echoslam | Trick or Treat 2019 Letter

Thank you so much for checking out my letter! I'm

echoslam, and I'm very excited to be participating in Trick or Treat again this year. :D

General Info:

I love both gen and ship content and am open to receiving art or fic of any rating. Also, I'm requesting both Tricks and Treats for everything - please feel free to mix and match any of my various likes!

Unconventional formats are definitely welcome: epistolary, IF, chat logs, found documents, unusual narration styles, anything! Also, when it comes to video game fandoms, I am always excited to receive anything with references to meta or game mechanics.

I have some specific prompts listed below, but I also love seeing original concepts and am more than happy for you to create something based on your own ideas.

Treat likes:
-Anything seasonal! I love all autumnal themes.
-AUs of all sorts - I especially love alignment swaps, career changes, and video game crossovers
-Battles, chase scenes, duels, or any kind of thrilling experience
-Character studies
-Friendly and romantic interactions/dates/outings
-Humor (absolutely anything from mild banter to ridiculous crack)
-Slice-of-life
-Smut/PWP (I have a Smut Swap Letter if you'd like more details for this)
-Worldbuilding - I especially love an emphasis on lore, scenery and/or edibles

Trick likes:
-Bad endings
-Comedic sociopathy in villains
-Corruption of safe spaces - amusement parks, hospitals, schools, or lovely homes/gardens are all favorites
-Cruel and unusual violence
-Dark versions of characters/settings
-Death themes - major character death, grief/mourning, moments before dying, etc.
-Deceptions
-Gallows humor
-Noncon/dubcon - I especially like this if it involves one of my pairings and a brainwashed or dark version of one of the characters.
-Stockholm/Lima Syndrome

Art likes: All art styles welcome, portraits, Halloween costumes/skins or autumn fashion, signature colors and symbology, couples being affectionate, any kind of silly meme pose. I'm also very into the "eSports" aesthetic, so something with team jackets and/or headphones would be awesome.

DNWs: Body waste kinks, bestiality, non-canon incest, and poly involving requested characters

Links by Fandom:

Gatchaman Crowds
Overwatch
全职高手 Quánzhí Gāoshǒu/The King's Avatar
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
The Secret World
A Song of Ice and Fire
Voltage Inc's Liar! Series
Welcome to the Game

Gatchaman Crowds

Ichinose Hajime, Tachibana Sugane
GATCHAMAAAAAN!! I really loved this show with its delightful, colorful cast, and I was so happy to see it in the tagset! My ships are Joe/Sugane and Hajime/any of the other members of G-Team. I've watched the extended ending as well as all of INSIGHT.

Get-togethers, romantic tension/intimacy, or dates! I like the whole issue of Joe's not allowing himself to get close to Sugane before later embracing the relationship. As for Hajime, I love to see the contrast between her perky, positive side and the fiercely determined person she is underneath.

Autumn-themed arts and crafts with Hajime!

Anything meta about the use of crowdsourcing, the nature of X/GALAX, etc.

I found the fuse with Berg at the end of the first series to be very unsettling, so anything that explores that more would be fascinating - dark moments when Hajime was first adjusting, or what if Sugane had chosen to be the host instead (and how would that affect his relationship with Joe)?

Overwatch

Olivia Colomar | Sombra
If I had to pick a favorite Overwatch villain, it would definitely have to be Sombra. I love how her overall concept has a lot of dark humor and would love to see anything that taps into her amoral side. I am open to most any pairing you would like to include, but if you can avoid breaking up Pharah/Mercy, I'd really appreciate it!

Sombra's character design is so rich in nods to video game themes, and it would be fascinating to see her involved in a scenario that references those in some way. I'm thinking "trapped in a video game" stuff like in TRON or a Grim Fandango-esque trip to the afterlife.

For something game mechanics heavy: Back in the days of GOATS meta, one thing that amused me was how one of the few counters to that strategy was having a good Sombra on your team, so anything tying into that would be hilarious.

I also love the idea of Sombra being the arch nemesis of D.Va or Zarya and how that would play out from anyone's POV.

Really, any sort of seasonal or dark theme would be great: Dia de los Muertos or Festival de la Luz on the Dorado map, hacking, scheming, gleefully wrecking people in combat, or being a super troll in any way.

全职高手 Quánzhí Gāoshǒu/The King's Avatar

Chu Yunxiu, Qiao Yifan
Oh how I love this novel: the love story between a man and his video game. The supporting cast is what makes the series for me, and I'd really love to see more CYX or QYF content. I talk about my shipping preferences more at length in my Fandom5k letter (Ye Xiu for Yifan and Dai Yanqi/Wang Jiexi/Li Hua for Yunxiu) but I'm happy with a solo focus as well. Description-wise, I love all versions of the cast, including the live action drama.

I love autumn themes, and it would be great to see anything seasonal - Halloween parties or Glory events, enjoying fall scenery, celebrating QYF's birthday (Oct. 7th) etc. Mid-Autumn Festival has already passed, sadly, but it's one of my favorite holidays and I can never say no to celebration themes so yeah, really, anything is great. XD

Battles as courtship! Yunxiu doesn't get why people keep challenging her and proceeds to just mop the floor with everyone. Gao Yingjie/anyone challenging Ye Xiu for Yifan's love.

I enjoy gacha games and would be really amused to see One Inch Ash or Windy Rain as a pull from a Touken Ranbu or Granblue Fantasy-type mobile game, respectively. Maybe a scenario where it's something a love interest is playing?

I love the idea of QYF going on to be Captain of Happy after SMC retires and gradually developing confidence with friends/love interests being all "You're doing amazing, sweetie!!!" in the background. Also,I firmly believe that QYF has never trash talked anyone in his entire life, so it would be hilarious to see any of the older pros being a bad influence.

Relationship development for any of my ships would be wonderful - get-togethers, cute dates in or out of game, sexytimes, etc. However, I do love these two shipped with just about anyone, so an AllChu or AllQiao scenario would also be hugely entertaining.

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Any Character
I!!! CANNOT!!! BELIEVE!!! someone else nominated this wonderful mercantile adventure. Seriously, though, this game is hilarious, and I would love to see anything more about this world, the joys of price gouging, or the spirit of "Capitalism, ho!"

Fighting Samhain in the Obsidian Tower (or any scary boss) and/or anything about selling off the drops afterward.

Recette matchmaking for Tear or any other members of the cast, especially if it involves hunting for items. Any kind of shippy fluff for this game would be super cute.

Any sort of meta regarding pricing strategies.

The Secret World

Any Character
TSW combined so many things I love into one game: an awesome modern setting, dark humor, and an incredible story with amazing characters. I play the reboot from time to time, but I prefer the original version. I've also played the tie-in game, The Park, and really loved that as well. I love the world of this game so much, especially the urban areas (the faction hubs, Fusang, Tokyo) and New England, but really seeing any kind of content for this would be amazing.

I love the idea of romance during the end of days. Whether you want to make it complete crack or be serious about it, I would love to see something develop between these characters. The pairings I had in mind were Geary/Sonnac (love their snark), Andy/Moose (Moose's pining was rather adorable), and Mei Ling/Rose (really into their star-crossed lovers thing) though if you want to change them up I'd definitely still be interested. Spending time together or going on missions anywhere in the game. Maybe they go on a date for tacos at Dante's stall? Or what about hanging out at that PC Bang in Seoul where they're totally playing StarCraft?

For me, text messages the faction handlers were a better reward than quest gear or any amount of PAX, so more of those would be great. For the record, my main was a Lumie that chose not to side with the Dreamers, but I'd be happy to read about any faction/alignment.

More lore honeycombs!!! Humorous ones, especially.

TSW truly had amazing event quests for Samhain, and seeing any kind of reference to those would be excellent! (I especially loved The Broadcast and The Seven Silences).

I adore faction rivalries, and the ones in TSW were just awesome. Whether it's old school Templars vs. Illuminati or you get the Dragon involved somehow, I just love witnessing all the contention. Seriously, you could just write a snippet of back-and-forth trash talk, and I would absolutely adore it.

A Song of Ice and Fire

Brienne of Tarth, Eddison Tollett
The worldbuilding of this series had me riveted throughout, and I'd love to see any aspect of it that you'd like to explore, whether in or beyond Westeros (or in any period of its history if you like time travel). I'm books-only and have never actually seen the show, but I am completely spoiled for everything that happens in it, including the ending, in case you would like to reference or poke fun at it. I am also the sort of person who loves modern/mundane AUs, so please feel free to go with that, too. I'm fine with most any ships, except as specified in the DNWs.

Fandom-specific DNW: Brienne in a romantic relationship with Jaime or Renly

So many of my favorite characters ended up going ~dark~ in this series, why not these two?

I'm definitely not expecting it, but if you're feeling inclined to make something about these two teaming up in any way, please know that I will be all over it! I'm fairly sure Dolorous Edd would have plenty to say about Brienne and her, well, everything.

I love Brienne's unyielding determination and Edd's sense of humor as well as both characters' deep sense of loyalty, and anything showcasing those traits would be delightful: Brienne showing off BAMFness of any sort or Edd's reaction to a dire or ridiculous situation. Brienne taking the Iron Throne somehow (maybe not for herself...I'd be interested in a plot involving any candidate of your choosing) or the adventures of Watch Commander Eddison Tollett?? I am here for any wild, totally out-there scenario you can think of.

...eSports...AU...anyone?

Voltage Inc's Liar! Series

Any Character
This app hasn't been updated in more than a year, but I still can't get over it. >.< (I can't believe there'll be a live-action movie coming out in Japan soon!) I'm genuinely scared that Voltage is going to pull the plug on the English app any day now, so I just want to request it while I can :')

I'm fine with any name for the Main Character(s) as well as leaving her nameless. There's a list of pre-generated names from the JP Version of the game if you'd like some choices.

I'm requesting a whole bunch of relationships for this series, and I'd love to see someone else's take on any of them, whether it's pre-ship gen, something based on one of the Liar! endings/Lover's routes, or an alternate ending for one of the games. I really would love just about anything! (I have not yet unlocked the Office Deception or Scheming Socialites Lover's Routes in JP Doubt, but if you have, I totally don't mind spoilers!)

Relationship development for any pairing, possibly involving autumn-themed weddings, office parties, or photoshoots.

MCs showing their quirky side (Octokitty, cats, anime fangirling)

Exploration of any of the Liar! endings, good or bad

Welcome to the Game

Any Character
This game creeps the hell out of me, and I look forward to being creeped out by anything you would like to make about it!

Fandom-specific DNW: RPF or mention of IRL internet figures/celebrities (please modify them into fictional or parody versions)

Anything that gets into the Player's head or expands on the endings.

(Descriptions of) any unsettling website of your own design, with or without puzzles involved.

I'd also be interested in seeing scary stuff about the consequences of being hacked or more of the horrors of the Deep Web.

Thank you so much for your time! Please feel free to leave an anon comment here or contact me through the mods if any clarification is needed.

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