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miss_ingno) wrote2025-09-28 11:30 pm
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Dear Omegaverse Ex Creator!
Dear Creator, thank you for creating for me :D! This is some additional info about my likes/character thoughts to help inspire you in the creation process, feel free to mix and match as it pleases you <3
(I'm always open for treats, too!)
General DNWs: breaking up requested ships, genderswap, anything related to cannibalism, body horror, graphic gore, zombies/undead (demons/vampires are fine), hanahaki, sickfic, hurt no comfort, permanent character death for requested characters, mundane AUs, setting change AUs, de-aging, incest, breastfeeding of anyone 1+ years old;
nsfw DNWs: Futanari/female alphas with cocks, oral knotting, noncon (dubcon is fine), underage-under 15, watersports, scat, vore, sounding, enemas, fisting, ageplay, crossdressing, injured sex, anal prolapse, lactation kink
General Likes:
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
Art Likes:
Omegaverse Likes:
- I prefer the original setup (male omegas with self-lubricating assholes) dual-genital omegas or male omegas with pussies (but I don't mind it if the former doesn't work for you)
- Mpreg, pregnancy, pregnancy kink (holding/rubbing belly post-sex, dirty talk about breeding & creating life together), nesting & cuddling while pregnant or with baby post-birth
- Slick, knotting, biting, bonding bite, nuzzling, scent marking, nesting, mates/mating, getting off on being called ‘mine’, ‘alpha’, ‘my omega’ or similar
- Subversion of tropes, characters defying stereotypes - but also tropes played straight, characters kinking on leaning into stereotypes during sex (especially if this is in contrast to their usual behaviour)
- Worldbuilding on how society works, omega-sexism, toxic alpha-machismo, how characters navigate the system (especially if they hide their designation), omega/omega or alpha/alpha pairs and how society reacts to them
- Heat dubcon, alpha and omega overwhelmed with desire, post-heat embarrassment and awkwardness with happy ending
- Omega not submitting easily, (play)fighting leading to submission, submission as a precious gift
- Sex toys e.g. omega/omega pair using knotting cock ring, knotting dildo
Generally, I'm happy with either leaning into the tropes as they are or subverting them in interesting ways!
A tendency Juliette could really help with, if only he told her earlier. What does it take for Nick to tell Juliette? Monroe constantly reinforces the secret-keeping and his Aunt suggested he should break up with her, which he clearly doesn't want. But Juliette is right to reject him for said secret-keeping too when he proposes marriage. When he finally tells her, he's an emotional, incoherent mess, panicking because he knows Adalind did something, and tells her in the worst way possible—and then learns the wrong lesson from it and decides to keep it from her /again/.
Other then that, I live for the times a new Wesen realizes Nick is a Grimm, both when Nick leans into the intimidation factor to find out important clues or when Nick reassures the Wesen that he's Not Like That. The Eisbiber clan and their acceptance of Nick as an ally was one of the highlights of the early seasons for me.
Her interactions with their Wesen neighbours while she's not in the know are hilarious, and I love how she immediately starts investigating when Nick doesn't provide satisfying answers. The dynamics of the Wesen interacting with Juliette, the girlfriend of the infamous Grimm, when she’s not in the know but *they* don’t know that are frankly hilarious to me.
I want canon divergences in which Juliette copes better with her transformation into a Hexenbiest, where she learns control and how to navigate the complicated politics of the Wesen world. There's a lot of worldbuilding opportunities there, in how Hexenbiests are feared by other Wesen. I would an exploration of how the Wesen neighbourhood reacts to her new power and how Juliette deals with this shift in perception - she's already gone through the "everyone fears Nick for some weird reason" phase, but now it's directed at her? And Outsider PoV on a Grimm dating/engaged to a Hexenbiest would also be fascinating!
Alternatively, what if she'd been a natural Hexenbiest who had her power suppressed? Or she travels back in time and stays a Hexenbiest while Nick is still new to being a Grimm and hasn't the associated trauma that complicates his acceptance of her new status? Can she learn to forgive him for how the other Nick reacted to her transformation?
Having grown up an unwanted Royal bastard, but also not a full Zauberbiest must have been difficult for Sean. He had to learn at a young age to control himself, and that restraint is so absolute he even manages to resist the compulsion towards Juliette. The loss of control in that arc was something that clearly worried him and he fought against as well as he could. Renard doesn't trust easy (does he even trust anyone, truly?), another interesting side effect of his upbringing and place in the world. Even when he takes lovers he's always ready for them to betray him.
How does his reign as Prince work? I'd love to see him juggling handling traitors, strongarming Wesen into his service or into owing him favours, calling in favours, working against his brother's schemes, keeping Portland seperate and independant from the Royalty over in Europe. Especially interested in how a Grimm figures into his plans! Or an unexpectedly powerful Hexenbiest ;)
Nick and Juliette have a really solid relationship at the start of the show. Every moment of domesticity is a great moment - I love their banter, and how Juliette knows when she needs to push Nick, and that Nick tells her details like that a case is getting to him. Juliette is the most supportive girlfriend ever, and when she's doing research is some of the best moments. Like when she offers to look into Nick's parents' deaths for him, because Nick is too busy/emotionally compromised to do it himself. But she's also clever and curious in her own right, see how she takes the Big Foot's hair into the lab. Really, if Nick had told her then, things might've gone very different. She's not a push-over either, calling Nick out on his secret-keeping during his proposal and when she's amnesiac and Nick *still* isn't telling her the truth about Wesen. She knows her worth.
Juliette and Renard have incredible chemistry on screen. The entire obsession arc was such a highlight for me, the way they fought the compulsion and desire. I like to think that the attraction lingers after the curse is broken, too. And the fact that Juliette seeks Renard out for help when she's turned into a Hexenbiest is *chefs kiss*. I mean, she calls him Sean! This is so important to me, y'all *heart eyes*
Nick and Renard then have this interesting tension. Renard protects Nick as best as he can when he's still fumbling in the dark of this new world, trying to take care of Reapers and the like using police resources, but not warning him. At the same time, Renard is the one who put a hit out on Aunt Marie and who ordered Adalind to seduce Hank to get to Nick. They don't trust each other, not exactly, but they work great together regardless. Renard goes through a Whole Process to purify himself so he can wake up Juliette, just because he wants to keep Nick on his side, but he doesn't tell him until he's forced to. The confrontation at the cabin was amazing and summarizes a lot of this tension. I'd love to see them at this point where neither is quite sure what the other will do or having overcome this phase and having found a common ground they agree on, some sort of understanding between them.
The three of them create a fascinating triangle with those facets. It could work out well with Renard more willing to tell Juliette the answers she seeks and a calming, restraining presence on Nick's worse impulses (as long as Nick allows this). Adding Renard would smooth the issues of the Nick/Juliette relationship out to a point where they could communicate better; while what's keeping Juliette/Renard apart is the monogamy commitment between Nick/Juliette in early seasons (and a lot of preoccupation with the relevant plot in later seasons). For Nick/Renard to work, Nick needs to decide to trust Renard, and Renard needs to be able to trust Nick to be more vulnerable and honest with him - this is true regardless of Juliette's involvement, but I think Juliette would ease that tension for them.
Left: Uma, daughter of Ursula (The Little Mermaid) - Right: Jane, daughter of the Fairy Godmother (Cinderella, in the Descendants-verse she's the headmistress of Auradon High)
For me, this started as a crackship - which characters are so different from each other that no one would suspect they're dating? And then have their future selves show up and have the canon kids react to that reveal.
Somewhere along that journey, my brain really latched onto this ship. It makes so much sense. They complement each other so well, being near entirely opposites. Uma is brash, in your face, unapologetic about being a villain. She knows what she wants and won't hesitate to get it. Meanwhile, Jane is shy, a push-over and people-pleaser, barely knows what she wants for herself, and if she does, she doesn't dare speak up about it, in case it burdens the people around her. She's everyone's friend but no one is her friend (before Carlos. Ben tries, but he's busy and believes her when she says "It's fine.")
They could be so good for each other. For Uma, Jane gives her someone entirely lacking in deceit. Jane is earnest and genuinely kind without ulterior motive, which Uma (and the other VKs) are not used to (nor would they trust it at first, I don't think). Jane could teach her to open up, to make herself vulnerable and come out of the other end whole - give her a person she can *trust*. Because the only people Uma trusts is herself (and to some degree Harry, but even there she knows it's because she's top bitch; Harry is devoted to her and her trusted second in command but on the Isle showing weakness leads to betrayal. I think they too could learn to relax and allow their friendship to grow into something more outside of the Isle, but I'm degressing.) The last time Uma trusted someone to any degree she got betrayed (by Mal in the books), which is the way of the Isle and growing up in that environment shaped her.
On the other hand, Uma could teach Jane to stand up for herself. Once Jane earns her respect, she would be protective of her, as part of her crew. Uma pushes boundaries and takes advantage of anyone she perceives as weak, and likely would do so to a push-over like Jane in the beginning. But Jane can learn to set boundaries in this relationship, and it's important for her to grow a backbone - and when she does, Uma respects her all the more for it, which works in a feedback loop to make Jane more certain of standing her ground and holding her own opinions. She can learn saying "no" from and to Uma, and with Uma's backing to others (especially Mal lol).
Also, Uma is pretty powerful magically, having inherited Ursula's sea witchery (in DD2 she turns into the same giant half-kraken Ursula does in The Little Mermaid). Meanwhile, we don't really see Jane use magic, but Fairy Godmother's wand is a powerful tool everyone is fighting for in DD1 and it does make Jane at least half-fairy. I feel like she could be a good match for Uma with the right training or incentive :)
TL;DR they both have fascinating insecurities and trust issues, and their relationship could go either fantastic or fantastically wrong, depending on how willing they both are to work on it :D
Meanwhile, Evie and Mal are used to fighting dirty, of never being able to trust (not even each other, not really, not until they choose to once they're out of the Isle). Ben is good for both of them because he gives them stability, solid ground to build a life upon. He sees them and accepts them and still trusts them despite all their faults and mistakes.
Evie was raised with the expectation that she should be the perfect princess and queen, demure and not-seen, a beautiful adornment and schemer behind the throne. She carries a lot of insecurities from that, and it's likely hard for her to swallow to see Mal have accidental success dating a prince when it's really not working out for her in any way. Especially when Mal throws it away in DD2, because what Evie wants (or thinks she wants) and what Mal does is way not the same. I think Evie would be a stabilizing force in the relationship drama between Mal/Ben. She enjoys the duties that are a bore and chore to Mal, taking quiet pride in using her skills and succeeding.
Mal on the other hand is brash and attention-grabbing. She's loud and unapologetic. She's terrible at playing nice when she doesn't actually like the other party, hence why she's terrible at the PR stuff, it feels suffocating and fake to her. Mal would do better as the sorceress-queen-protector of the realm, proclaiming and defending and pushing through the changes to the laws Evie drafts.
Meanwhile, Carlos is someone who survives on his wits on the isle. Growing up with an abusive mom, he's learned early on to make himself appear smaller and not catch her/anyone's attention, to fade into the background. I know his fear of dogs is played for laughs in the first movie, however, his panic reaction is so telling. He knows everything is dangerous and reacts to that by getting out of reach. On the flipside, this boy's got a steel backbone and WILL stand up for his friends. I like to think that he was someone who hoarded and traded information and/or gadgetry on the isle to survive without jostling for the top dog position, something he's clearly clocked as dangerous for how much attention and ill-will it brings the person on top.
Both of them are incredibly loyal and make for a fantastic couple. Add on top of that all the chemistry these two had in the movies? Yeah, no wonder it's a fan favourite ship.
For the record, I don't mind Desmond being superficially or at a distance mistaken for his ancestors especially if he travelled back in time and is channelling their skils/behaviour, but I prefer there to be differences in height/build/aesthetics past a passing resemblance, for those who know the ancestor.
(I'm always open for treats, too!)
DNWs & Likes
General DNWs: breaking up requested ships, genderswap, anything related to cannibalism, body horror, graphic gore, zombies/undead (demons/vampires are fine), hanahaki, sickfic, hurt no comfort, permanent character death for requested characters, mundane AUs, setting change AUs, de-aging, incest, breastfeeding of anyone 1+ years old;
nsfw DNWs: Futanari/female alphas with cocks, oral knotting, noncon (dubcon is fine), underage-under 15, watersports, scat, vore, sounding, enemas, fisting, ageplay, crossdressing, injured sex, anal prolapse, lactation kink
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, epistolary, multimedia and experimental formats (fictional socmed, letters, snippets from history books, text books, mission reports, etc.) that fit the canon setting
- The intimacy of your lover being able to kill you but choosing not to: knife to the throat (for shaving or during a fight enemies-to-lovers style), human!partner being vulnerable in monster!partner's grasp, strong person who trusts no one being vulnerable with their partner, etc.
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
Art Likes:
- monochrome, b&w with pop of colour, high contrast with few colours, (but really, any art style is welcome!)
- jewelry & flowers, swords! (and other character-appropriate weapons), fancy clothes,
- character poses that tell a story/embody the dynamic between characters, small intimacies (hand to cheek! fingers brushing! eyes meeting! back-to-back! head on shoulder!), height difference where appropriate (or otherwise through environment or kneeling)
- And I'm really, really into the styles of stained glass (so pretty! I love the mosaic colours and religious symbology of it), tarot cards (the levels of choosing a card meaning to fit the character, the pose, the details!), and tapestry (just, the historical vibes? Usually some sort of major event or conflict, depicting a story between characters? *_*)
- I'm not into super abstract art, but I do like symbolism (e.g. characters sharing a colour or evolving into a shared colour, being complimentary colours, butterflies for butterfly effect, etc.)
- For panels/framing I love creative ways to show whatever effect you're going for - like character in the foreground with an action panorama in the background to show the actual events (perhaps even with lies or underselling in the speech bubbles) or like shattered mirror shards each reflecting a memory, or a broken door covering some but not all of the panel beyond, and so on. I love art that really leans into the visual strengths of this medium!
Omegaverse Likes:
- I prefer the original setup (male omegas with self-lubricating assholes) dual-genital omegas or male omegas with pussies (but I don't mind it if the former doesn't work for you)
- Mpreg, pregnancy, pregnancy kink (holding/rubbing belly post-sex, dirty talk about breeding & creating life together), nesting & cuddling while pregnant or with baby post-birth
- Slick, knotting, biting, bonding bite, nuzzling, scent marking, nesting, mates/mating, getting off on being called ‘mine’, ‘alpha’, ‘my omega’ or similar
- Subversion of tropes, characters defying stereotypes - but also tropes played straight, characters kinking on leaning into stereotypes during sex (especially if this is in contrast to their usual behaviour)
- Worldbuilding on how society works, omega-sexism, toxic alpha-machismo, how characters navigate the system (especially if they hide their designation), omega/omega or alpha/alpha pairs and how society reacts to them
- Heat dubcon, alpha and omega overwhelmed with desire, post-heat embarrassment and awkwardness with happy ending
- Omega not submitting easily, (play)fighting leading to submission, submission as a precious gift
- Sex toys e.g. omega/omega pair using knotting cock ring, knotting dildo
Generally, I'm happy with either leaning into the tropes as they are or subverting them in interesting ways!
DCU Comics
Fandom-specific DNWs: for Jay/Tim(/Dick) to be turned on by the idea of their relationship being incestuous (jokes are fine, but I'd prefer for them to deny being brothers/into that), exclusively bottom!Jason, Dark!Bruce or Really Bad Parent Bruce (I prefer Good Dad With Flaws or Flawed But Trying), Court of Owls, All-Caste/All-BladesTim Drake
I love Tim being a strategist/mastermind, very brain-oriented clue investigator. I like him being computer-savvy and going undercover as Alvin Draper to gather more information. I think Tim would've established his own information network outside of Bruce and have a lot of contacts both from his work as (Red) Robin and with the Neon Knights. Characterisation-wise, I enjoy a sassy, deadpan Tim who technically knows how to socialize but is also a workaholic and perfectionist. A competent Tim in my mind always (tries to) think a step or two ahead, and like Bruce has contingencies but also trusts his friends, and that's how he wins. Young Justice cameos welcome! Flaw-wise, I think Tim tries to handle things too much on his own, thinking he knows better and not asking for help soon enough once things go wrong (asking for help as part of the plotting is different imo!)Jason Todd
I like a Jason who is protective of Crime Alley and those who can't seek justice, but can and does go too far in dealing retribution for them (often without asking the victims what they want and making assumptions). I enjoy Crime Lord Jason who is the best employer on the block and somewhat cares for his goons, making sure they and their families are taken care of, but at the same time can't quite allow himself to grow attached. I like Jason angry at Bruce, even if he's reconciled with Batfam, feeling like his death and the way it was handle in the aftermath is an injustice that he has to come back and fix himself. I enjoy both a Jason who is jealous of Tim as his Replacement but also a Jason who thinks he's just teaching the kid a lesson to save him from worse.Dick Grayson
I love the Eldest Daughter Syndrome headcanon. Dick is one of the most competent heroes, the very first sidekick/partner, leader of many teams and well-connected within the hero community. He's easy-going and charming, but also ruthless and perfectionist in his own way. While he's better at talking about emotions than Bruce, he's still not the best at communication either, and yet his family tends to expect him to be the mediator. Despite the fact that *he* was the first to make fighting with Bruce on the regular a Thing. It's a fascinating contrast.Grimm (TV)
Fandom-specific DNWs: re zombies/undead: please keep descriptions/depictions of the Hexen-/Zauberbiest Woge non-graphic/-detailed (see: body horror/gore DNW), season 5-6 related plots (no Hadrian's Wall, no Black Claw, no "Eve" please)Nick Burkhardt
I really like how Nick is a Good Guy with Morals, someone who takes the oath of protecting the innocent seriously and believes in the judicial process and justice of the system—and I love how all of it gets challenged by the existence of Wesen and how they can't always be prosecuted like normal criminals. Nick's development is fascinating as he tries to balance his morals against these new limitations, as he tries to be different than his ancestors. Sometimes he still slips up, lets himself be guided by assumptions and prejudice. He has the potential to go dark, especially when he stops thinking, when he's hurting, when it's personal. It's his connections, his friends who pull him back from that brink. Nick handles himself best when he's part of a team, yet he tends towards trying to lone wolf it again and again.A tendency Juliette could really help with, if only he told her earlier. What does it take for Nick to tell Juliette? Monroe constantly reinforces the secret-keeping and his Aunt suggested he should break up with her, which he clearly doesn't want. But Juliette is right to reject him for said secret-keeping too when he proposes marriage. When he finally tells her, he's an emotional, incoherent mess, panicking because he knows Adalind did something, and tells her in the worst way possible—and then learns the wrong lesson from it and decides to keep it from her /again/.
Other then that, I live for the times a new Wesen realizes Nick is a Grimm, both when Nick leans into the intimidation factor to find out important clues or when Nick reassures the Wesen that he's Not Like That. The Eisbiber clan and their acceptance of Nick as an ally was one of the highlights of the early seasons for me.
Juliette Silverton
Juliette is my blorbo! I love how she gets dragged into the Wesen world and how she tries to figure things out despite Nick doing his best to keep her in the dark. Her analysis of Big Foot's hair was the perfect moment for him to come clean, and yet. Juliette is suspicious and scientific and empathic, and I love the few moments she works with Nick (e.g. during the Seltenvogel case). They make for a great team when they're on the same page, and it's a shame the show didn't explore that more. I'm convinced that if Nick told her earlier, during one of those moments were Juliette's suspicions were high and she was already thinking along the lines of the unnatural, the reveal would have gone over more smoothly than as Nick was panicking and being extra weird about a simple cat scratch.Her interactions with their Wesen neighbours while she's not in the know are hilarious, and I love how she immediately starts investigating when Nick doesn't provide satisfying answers. The dynamics of the Wesen interacting with Juliette, the girlfriend of the infamous Grimm, when she’s not in the know but *they* don’t know that are frankly hilarious to me.
I want canon divergences in which Juliette copes better with her transformation into a Hexenbiest, where she learns control and how to navigate the complicated politics of the Wesen world. There's a lot of worldbuilding opportunities there, in how Hexenbiests are feared by other Wesen. I would an exploration of how the Wesen neighbourhood reacts to her new power and how Juliette deals with this shift in perception - she's already gone through the "everyone fears Nick for some weird reason" phase, but now it's directed at her? And Outsider PoV on a Grimm dating/engaged to a Hexenbiest would also be fascinating!
Alternatively, what if she'd been a natural Hexenbiest who had her power suppressed? Or she travels back in time and stays a Hexenbiest while Nick is still new to being a Grimm and hasn't the associated trauma that complicates his acceptance of her new status? Can she learn to forgive him for how the other Nick reacted to her transformation?
Sean Renard
Renard is a /fascinating/ character. We're introduced to him as an antagonist, and he never quite shakes off that label. He works to protect Nick, but keeps him in the dark about a lot of stuff. He wants, needs Nick's support, but with his upbringing he doesn't trust enough to just ask. He actively works against Nick's interests, too, ordering Aunt Marie killed and having Adalind seduce Hank.Having grown up an unwanted Royal bastard, but also not a full Zauberbiest must have been difficult for Sean. He had to learn at a young age to control himself, and that restraint is so absolute he even manages to resist the compulsion towards Juliette. The loss of control in that arc was something that clearly worried him and he fought against as well as he could. Renard doesn't trust easy (does he even trust anyone, truly?), another interesting side effect of his upbringing and place in the world. Even when he takes lovers he's always ready for them to betray him.
How does his reign as Prince work? I'd love to see him juggling handling traitors, strongarming Wesen into his service or into owing him favours, calling in favours, working against his brother's schemes, keeping Portland seperate and independant from the Royalty over in Europe. Especially interested in how a Grimm figures into his plans! Or an unexpectedly powerful Hexenbiest ;)
Nick/Sean/Juliette
All of their dynamics are sooo good!Nick and Juliette have a really solid relationship at the start of the show. Every moment of domesticity is a great moment - I love their banter, and how Juliette knows when she needs to push Nick, and that Nick tells her details like that a case is getting to him. Juliette is the most supportive girlfriend ever, and when she's doing research is some of the best moments. Like when she offers to look into Nick's parents' deaths for him, because Nick is too busy/emotionally compromised to do it himself. But she's also clever and curious in her own right, see how she takes the Big Foot's hair into the lab. Really, if Nick had told her then, things might've gone very different. She's not a push-over either, calling Nick out on his secret-keeping during his proposal and when she's amnesiac and Nick *still* isn't telling her the truth about Wesen. She knows her worth.
Juliette and Renard have incredible chemistry on screen. The entire obsession arc was such a highlight for me, the way they fought the compulsion and desire. I like to think that the attraction lingers after the curse is broken, too. And the fact that Juliette seeks Renard out for help when she's turned into a Hexenbiest is *chefs kiss*. I mean, she calls him Sean! This is so important to me, y'all *heart eyes*
Nick and Renard then have this interesting tension. Renard protects Nick as best as he can when he's still fumbling in the dark of this new world, trying to take care of Reapers and the like using police resources, but not warning him. At the same time, Renard is the one who put a hit out on Aunt Marie and who ordered Adalind to seduce Hank to get to Nick. They don't trust each other, not exactly, but they work great together regardless. Renard goes through a Whole Process to purify himself so he can wake up Juliette, just because he wants to keep Nick on his side, but he doesn't tell him until he's forced to. The confrontation at the cabin was amazing and summarizes a lot of this tension. I'd love to see them at this point where neither is quite sure what the other will do or having overcome this phase and having found a common ground they agree on, some sort of understanding between them.
The three of them create a fascinating triangle with those facets. It could work out well with Renard more willing to tell Juliette the answers she seeks and a calming, restraining presence on Nick's worse impulses (as long as Nick allows this). Adding Renard would smooth the issues of the Nick/Juliette relationship out to a point where they could communicate better; while what's keeping Juliette/Renard apart is the monogamy commitment between Nick/Juliette in early seasons (and a lot of preoccupation with the relevant plot in later seasons). For Nick/Renard to work, Nick needs to decide to trust Renard, and Renard needs to be able to trust Nick to be more vulnerable and honest with him - this is true regardless of Juliette's involvement, but I think Juliette would ease that tension for them.
Disney's Descendants
Fandom-specific DNWs: focus on anything that happens in the 3rd movie (mentions are fine, pretending it never happened is also great)Jane/Uma
Character Guide
Left: Uma, daughter of Ursula (The Little Mermaid) - Right: Jane, daughter of the Fairy Godmother (Cinderella, in the Descendants-verse she's the headmistress of Auradon High)
For me, this started as a crackship - which characters are so different from each other that no one would suspect they're dating? And then have their future selves show up and have the canon kids react to that reveal.
Somewhere along that journey, my brain really latched onto this ship. It makes so much sense. They complement each other so well, being near entirely opposites. Uma is brash, in your face, unapologetic about being a villain. She knows what she wants and won't hesitate to get it. Meanwhile, Jane is shy, a push-over and people-pleaser, barely knows what she wants for herself, and if she does, she doesn't dare speak up about it, in case it burdens the people around her. She's everyone's friend but no one is her friend (before Carlos. Ben tries, but he's busy and believes her when she says "It's fine.")
They could be so good for each other. For Uma, Jane gives her someone entirely lacking in deceit. Jane is earnest and genuinely kind without ulterior motive, which Uma (and the other VKs) are not used to (nor would they trust it at first, I don't think). Jane could teach her to open up, to make herself vulnerable and come out of the other end whole - give her a person she can *trust*. Because the only people Uma trusts is herself (and to some degree Harry, but even there she knows it's because she's top bitch; Harry is devoted to her and her trusted second in command but on the Isle showing weakness leads to betrayal. I think they too could learn to relax and allow their friendship to grow into something more outside of the Isle, but I'm degressing.) The last time Uma trusted someone to any degree she got betrayed (by Mal in the books), which is the way of the Isle and growing up in that environment shaped her.
On the other hand, Uma could teach Jane to stand up for herself. Once Jane earns her respect, she would be protective of her, as part of her crew. Uma pushes boundaries and takes advantage of anyone she perceives as weak, and likely would do so to a push-over like Jane in the beginning. But Jane can learn to set boundaries in this relationship, and it's important for her to grow a backbone - and when she does, Uma respects her all the more for it, which works in a feedback loop to make Jane more certain of standing her ground and holding her own opinions. She can learn saying "no" from and to Uma, and with Uma's backing to others (especially Mal lol).
Also, Uma is pretty powerful magically, having inherited Ursula's sea witchery (in DD2 she turns into the same giant half-kraken Ursula does in The Little Mermaid). Meanwhile, we don't really see Jane use magic, but Fairy Godmother's wand is a powerful tool everyone is fighting for in DD1 and it does make Jane at least half-fairy. I feel like she could be a good match for Uma with the right training or incentive :)
TL;DR they both have fascinating insecurities and trust issues, and their relationship could go either fantastic or fantastically wrong, depending on how willing they both are to work on it :D
Ben/Mal/Evie
I love that Ben is basically a golden retriever puppy: good to his core and believing in others to be able to do good just as well, a little oblivious (perhaps naiv) due to his painless upbringing, stalwart and loyal and fair.Meanwhile, Evie and Mal are used to fighting dirty, of never being able to trust (not even each other, not really, not until they choose to once they're out of the Isle). Ben is good for both of them because he gives them stability, solid ground to build a life upon. He sees them and accepts them and still trusts them despite all their faults and mistakes.
Evie was raised with the expectation that she should be the perfect princess and queen, demure and not-seen, a beautiful adornment and schemer behind the throne. She carries a lot of insecurities from that, and it's likely hard for her to swallow to see Mal have accidental success dating a prince when it's really not working out for her in any way. Especially when Mal throws it away in DD2, because what Evie wants (or thinks she wants) and what Mal does is way not the same. I think Evie would be a stabilizing force in the relationship drama between Mal/Ben. She enjoys the duties that are a bore and chore to Mal, taking quiet pride in using her skills and succeeding.
Mal on the other hand is brash and attention-grabbing. She's loud and unapologetic. She's terrible at playing nice when she doesn't actually like the other party, hence why she's terrible at the PR stuff, it feels suffocating and fake to her. Mal would do better as the sorceress-queen-protector of the realm, proclaiming and defending and pushing through the changes to the laws Evie drafts.
Jay/Carlos
What I love about these two boys is how they seem on the surface like a typical jock bully/nerd victim couple, except that they have more depth than that. Jay plays up being the Muscle of the group, yet he's really street smart and clever. As the son of Jafar, I cannot believe he didn't learn how to manipulate people with charm (e.g. the Rotten to the Core scene where he plays nice at the tea table before stealing the pot). He's brazen and reckless, but not stupid about it and knows when to retreat and save his own ass. On top of charming, he's also galant and knows how to play well-mannered to serve his own purposes. However, with his friends he takes actual care, even if he can't admit that to himself and the others as easily.Meanwhile, Carlos is someone who survives on his wits on the isle. Growing up with an abusive mom, he's learned early on to make himself appear smaller and not catch her/anyone's attention, to fade into the background. I know his fear of dogs is played for laughs in the first movie, however, his panic reaction is so telling. He knows everything is dangerous and reacts to that by getting out of reach. On the flipside, this boy's got a steel backbone and WILL stand up for his friends. I like to think that he was someone who hoarded and traded information and/or gadgetry on the isle to survive without jostling for the top dog position, something he's clearly clocked as dangerous for how much attention and ill-will it brings the person on top.
Both of them are incredibly loyal and make for a fantastic couple. Add on top of that all the chemistry these two had in the movies? Yeah, no wonder it's a fan favourite ship.
Assassin’s Creed
Fandom-specific DNWs: Clay/Subject 16 being involved as more than a potential device for time travelDesmond Miles
I like Desmond as an algamation of his ancestors's skills and instinctual behaviours, struggling with remembering who he is without them, or perhaps leaening who he can be with those memories, but still his own distinct personality. I see him as someone who is stubborn and strong to escape his upbringing, wanting to indulge in normality which got him caught but is entirely reasonable for someone in his circumstances. Who could know it's actually real? He's someone who rolls with the punches because when you're raised on an Assassins Vs Templars conspiracy, might as well? He's got entire memories of the past in his triple-helix DNA and ancient tech frying his brain, there's not a lot that can shock him anymore. Why *shouldn't* time travel be possible? I feel like he's become more malleable while struggling to adjust to the Bleeding Effect, and I am fascinated by him being the only person that seems to come out on the other side not entirely broken (thanks to Clay's intervention, granted, but.)For the record, I don't mind Desmond being superficially or at a distance mistaken for his ancestors especially if he travelled back in time and is channelling their skils/behaviour, but I prefer there to be differences in height/build/aesthetics past a passing resemblance, for those who know the ancestor.
