Dear Innumerable Stars Creator:

[elwinfortuna]

I'm elwinfortuna.

I'm so excited that you'll be creating something for me; I can't wait to see what you come up with and enjoy it! Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy the experience too and are happy with what you make.

Of course any prompts are optional and just there to serve as a jumping-off point for you. Take what you make in whatever direction seems best or come up with something I didn't prompt at all, I'll love it!

Treats are very welcome (and enabled on AO3), including past prompts from previous exchanges.

What I generally love to see in fanworks:

• Extreme loyalty to the point of sacrifice, complete devotion to a cause or person.
• When repressed emotion comes out, especially if it's about love that the character thinks is unrequited but turns out to be requited.
• One person physically caring for another: making them food, helping them rest, massaging them, bathing them, doing all those little tasks that someone would normally do themselves.
• Hope in the midst of despair, rescues at the brink of death.
• Endearments, including the use of intimate pronouns/names/titles, and soft, sweet affection, especially from characters who are otherwise seen as "cold" or heartless to others.
• Desperate, heartfelt, longing for love (that is then provided).
• Eucatastrophe (the opposite of catastrophe - a sudden joyous turn in a story), happy endings, light after darkness, comfort after pain or sorrow.
• Quarrels and fights, high emotional stakes and risks, passion raging out of control, desperation, and following instincts.
• Canon-divergence, "for the want of a nail," or "butterfly effect" AUs.
• Meeting someone for the first time and feeling an instant kinship with them.
• Thinking outside the box: coming up with new and different takes and spins on events, characters, and concepts. Wanna write something you think is a bit cracktastic? I'm your person.
• Trans (especially non-binary) and intersex characters.

For art: Visual depictions of any of the prompts would be really good - I've tried to give prompts that can be depicted as art in some way. But mainly I'm interested to see your vision of the setting and the characters. I am utterly indifferent to conventional beauty standards and would in fact prefer to see age lines where appropriate, as well as people of varying sizes, shapes, and skin tones.

I absolutely adore maps and architecture; I draw clumsy layouts of houses and lands when I need to visualise where in a space people might be, and I would love anything you can come up with in the way of layouts, maps, plans, notes or marginalia. I'm especially interested in art as character study: what a character wears, carries, is using, is doing, says so much about who they are as a person.

If you'd like to draw me smuttier art, I love suggestive clothing just as much as full nakedness and am always on board for one partner being fully clothed while the other one is naked. I love rumpled garments, clothing half off, blissful expressions on faces, arms around each other, hard nipples on men and women, erections for men, women who are visibly wet. I adore hair - long hair on heads, underarm hair, beards where relevant, women with muff.

Regarding romance/sex:
I love kink and smut! I'm cool with any kind of ship: poly relationships, het, femslash, and slash, as well as of course solo masturbation and sex that doesn't really fall into the above categories at all, including smut involving trans and intersex characters. I'm cool with very slight underage but all characters must have been through puberty and be old enough to understand what they are doing and what it means. I adore teacher/student dynamics or situations where the parties involved have unequal levels of power (especially if it's Complicated). Loyalty kink is my FAVE, and I like it to be mutual.

Some other things I love include consent play, especially consensual non-consent, pregnancy or breeding talked about in a kinky way (no actual pregnancy please), praise kink, one person giving instructions to the other about what they want, power bottoms and service tops, bratty subs and indulgent dom/mes, competence kink, master/servant or husband/wife role-play, playing with gender roles and presentation, cross-dressing and/or kinking on not conforming to gender expectations/roles, gender and sexual identity being messy and complicated.

I prefer mind or power games to whips and chains, or alternatively, playful experimentation rather than Serious BDSM Is Serious. Dubious consent can also be fun to play with, especially somnophilia or scenarios that involve sex pollen or being forced to have sex by a third party. Ideally, any story involving BDSM wouldn't need the use of any safewords. I much prefer situations where the people involved pay close attention to their partner(s)' reactions and communicate openly about how they're feeling.

In general, I don't feel it's important for the purposes of a fantasy for the characters to get specific consent before every single sex act, rather I love seeing characters so mutually overwhelmed by desire that they can't resist each other and enthusiastic consent is obvious. I have no real boundaries when it comes to kink or sex acts (other than my DNWs) and will happily read anything, though I particularly enjoy oral and anal sex, frottage, nipple play, intercrural/tribadism, watersports, comeplay, (mutual) masturbation, rimming, anal play, and body worship. If you want to write me a sex act and it's not specifically mentioned in my DNWs, please go for it, I'd be very happy to see it!

And then, there are some things I would rather not see in fic written for me, except where specifically noted:

• Outright and graphically described/depicted rape/noncon or torture, extreme physical or mental suffering, 'misery porn', or grimdark. This includes the death of any requested character, except for temporary death, unless the death is canon.
• Harm to animals that goes beyond what's expected in canon. Fine to note that a horse was killed in battle, or that a rabbit was shot and cooked for food, or that someone defended themselves from a bear attack, but no graphic or senseless harm to animals, especially cats or dogs.
• Modern AUs, any AU other than canon-divergence or a space AU, except where noted. Fusions or crossovers with other canons I know are absolutely fine.
• A focus on sickness or illness, pregnancy and babies, or very young children (except where specifically prompted). Okay to mention these things as they are part of life, but I don't want a fic all about them.
• Extreme, out-of-character, romantic angst or miscommunication. If the problem keeping the lovers apart can be solved with one straightforward conversation which they totally have opportunity to have and just keep not having, then it's gone too far. Legitimate misunderstanding or miscommunication is entirely fine.
• Homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, racism, ableism, sexism or the effects thereof as a major part of the story.
• I'm not really sure how to word this but...obnoxious heteronormativity, where "he was a boy she was a girl can I make it any more obvious" is a thing, or a huge focus on how "natural" it is for men to love/lust after women and vice versa, or a big emphasis on heterosexual fertility. Don't do any of that. I pretty much conceive of all characters I'm interested in as queer, even when in het relationships, so that sort of thing throws me out. Discussion/depiction of het marriage and associated traditions is fine.
• Focusing on religion, especially Christianity, in the story.
• For smut: scat, vomiting, shotacon (sex where one participant has not been through puberty), sex involving food (this includes things like chocolate body paint or honey licked off someone), extreme humiliation play such as degrading the sub in a way calculated to hurt them, using safewords during play that isn't specifically consent play (a 'no' or 'stop' should suffice in all other cases). Please don't do the red/green/yellow safeword thing or have the characters ask "what's your colour?" or have the dom tell the sub to "use your words" under any circumstances.

Fandoms I've requested:

Crossover Fandom

Worldbuilding: Magical Forests (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: Liminal Spaces Between Worlds (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: characters are sent to the Shire for rehabilitation (Crossover)
Worldbuilding: East Asian Folklore (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: Dream Paths (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: Inns and Way-houses (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: Dragons (Crossover)
Worldbuilding: Creation as Elegy (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: Creation as Atonement (Crossovers)
Worldbuilding: The concept of a Tolkien multiverse (crossover)

Group: Fëanor (Silm) & Smith (Smith)
Group: Fëanor (Silm) & J. R. R. Tolkien (Tolkien 2019)
Group: Edith Bratt (Tolkien 2019)/Luthien (Silm)
Group: Fëanor & hobbit of your choice (Crossover)
Maglor (Silm) being the tears through the harp’s twanging (HBBS)
Group: Maglor (Silm) & the Mewlips (ATB)
Group: Maglor (Silm)/Halbarad (LotR Books)
Group: Elgarian (Hope) & Maglor (Silm)
Group: J. R. R. Tolkien (Tolkien 2019) & Tauriel (Hobbit movies)
Group: Eärendil (Silm) & J. R. R. Tolkien (Tolkien 2019)
Group: Chrysophylax Dives (Giles) & Smaug (Hobbit Book)
Any character of your choosing is at Rivendell (Crossover)
The King of Faery (Crossover)
Maglor (Crossovers)
Any female character (Silm) in a setting of your choice
Chrysophylax Dives (Giles) in a setting of your choice
Group: Smith (Smith) & an elven smith of your choice (Silm)
Group: Aegnor/Andreth (Silm) & Arwen/Aragorn (LotR books)
Group: Elf of your choice (Silm) & The Fox on Business of His Own (LotR books)
Group: Celebrían (Silm)/Elrond (RoP)

I've just picked out a bunch of crossover ideas that sound interesting to me! I'd love it if you wrote or drew me any one of them. I'm fascinated by the idea of similar characters meeting each other, but also different versions of the same character from various different media meeting. Have fun!

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Worldbuilding: Is The Sea-Bell Really Frodo's Dreme? (ATB)
Worldbuilding: Hobbit Ethics As Portrayed In Poetry (ATB)
Worldbuilding: Cats As Hobbit Pets (ATB)
Worldbuilding: Traditional Hobbit Poetry (ATB)
Worldbuilding: How tales change in the telling and re-telling (ATB)
Worldbuilding: Feasts and celebrations in the Shire (ATB)
Worldbuilding: who is Goldberry's father? (ATB)
Worldbuilding: where do Mee's pearls come from? (ATB)
Worldbuilding: What Are The Mewlips? (ATB)
Worldbuilding: Firiel as a half-elf (ATB)

Group: Gorcrows (ATB)
Narrator of The Sea-Bell (ATB)
Group: The Mewlips (ATB)
Group: Mee/Shee (ATB)
Group: Firiel/Goldberry (ATB)
Group: Perry-the-Winkle/Troll Baker
Group: Firiel & Firiel's Mother (ATB)
Group: Elven-knights of Aerie and Faerie (ATB)
Fastitocalon (ATB)
The Cat on the Mat (ATB)
Group: The Cat on the Mat & the Ostler's Tipsy Cat (ATB)
Group: the Maggot family & Tom Bombadil (ATB)
Group: Goldberry & The River (ATB)

I really love all the poems in this book and would be so happy to see any of them expanded on in prose, poetry, or illustrations. This is a great chance to dive into the worldbuilding of things that were only mentioned once or twice and explore them more deeply.

Leaf By Niggle

Worldbuilding: The Forest as a Realm of Faery (Niggle)

Group: Niggle/Parish
Group: Niggle/Parish/Parish's Wife
Group: Niggle+Parish/Parish's Wife
Niggle

Niggle is such an interesting character; I love him dearly. I also love his relationship with Parish (and the potential of what could happen with Parish's wife too). I know this is an allegory but I'd prefer it was treated as a story with the religious symbolism largely ignored.

Farmer Giles of Ham

Worldbuilding: The Middle Kingdom (Giles)
Worldbuilding: Dog-latin (Giles)
Worldbuilding: Dragons as endangered species (Giles)
Worldbuilding: Names and Naming (Giles)
Worldbuilding: Different Types of Dragon (Giles)

Chrysophylax Dives (Giles)
Farmer Giles (Giles)
Agatha (Giles)
Group: Agatha & Garm (Giles)
Garm (Giles)

I'd love to see a story or art with Agatha in it! And of all the dragons, I adore Chrysophylax Dives the most. Give me something fun and lighthearted, and if you can give me wordplay, I'd be over the moon about it!

Smith of Wootton Major

Worldbuilding: Recipes of Wootton Major's Cakes (Smith)
Worldbuilding: Items from Faery (Smith)
Worldbuilding: Wootton Major in modern times (Smith)
Worldbuilding: the effect of so much contact with Faery on Wootton Major (Smith)
Worldbuilding: the culture of cooking & baking in Wootton Major (Smith)
Worldbuilding: Other Starbearer(s) and their journeys to Faery (Smith)
Worldbuilding: Passing on the Star (Smith)
Worldbuilding: Do all starbearers get a say in who the star goes to next? (Smith)
Worldbuilding: The Lesser Evils and the Greater Evils (Smith)
Worldbuilding: Relationship Between Our World and Faery (Smith)

Alf Prentice (Smith)
Rider (Smith)
Birch Trees of Faery (Smith)
The Birch Tree That Helps Smith (Smith)
Smith Smithson
Group: Alf & Mortal of your choice
Group: Alf/Mortal of your choice/Queen of Faery
Queen of Faery (Smith)
Group: Attendants of the Faerie Queen (Smith)
Original Character (Smith)

Smith of Wootton Major is very near and dear to my heart. I'll never be tired of stories exploring the world of Faery and more Starbearers. I'd also love to see a more modern take on Wootton Major. What is it like in the 21st century, and does it host a special episode of Great British Bake-off? (Yes. Yes it does.)

The Notion Club Papers

Worldbuilding: Isekai (NCP)
Worldbuilding: CS Lewis in NCP Universe (NCP)
Worldbuilding: the flow of time in different dimensions (NCP)
Worldbuilding: Magic as science we don't understand yet (NCP)
Worldbuilding: Authors' responsibilities to unfinished texts (NCP)
Worldbuilding: 2012 as viewed/interpreted from the early-mid 20th century (NCP)
Worldbuilding: Lost Civilisations (NCP)
Worldbuilding: Meta Author Commentary (NCP)
Worldbuilding: Reincarnation (NCP)
Worldbuilding: Telepathy (NCP)

Wilfrid Trewin Jeremy (NCP)
Rupert Dolbear (NCP)
Philip Frankley (NCP)
James Jones (NCP)
Alwin Arundel Lowdham (NCP)
Group: Alwin Arundel Lowdham & Zigur (NCP)
Zigur (NCP)
Original Oxford Undergraduate (NCP)
Original Oxford Academic (NCP)
Original Immortal Character (NCP)
Original Character (NCP)
Mr. Green (NCP)
Group: Ramer/Guilford (NCP)
Group: Frankley/Dolbear (NCP)
Original Scientist Character(s) (NCP)

I've requested everything for this canon, I'm so keen to see it explored in either writing or art! If you want to do isekai, please please please! Also I'm so fascinated by how Tolkien sees the future for him but the past for us.

The Silmarillion

Worldbuilding: Neurodivergent Elves (Silm)
Worldbuilding: Healing and Reconciliation (Silm)
worldbuilding: Luthien's captivity in Nargothrond
Worldbuilding: Tuor becoming immortal (Silm)
Worldbuilding: ósanwë as intimacy (Silm)
Worldbuilding: elven polyamory and LaCE (Silm)
Wordbuildoing: Same-sex marriages in elven society (Silm)
Worldbuilding: Lámatyávë (Silm)
Worldbuilding: The Lambengolmor (Silm)
Worldbuilding: Gender exploration & transition in Middle Earth (Silm)

Group: Beren/Finrod/Lúthien (Silm)
Group: Aerin/Morwen (Silm)
Group: Fëanor/Fingolfin (Silm)
Group: Bëor/Finrod (Silm)
Group: Beleg/Túrin (Silm)
Group: Fingon/Maedhros (Silm)
Group: Finduilas/Niënor (Silm)
Group: Fëanor/Nerdanel (Silm)
Group: Tuor/Voronwë (Silm)
Group: Celebrían/Nimloth (Silm)
Group: Galadriel/Luthien (The Silm)
Group: Maglor/Maedhros (Silm)
Group: Beren/Celegorm/Lúthien
Group: Caranthir/Finrod (Silm)
Group: Anairë/Galadriel (Silm)
Group: Celebrimbor/Maeglin (Silm)
Group: Elemmírë/Findis (Silm)
Group: Fëanor/Maedhros (Silm)
Group: Fëanor/Maglor (Silm)
Group: Idril/Maeglin/Tuor (Silm)

These are all ships I love! I'd be so happy to see any fic or art for them. If you want to write trans or gwegwin headcanons, go for it! If you want to write smut, I'd love it.

The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son

Worldbuilding: Consolation (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: Troll-Shapes and Hell-walkers (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: The Interaction of Pagan and Christian Traditions (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: Matter for Mighty Songs (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: Maldon Sea Salt (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: Dream-Visions (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: Wars and Grief (HBBS)
Worldbuilding: Courage versus stupidity (HBBS)

Group: Torhthelm & Tidwald
Torhthelm
Tídwald
Original Character(s) (HBBS)
Original corpse-stripper character (HBBS)

I adore how much meaning there is in this little play. If you find it as inspiring as I do, I'd love to see what you can come up with, whether with canon characters or original ones.

Sir Orfeo

Worldbuilding: The Border Between Our World and Faërie (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: The Border Between Life and Death (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: Tales of Faërie (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: Faërie Hunts (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: The King of Faerie's Crown (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: Returning to normal life after a sojourn to Faerie (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: Is Orfeo's harp-playing different after his return? (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: How are people chosen to be carried off to Faerie? (Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: Modern day character in the Sir Orfeo version of Faery (Sir Orfeo)
Worldbuilding: PTSD in a chivalric society (Sir Orfeo)

The King of Faërie (Orfeo)
Original Handmaiden of Heurodis (Orfeo)
Original Court Retainers (Orfeo)
Original Character(s) from Faërie (Orfeo)
Original Character(s) (Orfeo)
Orfeo (Orfeo)
Heurodis (Orfeo)
Group: The Sixty Ladies of Faërie (Orfeo)
Group: The King of Faërie/Orfeo/Heurodis/Faërie Ladies (Orfeo)
Group: Heurodis/Faërie Ladies (Orfeo)
The Steward (Orfeo)
Group: Orfeo/The King of Faerie (Orfeo)
Group: Orfeo & The Steward (Orfeo)
Group: Heurodis/The King of Faerie/The Queen of Faerie (Orfeo)
Group: Heurodis/Orfeo/The King of Faerie/The Queen of Faerie (Orfeo)
Group: Heurodis/Orfeo (Orfeo)

This is such a fun poem and it deserves more exploration!

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Worldbuilding: Feasting and Festivals (SGGK)
Worldbuilding: The Nature of Magic (SGGK)
Worldbuilding: The Exchange Game (SGGK)
Worldbuilding: PTSD in a chivalric society (Gawain)
Worldbuilding: Gawain's adventures in the wilds (SGGK)
Worldbuilding: Queerness in Arthur's Court (SGGK)
Worldbuilding: Pagan and Christian Traditions in Arthur's Court (SGGK)

Group: Green Knight/Sir Gawain (SGGK)
Group: Bertilak/Lady Bertilak/Sir Gawain (SGGK)
The Gawain Poet (SGGK)
Gawain (SGGK)
Lady Bertilak (SGGK)
Bertilak de Hautdesert (SGGK)
Green Knight (SGGK)

I love how delightfully queer this poem is and I would love to see that explored to its fullest extent. :D