Trick or Treat 2024 Letter

[echoslam]

Thank you for checking out my letter! I'm echoslam, and I'm glad to be doing ToT once again this year!

Feel free to use this information as little or as much as you want. I have some optional prompts, but I'm not particular about whether or not they're used. They are just here in case people would like them. Definitely feel free to go ahead with whatever you want to make. Gen, ship, single character-focused, or worldbuilding - it is all good!

I am requesting both tricks and treats for everything, so please go with whatever mood works best for you!

General likes:
-Any kind of AU
-Crack treated seriously
-Getting inside characters' heads
-Incorporating mechanics in game canons
-Period and technical details
-Requested characters being admired and appreciated
-Works inspired by songs, poems, quotes, etc.
-Unusual formats are always cool!

Treat likes:
Anything seasonal!
Character studies
Friendly and romantic interactions/dates/outings
Humor and silly stuff
Missing scenes
Smut/pwp for romantic ships

Trick Likes:
Bad endings
Canons reimagined as horror
Dark smut/pwp
Deceptions
Disturbing imagery from canon
Stockholm/Lima Syndrome

Art likes (all styles welcome):
Action scenes
Book covers/card art/stylized illustration formats
Character portrait with their canon look or any outfit that seems fun
Characters reimagined in different art styles or settings
Chibis/Qstyle/Emote faces
Dramatic or romantic gestures
Characters enjoying a favorite activity
Nature motifs
Any kind of silly meme pose

Smut Likes:
Aphrodisiacs
Bondage
Body Worship
Groping
Humiliation
Loss of Virginity
Masturbation
Porn with Feelings
Possessive Behavior
Praise Kink
Protectiveness
Romantic Gestures
Sex Pollen
Shyness/embarrassment

Do Not Wants:
Bestiality (relationships involving shapeshifters and sapient nonhumans are fine)
Body waste kinks
Futanari
Infantilization kink
Poly involving requested characters
Sex scenes featuring characters younger than 15
Use of the words “cunt” or "twat" during sex scenes
Use of the word "simp" in any context

List of Fandoms:

還願 | Devotion (Video Game)
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Killer7
Liar! Uncover the Truth
Liar! Office Deception
마에스트라 | Maestra: Strings of Truth (TV)
Olympia Soiree
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Visual Novel)
Siren (Video Games)
バクダン★ハンダン | Bakudan Handan | Sweet Fuse: At Your Side

還願 | Devotion (Video Game)

Gong Li Fang
Du Mei Shin
Du Feng Yu
Mentor Heuh

Things I like about the canon: everything about the setting and snapshots of 80s Taiwan, environmental storytelling, the doll as something both creepy and comforting, contrasting the horror with the beauty in the storybook section and the scenes with the tulips, interior design elements as horror

-Outsider POV of things going downhill for Feng Yu or the antagonist setting up their scam

-So uh, I think it's likely that the Du family will no longer be living in that apartment after the events of the game. What will happen to the next family that moves in? Scary sightings from lingering bad karma?

-Mei Shin meets Ray from Red Candle's previous game Detention

-Any character's fate in the afterlife

-Just any creepy images or descriptions of the apartment complex! I just love the atmosphere in this game so much

-Something focusing on the song "The Lady On the Pier" or the movie it was from, which had Li Fang's breakout role

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Celica/Saber

I really liked how their relationship dynamic developed over the course of the game, and I would be happy to see anything you'd like to do with them.

Themes I'm into for this ship: guilty attraction, self-sacrifice, Celica becoming a witch or considering the potential of doing so, loyalty kink, protectiveness, magic use during intimate moments

I do like all the other members of Alm's and Celica's teams too! Feel free to include them however you wish.


Killer7

Kaede Smith

I love this game, and I'm curious about any ideas you might have! Feel free to incorporate stuff from Hand in killer7 Canon-typical violence and surrealism are definitely fine. Would be happy to see gen or any Kaede ship you have ideas for.


Liar! Uncover the Truth And Office Deception

MC/Ayumi
MC/Haruichi
MC/Itaru
MC/Kazumi
MC/Sotaro

MC/Kohei
MC/May
MC/Reina
MC/Yusei

I would really love anything for any of these ships for MC. Any name for her is good, whether from one of the gifts I have received or a new one of your choosing.

I love all of the Liar! games and would be happy to see anything for this request! Cameo appearances by characters from the other games in the series are also more than welcome.

-Missing scene or expansion on any of the endings, good or bad, liar redemption arc

-Poor Office MC was in Work Mode almost 100% of the time. How would her love interest help her relax? Going on a vacation?

-Successfully seducing her away from another LI or managing to distract her from work that she brings home with her

-Liar gets appointed/hired back as a consultant to the team and romance ensues as they work together more closely

-Something revolving around one of their hobbies or interests
-Kazumi would be the best at telling scary stories, right? How would they celebrate Halloween together?

-Shotaro getting jealous that MC has such great chemistry with his ex-wife and then doing something about it


마에스트라 | Maestra: Strings of Truth (TV)

Lee Luna

I was so into Luna's curiosity and admiration for Se Eum since the first episode. As for the reveal, well, haha feel free to go all in on the craziness - I'm here for it!

-Se Eum being pedantic about music and Luna loving it

-Playing a duet or appreciating music together

-Luna sneakily antagonizing people like Taeho or Chairman Yoo on Se Eum's behalf

-Anything about Luna's private happiness at being singled out for her talent or being a success after being appointed concertmaster

-Something themed around one of the musical pieces used in the show: Mission Impossible, Brahms, etc


Olympia Soirée (Visual Novel)
Ayame Shura
Olympia/Shura
Olympia/Yosuga

I was originally just going to play this just for the art, having seen very mixed reactions to the plot, but it ended up appealing to me in some very specific ways (the angst! the food! those dark bad endings!) Shura and Yosuga were fascinating and I dearly wanted to see more of them. Also, we're getting a sequel!? Feel free to speculate on that as much as you want.

I'm fine with referring to the MC as Olympia or Byakuya, whichever you prefer.

-Going on a date or dining in Shikinjou

-Pre-canon Ayame and Shura falling in love

-Smut/edgeplay with Yosuga where they use the shikomi kiseruzutsu...

-Infidelity stuff (confession: I've always wanted to see something about her cheating on Akaza or Riku...)

-What did Shura mean in her memoirs when she talked about "tormenting her (Byakuya) in my own way"?? I was amazed they get an ending together?! What happens in that situation where Riku and Sakyo are swept away and they choose to comfort each other?

-Anything where Shura chooses Byakuya over Sakyo

-Something where Shura/Yosuga turns Byakuya's hair blue...

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Visual Novel)

Shigima Harue & Shigima Shuichi
Shigima Harue

I thoroughly enjoyed the great atmosphere and sound design of this VN! While piecing together the mystery, I found myself especially invested in Harue as a character, likely because her arc involves two things that I find fascinating, namely 1) the complications of grief and 2) scary fire powers.

-Elaborating on the horrific details of the "Harue's Legacy" ending or the heartache of "Harue's Resolve", from any POV

-Ominous pre-canon moment(s) before all the tragedy occurred

-I thought the Mocking Bird designs were hilarious, and I liked that Shuichi and Kai were into collecting them! Would love to see anything more about them, maybe discussing or searching for the stickers together with Harue?

-Anything with Harue and fire motifs

Siren (Video Games)

Ayako & Miyako
Kyouya/Miyako
Hisako & Datatsushi

I loved the oppressive horror and intriguing lore of the games, and I would love to see anything more about these characters and how they interact with Hanuda and the curse.

-Anything where Miyako rescues Cherub from his fate or thwarts her own

-More about Yoriko's academic life before the game or in an ending where she returns to the living world. I'm less interested in her crush on Tamon, but it's totally fine to mention it. I'd be happy to see her motivated by her own curiosity.

-Something focusing on Hisako's unwanted immortality or her day-to-day life running the Mana religion

-As implied by the series' title, a main theme is the power of sound as a vehicle of supernatural horrors. Cultist chants, anguished cries, unearthly wails...Anything that addresses that in fic or art would be cool.

-Related to the above prompt: the Hoshingoeika is so, so haunting. How does it get handed down through the generations?


バクダン★ハンダン | Bakudan Handan | Sweet Fuse: At Your Side
Inafune Saki/Shirabe Ayumu
Inafune Saki/Urabe Kimimaro

This is such a classic of the PSP generation (and that voice cast!!) Wish there was a port! I really loved Saki and her outbursts, and Shirabe and Urabe's routes were both very much what I'm into.

-Someone walking in on them or being scandalized by their relationship (actually high key jealous)

-Shirabe telling scary stories

-Something angsty or dark with a possessive or codependent Urabe

-A kiss or other physical intimacy initiated by Saki

-Anything involving the Gameatorium being decked out for Halloween (+ them wearing costumes?) or emphasizing the horror potential of the attractions there


Thank you so much for your time. If any clarification is needed, please let me know!