Dear Extreme Deadliner!

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Thank you for the patience! ☹ I hope there’s something in here that’s still helpful

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, unexpected acts of kindness, 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 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 like sex pollen fic in general but my very favorite kind is one side where it’s a genuinely dangerous, fuck or die situation for the pollened person, I love that drama.

Any rating is great, from fluffiest gen to explicit!

DNW: A/B/O, formal D/s with a lot of negotiation, facesitting, bathroom related bodily fluids, masked wrestlers being unmasked (unless specified! I enjoy kinking on the masks, but I don’t want them casually coming off!), pregnancy. Please keep it 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 or angst about quarantine, please, or a situation where someone having Covid was made part of the story (ie Zack worrying over Taichi, or the Iron Finger taking advantage of Taichi being ill to try one more time to take him over, that kind of thing.)

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

Orange Cassidy
Kris Statlander
Orange/Kris

I love these two weirdos both separately and apart! For Kris fic on her own I would like anything focusing on her alieness - how she perceives Earth and living on it, how is it different from her home planet, etc. Does she have senses humans don't have? This would be a fun place for crossovers too - Aerostar is my other favorite wrestling alien and I would love them meeting up to compare notes (are they from the same planet? Is there a whole pipeline of pro wrestling aliens?) I am also always a sucker for Kris meeting with the Guardians of the Galaxy, with or without the rest of the Best Friends in tow.

For Orange by himself I would like fic with him and the rest of the Best Friends - I'm always a sap for him getting hurt and the others fussing over him, or one of them getting hurt and him not knowing how to deal with it. They've all known each other such a long time, Orange and Chuck especially, and some war stories from the road would be fun.

For Orange/Kris I LOVE their weird connection and how they get each other without needing to talk. Were they able to keep in touch while Kris was gone? Orange went through a lot over the past year and in general gets beaten up on a regular basis and I would love Kris helping him out from afar. I love Orange not blinking at Kris displaying alien powers - have her transform, or take him into space (xeno is great!!) I would also like fic of them having to figure things out together, like how Orange apparently didn't know how ladder matches worked last year. Kris is canonically the Best Friends' muscle and I would be very into that coming up, either her protecting Orange or just him thinking how cool it is that she's so strong. Leverage or noir AUs with Kris as the muscle and Orange as the honey pot very welcome.

Don/Kenny

Kenny and Don are a MESS. I love how much Don seems to genuinely care about Kenny and want the best for him while simultaneously enabling every single one of Kenny's worst traits. Kenny knows he can count on Don unconditionally and leans on that because he's had a terrible year and is tired of having to live up to expectations, while Don is just so happy to there with him. I love them dysfunctional and codependent, don't feel the need to make them fluffier than they are. I'd prefer fic where nothing happened while Kenny was still underage - Don was in WWE for most of Kenny's formative years and my favorite dynamic for them is Kenny never really stopping seeing Don as his cool "uncle" on TV every week while Don goes back to Canada after the WWE run is done, sees Kenny has grown from the kid he knew to this outrageously talented young man and basically goes "Oh no." I love missing scenes and Don trying to calm Kenny down when things have gone wrong, or reassure him that he'll make sure things are fixed. They are a Bad Idea and everyone around them knows they are a Bad Idea, but now that Don has Kenny he's lost all fucks to give about how this looks and I kind of love that about him. I do headcanon Don and Golden Sheik as having had a more than wrestler/manager relationship, so feel free to make this multigenerational dysfunction. I am equally up for fics where they've been fucking this whole time and fics where Don is loudly pining, and I very much enjoy Don flaunting his relationship with Kenny to make other people uncomfortable.

Sammy/Jericho

I like comparing Sammy/Jericho to Don/Kenny because despite the even bigger age difference Sammy and Jericho really aren't that dysfunctional at all! They come off much more as equals - you don't get the sense that Sammy is really much in awe of Jericho and he's very willing to get in his face when he thinks Jericho is messing up. I love how much they care about each other - Sammy still looking out for Jericho even after he'd quit the Inner Circle, for example, or how genuinely remorseful Jericho seems about how he'd screwed up with MJF. I would love fic with either of them getting hurt and the other being frantic about it, or Sammy lurking around when he was out of the Inner Circle trying to keep an eye on things. I would also be very into the Pinnacle jumping Sammy as retribution for losing the Stampede match and sending little vlogs to Jericho of Sammy in peril. I would also like the two of them starting out as purely FWB - Jericho was always very vocal about how hot Sammy is, and he would probably very flattered by this hot young thing being so into him - and then feelings happening. Something fun and sexy and/or hurt/comforty for these two, please.

Fenix/Pac/Penta
Fenix/Penta

Fenix and Penta certainly did miss Pac while he was gone, huh? I would love any fic with these three not being able to keep their hands off each other. I'm equally happy with a V set up where Fenix and Penta are both focused on Pac and on a true triad, and extra into Fenix and Penta sublimating feelings for each other through Pac (because then it doesn't count, of course) with Pac knowing what they're doing and being very into it. I love them all getting turned on by watching one of the team beat up someone in the ring. I am also very into mask kink - keeping the masks on during sex, making Pac keep his eyes closed if the masks come off, etc. Teams that are mean to everyone but each other are my favorites things.

For Fenix/Penta by themselves I want them either sneaking around after matches because tagging together makes them so hot for each other they can't wait to get back to the hotel OR Fenix pining for his impossibly cool older brother and not knowing what to do with himself. I like Fenix kinking on Penta's mask and makeup - getting hard helping Penta paint up for a match, secretly wearing Penta's mask while Penta's asleep, etc. I also like them making up rules for themselves that make it "okay" - it doesn't count if they're masked, it doesn't count if they're on the road, etc.

NJPW

Jay White

For Jay on his own I would really like his POV on what's been going on since he came back from excursion - betraying Chaos, joining Bullet Club, all of it. I am very fond of Bullet Club having supernatural power at its heart courtesy of its Demon King founder and would love fic about snake in the grass Jay meeting that. Did it contact him while he was in Chaos? When he was a Young Lion? How long has he known what he was going to do?

Zack Sabre Jr.

For ZSJ on his own I would love anything with him and the rest of Suzuki-gun - how they met back when Zack was in Noah and they were in opposite sides, Zack in the CWC and eventually turning down big WWE money to go back to Japan, etc. I would love fic about his relationships with the rest of his unit, especially ones we don't see him interact with often like Miho. I would also very much like fic about them all helping him settle into Japan when he moved there on very short notice last year during the lockdown, or them fussing over him (in their own Suzuki-gun ways) when Juice dropped him on his face and almost killed him last G1.

Hiromu/Desperado

These two have known each other for so, so long. I would love fic set any time, from their Young Lion days up until know. I really like how much drama there was for a while about Despey's mask and how determined Hiromu was to expose the "real him" - fic where that carries over out of the ring would be fun, like Despey not letting Hiromu see him unmasked even though Hiromu has obviously seen him unmasked many times. I would also like Despey trying to cheer Hiromu up (in his own way) when Evil defected or when Hiromu was injured for so long (if anyone is going to be able to appreciate idiosyncratic displays of affection, it is Hiromu Takahashi.)

Hiromu/Will Ospreay

I love how these two have so much genuine affection for each other but keep getting pulled in different directions only to meet back up again. My favorite scenario is always Will getting caught in the crossfire of Jay's Chaos reign of terror with Hiromu on the outside watching and worrying, but any time period is great, from the very beginning until now, They have such electric chemistry and are both made entirely of grand gestures. I am very interested in Kingpin Will and Hiromu - he seems to have left Hiromu behind, but has he really? Is he hoping Hiromu will catch up with him? I'm very fond of Hiromu using Daryl and the rest of the cat gang to keep tabs on Will (something he could probably use right now!) These two would be a very good candidate for dream walking, with Hiromu being more magic then even he lets on. I also really enjoy the petplay flirting they do, although if they're doing it in bed I prefer it playful and informal and more foreplay than anything else. (What is that like now that Will's jumped to heavyweight? Does he get to be a tiger instead of a kitty cat?)

Jay White/David Finlay

These two are so great and so messed up, I would love any kind of aftermath from their matches. I like them dysfunctional and am very happy to read dubcon/noncon for them, with them being poison to each other but not able to stay away. I love a Finlay who can never quite give up that his friend is still in there and keeps letting Jay into his life no matter how awful Jay is and a Jay White who needs to prove to himself that he's better than Finlay and hates that he can't force himself to stop loving him. I would very much love the two of them making sexual bets on their matches - say during Tag League if Finlay gets pinned Jay can do whatever he wants, but if FinnJuice wins, Finlay get Jay. I love a Finlay who knows he can and should do better than Jay but who deep down doesn't want to. I would also be very into Jay showing up at Finlay's door during his post-WK breakdown, either with nowhere else to go or actually needing help and having no other friends (Bullet Club demon? Convinced Gedo or Evil did something to him?)

Taichi/ZSJ

Tekkkkkkers! They love each other so much. I would love anything for them but I am especially fond of any fic where Zack gets hurt and Taichi is beside himself over it, either from mundane match injuries or more supernatural troubles - especially lately Taichi has been leaning on Zack quite a bit and I would really love to see Taichi having to be strong for him (and from the end of the NJC match with Will we know how dramatically Taichi reacts when Zack is just a little bit hurt!) Maybe a scary injury or Zack passing out in the back after getting tossed around for another match. I would also be very into a look at them in Noah, when they were on opposite sides - how soon did Taichi fall for him? And anything based around the Iron Finger saga would be great, especially if Zack gets supernaturally menaced because the Finger very well that Taichi's love for Zack can break its control, and it's pretty clear that Taichi put it aside because all that drama was getting in the way of the Tekkers being a team. (Maybe the Finger doesn't WANT to be put to rest?) But really, anything for these two.

Robbie Eagles/ELP

Robbie/ELP is such a great hateship - they only teamed together for two months AND YET! My gold standard for them is always ELP getting roughed up and Robbie reluctantly having to step in and deal with him, I can read a thousand variations on that and never get bored, but I would love anything with the two of them negotiating all of their hurt feelings. I would also love the too of them reconnecting essentially out of boredom over this past year, when they were both stuck on opposite sides of the planet not able to work - maybe it starts out as trolling and deepens as time goes by, or its kicks off as ELP snarking about Will going rogue and leaving Robbie high and dry in Chaos (what DOES Robbie think about all that?) They're also great candidates for reluctant soulmate fic or dreamsharing - Robbie could start having recurring dreams about ELP where they talk/bicker/fuck out their feelings and it develops that it's not just an annoying dream. And I am always here for fic where ELP is menaced by the Bullet Club Demon and Robbie is in a unique position to help, as someone who got away.

Jay White/Tetsuya Naito

Jay and Naito have such incredible chemistry. My favorite flavor for them is bickering and hatesex with more behind it - I really love Jay trying as hard as he can to push Naito's buttons and Naito trolling him back by pretending to be too tranquilo to notice. I've always been very fond of the idea that Naito admires Jay having so much confidence so young - Naito spend the early years of his career trying to be what everyone wanted him to be and always falling short, and here comes Jay fresh from excursion getting in Tanahashi's face and winning. I think Naito really enjoys watching Jay being horrible, especially when he's being horrible to Okada and other people outside LIJ. They've both had a very rough year full of disappointment and I would be very into them letting down their walls over that, especially the shared failure to keep Ibushi from unifying the titles. It was Jay's first real failure he couldn’t bluster away and it clearly rattled him, and Naito knows all too well what that feels like.

WWE

Aleister Black

I'm very sad about Aleister. Since we're never going to get closure on him I would love any take on what would have happened there, or him interacting with the other supernatural characters - the Fiend leading him down that path, or maybe Finn's Demon whispering in his ear. I ship him with Ricochet and I would love anything with the two of them, be it Ricochet tries to pull his friend back from this very weird road he's gone down or Aleister trying to pull Ricochet down with him.

Adam Cole

Adam is certainly making choices! I would love any fic about where his head is right now, as well as him with any of the rest of TUE. I especially love the bitter breakup he and Kyle are working through - why DID he turn on Kyle? was it actually what he said, or is he trying to push Kyle towards the title and not able to admit even to himself what he wants? Does Adam even know why he did what he did? I am very here for he and Kyle not able to keep away from each other, as well as the other members still not able to give up Adam even for their own good. (We still don't know what Bobby really thinks about everything!) And I am always here for Adam's BTE death and resurrection, anything with that, I love it.

Cesaro/Sheamus

Cesaro and Sheamus have been separated most of this year but they're clearly still so connected - if set recently I would love the showing up at each other's doors after tough matches or otherwise showing up when one knows the other needs him. They're also an excellent candidate for social media fic - they're so fond of each other, even when they're showing it through teasing. And I am always interested in fic of them falling in love, going from that initial hostility to how they wound up, that was one of my favorite stories WWE did in the past few years. They're so wonderful. Great chance for a spy AU!

Domink Dijakovic/Keith Lee

Dijakovic/Keith Lee were such an OTP in NXT and I would love any fic set during this time, especially fic of the two of them working through their hurt feelings when Keith attacked Dijakovic during that run in. They have so much history and have this great sense that they know they're wrestling soulmates even if they're not seeing eye to eye. I love how they each think other is great, especially since during their rivalry their was the sense that Dijakovic had a little bit of a complex about not QUITE being able to measure up to Keith - there's think undercurrent of jealousy there that adds some amazing tension to their relationship. I love anything with them, there can never be too much.

Jey Uso/Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso/Romain Reigns

I am so into everything going on with the Usos and Roman right now. I'd shipped Jimmy/Jey before this, especially in a codependent, us against the world way, and Roman throwing a match on that has been so great. For Jimmy/Jey on their own I am equally up for them before the Bloodline being a little too wrapped up in each other to now, with Roman's toxic shadow over everything. For Jey/Roman I am fascinated by how desperate Jey seems to please Roman, way out of bounds to what he needs to do to back him up in the ring. Roman is so good at finding ways to make passive aggressive jabs at Jey that always strike home and I would love any fic diving into this dysfunction. They're so poisonous to each other and it's been so good. I am also very up for Jimmy/Jey/Roman, especially happier, furtive but more innocent times being contrasted to the mess they are now or Jimmy trying to pull Jey out but getting sucked down with him.

Lucha Underground

Dario Cueto

Dario! The best wrestling GM ever (sorry Regal.) I would love anything with his insane life, from his childhood with his possessed brother and monster father to running his Temple to coming back from the dead only to find out that he'd untimately failed to save Matanza, the one thing that really mattered to him. We're never going to get to know how that war turned out so I would especially love any post-canon fic - does Dario manage to save Matanza after all? What happens between him and Antonio? What was his afterlife like? Is this Cesar Duran running around MLW talking about his Temple REALLY him? I love Dario escaping the LU universe and making a nuisance of himself, either starting a new life with familar patterns as Cesar or stalking familiar faces like Penta or Ricochet.

Kris Statlader

I confess, I only picked Kris for this because I needed to for the form but she would be AMAZING in the LU universe. I would especially love her and Aerostar bonding. Maybe she took a trip there during her time away?

Ivelisse/Son of Havoc/Angelico

These three were my OT3 and I miss them very much. I love all kinds of post title win celebrations! I am also very into fic where Angelico is an actual angel and drama coming from that, from Catrina targeting him for his power to "sacrificing" working in unexpected ways for him to good old fashioned wing fic. I loved how they bickered constantly but when the chips were down they were there for each other, it's my very favorite dynamic.

Aerostar/Drago

My OTP! These two have such great potential for time travel drama – meeting each other out of order, Aerostar trying to find the exact right way to abuse time travel to keep Drago from being captured by the Reptile tribe, etc. I love missing scenes from them, especially after any of their best of series, and DRAMA about Drago being captured and brainwashed. I was also incredibly charmed by Drago being guilt ridden about everything when Aerostar finally gets him back and trying to run off to deal with things, only to come back the hot second Aerostar was in trouble. ♥ True form fic and post-canon fic very welcome – Aerostar was playing a very dangerous game at the end there and I would love Drago having to be in the position to have to save him now.

Prince Puma/Pentagon Jr

And now we have my hatesex OTP! They had such incredible chemistry, especially during their S2 series, and I loved how they served as mirrors for each other for their entire run, from sharing the same terrible mentor on down. They were so good at antagonizing each other and I would love anything with them, especially missing scenes after their matches or fic set during Puma's slow slide into darkness - maybe Vampiro tries to make Puma hurt Penta as a test, in dreams or for real. I also am always weak for Ricochet not 100% being able to escape the LU - maybe having nightmares of Penta in trouble after in the chaos of the god war Puma just missed, or a desperate refugee LU!Penta showing up at Ricochet's door with no one else to turn to.