  
• Eros/Psyche- This could be really fun for Lucanis, I think!
  
• Gothic- The setting lends itself to this so well. Feel free to lean into the horror of the Blight, the gods' manipulations...
  
• Heist/fantasy heist- How would these guys work as a heist team? What are they stealing- Solas's dagger or the equivalent? Something from the gods?
  
• Modern Thedas- Anything from a serious exploration of how all of the game's plot would go down in a future Thedas (have eluvians been working fine for years and the Crossroads is nothing special, or has elven tech been Super Lost? Do they not need eluvians anymore because everyone has a car? Do they have cell phones?) to like, crack treated seriously coffee shop/retail/whatever AU but they're still in Thedas.
  
• Adaari can turn into dragons- PLEASE feel free to have Harding and/or Rook fuck the dragon.
  
• Regency- Emmrich was made for Regency I think. Regency Thedas would also be so fun!
  
• Tam Lin- I think this could work particularly well for Lucanis, Taash, Neve or Bellara ships, for various reasons! But also Tam Lin makes me nuts and I will be nuts about anything.
  
• I am down for literally any fairytale/mythology/folklore AU, based on something specific or just Fairytale Inspired! Go wild!
  
• Phantom thief- charming phantom thief Rook and amateur detective Emmrich (or professional detective Neve)? Or Lucanis and Davrin?
  
• Musicals- I just think this could be neat. I would love some trope inversions/playing with musical theater expectations, like, ingenue Emmrich or Spite getting a dramatic I Want song!