Dear Trick or Treater!

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Hello wrestle fic Trick or Treater! Thank you for offering one of my favorites, I can’t wait to see what you come up with. Don’t worry about rating, I’m happy with anything gen to explicit.

Likes: UST finally spilling over, first time/get together fics, unspoken feelings that stay unspoken but are blindingly obvious anyway, bedside vigils/general watching over someone, fraught handholding (especially combined with the bedside vigiling) angst and uncertainty leading into happy endings, sneaking around, sex pollen especially when it’s one-sided, bloodplay, knifeplay, clothes sharing, getting it on in the locker rooms after matches, dramatic rescues/sacrifices, pining, rope bondage, breathplay, road trips, significant gestures, missing scenes/episode tags, time travel, Groundhog Day loops, True Love Saves the Day, 5 Things fics, crossroad deals/deals with the devil, any and all kinds of supernatural nonsense, wrestling soulmates (and pairings where one knows he isn’t the other’s soulmate and is okay with it.)

I love supernatural nonsense of all kinds. I am very into the Firefly Funhouse as a setting with or without Bray’s actual involvement. I love dream walking, magically appearing in each other’s dreams, one half of a couple seeing the other is in trouble in dreams, any kind of nonsense involving dreams. I am very up for body horror situations in ToT, especially unwilling transformation and decay/zombie sorts of body horror.

I also really dig crossovers with Lucha Underground – Penta showing up at Ricochet’s door and bringing that nightmare back with him, Angelico still having bond with Ivelisse from LU (Lucha Underground is its own universe so AEW’s Ivelisse and Angelico shouldn’t really be the same people…but what if they are?) Dario showing up in AEW or NJPW or WWE and causing trouble, etc. I just miss LU a lot.

DNW: A/B/O, formal D/s with a lot of negotiation, facesitting, bathroom related bodily fluids, masked wrestlers being unmasked, pregnancy. Kayfabe only.

Please do not break up any canon couples, please either don’t bring up the canon SO at all or assume that it’s a hall pass situation that doesn’t need to be discussed. No Covid focus unless it's tropey fun with quarantine, please.

AUs: Medieval/feudal AUs, superhero AUs, spy Aus. I love antagonistic soulmates, especially the wrestling soulmate specific version where the bond seems to be formed during great matches whether the two would really rather that happen or not.

AEW

Kris Statlander

For both tricks and treats I really like Kris’s alien nature being front and center. In addition to below, I like the idea of her face pain having power of meaning of its own – does it have effects if it’s applied to someone else? Does it help her keep control when she’s in combat?

Kris Trick: I'd really be into some full on cosmic horror about Kris' alienness. Horrific true form stuff, body horror where her human form starts breaking down in unexpected/dangerous ways, her alien compatriots coming after her/her friends, Kris unintentionally (or intentionally) subtly influencing people because she doesn't have full control of her mental powers as a human, people slowly going mad around her because they sense there's something wrong there, etc. Also very into her using alien powers to avenge a wrong done and going way, way too far with it. Space opera or accidentally winding up stranded on alien planets more than welcome!

Kris Trick: Everything above but...nice? Kris strolling into people's dreams or taking them on tours of her space ship, sexy uses for true form tentacles instead of horror ones (not that the horror can't be sexy!) more of the fun Kris learning how to do stuff from BTE. I ship her really hard with Orange and also in a FWB, we're both fish out of water way with Kenny. (Although Kris is dealing it with much better, bless.)

The Dark Order

I love these idiots, I really am up for anything here. The only caveat I have is that I’d rather Brodie not be creeping on any of his members in Treats and that for clarity I don’t consider Colt a member. (Nothing against Colt!)

Dark Order Trick: Bring on the creepy cult initiations! Would be very into the masks being magic and subtlely mind controlling or it slowly becoming apparent that Brodie isn't quite human anymore, or that Uno is always masked for a good reason. I would also be very into Bray or the Fiend or both haunting Brodie and the order, whether they actually are or it's just in Brodie's head.

Dark Order Treat: I love these goofs so much, I would be up for any shenanigans they could get up to - Uno trying to have a relaxing twitch steam and getting interrupted by general DO nonsense (I love poor put upon Evil Uno), them trying to recruit new members in increasingly outlandish ways, them picking each other up after a rough meeting with Brodie, etc. I am also very into the current goings on with Wardlow and would some more wooing on Reynolds and Silvers part, or maybe Wardlow getting hurt and those two trying to take care of him from afar (because let's be real, MJF isn't.) Aside from Wardlow I don't have any firm ships so go nuts, although I'd rather Brodie not be with any of his member in Treats (all for it in Tricks though.)

NJPW

All Tricks

Robbie Eagles

El Phantasmo

I know this isn’t a ship exchange but these two have been so emeshed that it’s hard for me to separate them, they take too much joy in antagonizing each other. In addition to the Bullet Club Demon prompts below, I would also be SUPER into dark soulmate fic for them, where they knew they’re soulmates, hate it and do reckless things to try to break out of it. I also have a huge weakness for ELP getting hurt and Robbie having feelings about it (and the other way around!)

Same prompt for both of them, just from different directions: I'm looking for any kind of fic with the Bullet Club Demon causing trouble for Robbie. ELP or both in retribution for Robbie defecting. Robbie having increasingly upsetting nightmares about the demon taunting him or about ELP having trouble that he can't shake; ELP being punished because Robbie is out of reach; ELP going to increasingly desperate efforts to bring Robbie back to the fold; the two of them being thrown into some kind of forced bonding situation; the Demon itself making a hard sell to get Robbie to come back by any means necessary. Put them through their paces! I ship Robbie/ELP very hard, I love how they really knew each other a very short amount of time but still cannot let things go.

WWE

Adam Cole

I really love Adam and his various relationships with the members of his faction. I like him being roughed up and the other three being aploplectic over it. Considering what seems to be going on right now, in addition to below I would be very into Tricks where Adam has nightmare/visions/briefly slips into the future where he’s forced to fight Bobby and Roddy (and maybe Kyle!) and this is another case where I’m all for the Bullet Club Demon causing trouble for former Bullet Club members. TUE aside, I’m really intrigued by Adam’s relationship with Finn and how their recent match seemed to have caused a change of heart in him, and just in general what’s going on in his head right now.

Adam Cole Trick: I am all about resurrection trauma for Adam, especially if it's coming back now that things with TUE look like they may be falling apart a little bit. Adam digging himself out of his own grave, Adam in the afterlife, Adam haunting Bobby and Kyle as they try to bring him back, having PTSD nightmares about the whole thing, bring it all on. Does possible vampire Damian know something's off about him? I am also very into angsty crossroad deals, especially if Kyle is the one making it (or Adam is paying back the favor!)

Adam Treat: I love TUE and how much they love Adam, I would be up for anything with them. I would also be very into Adam's current state of mind and the slow change of heart he seems to be having, or his long, long backstory with the rest of TUE.

Buddy Murphy

Oh, Buddy. Obviously he and Seth are the current drama and I am up for anything with them, from happy times to dysfunctional cult obedience tests, but I also LOVED him with Mustafa and would be all over any fic that goes into how Mustafa is the light Buddy tried so hard to see in Seth.

Buddy Trick: Bring me all the dark, codependent cult stuff with Seth. Feel free to go dark! Seth trying his hand at dark magic to get an edge (especially when he was fighting Aleister!) and using Buddy to practice, Seth taking out bad matches on him, cult initiations, all of that.

Buddy Treat: Nice Things For Buddy Murphy. He and Seth being a good team, for that brief period of time they were, or Buddy getting himself hurt saving Seth and Seth fussing over him. I also ship Buddy/Mustafa very hard and would love Mustafa trying to save him from Seth or gently trying to be a soft place for Buddy to land. I would be very into Buddy showing up at Mustafa's door and not admitting out loud that things are bad but Mustafa understanding and knowing what to do anyway.

Dominik Dijakovic

I am both Trick and Treat wise very into fic exploring what Dijakovic is up to in the long stretches he’s off TV, especially that period when he and Keith were on the outs and now that Keith is on RAW (well, we kinda know what he might be up to, but not why!) Damian and Kross are my favorite menacing candidates, and I would love Kross filling up his spare time by magically tormenting Dijakovic.

Dijakovic Trick: I would love Dijakovic falling into despair while on the outs with Keith and making some bad decisions, either magic or otherwise (vampire!Damian very welcome.) Kross menacing him some more would also be outstanding, supernaturally or otherwise, especially if he tries to keep how bad things are from Keith. I would also love Dijakovic making some kind of crossroad's deal/devil's bargain to make sure things go well for Keith on the main roster and there being bad fall out.

Dijakovic Treat: I love Dijakovic/Keith Lee and would love anything with them - especially fond of h/c after their matches. I would be very into bittersweet soulmate fic for these two. Also very into Dijakovic's recent adventures with Retribution and what exactly he's up to (especially if Keith clocks him and also would like to know what in the hell he thinks he's doing.)

Lucha Underground

All Tricks. LU is a Tricks kind of canon.

Honestly, I would be up for any LU fic you could write, I love it and miss it dearly. I am especially interested in post-canon, since we’ll never find out what happened, but genuinely: anything.

Angelico: I am very big on Actual Angel Angelico and would love any fic where that causes problems for him, either via the Aztec gods, Catrina deciding he would be an interesting power source/he reacts badly to her magic, Dario finding out and using it to his advantage, anything. I am also up for bad things happening to Angelico in general, ie Pentagon breaking his arm or the aftermath of WorldWide Underground breaking his leg. I love wingfic. Angelico/Havoc/Ivelisse are my OT3!

Penta: I really enjoyed Vampiro's twisted mentorship and would love more where that came from, especially anything post canon. I would also be very into Penta/Puma, especially if it's set during the time when Vampiro is mentoring Puma's slow slide into darkness.

Dario: Oh, Dario. I loved his relationship with Matanza (& or / both good!) would love anything with the two of them. I would also be very into post canon fic, with Dario coming back to life only to find Matanza dead, and what he tries to do to fix that. I would also be very into him establishing the Temple and the day to day issues with running a cursed wrestling promotion while juggling his doomsday cult duties, and anything with his child hood. I would be very into an AU with him haunting the empty Temple or following the former fighters, trying to bring them back.

Drago & Aerostar: Putting them together because their stories are so intertwined - I would very into anything with Aerostar trying to save Drago from the Reptile tribe and/or how they managed to break Drago in the first place, or Drago having flashbacks to that time after being rescued. I love Groundhog Day loops and time paradoxes and Aerostar is made for them. I would also be very into post-canon, with Aerostar trying to protect Drago as he puts the final parts of his plan to stop the gods into play and Drago having none of it.