Dear Podficcer letter, ITPE 2020!

Dear Podficcer,
Wow, it is really my sixth year doing ITPE? Amazing. What an unbelievable year this has been... to escape the stresses of the real world, I have fallen hard back into fandom. I made more podfic in 2020 so far than my first 5 years of podficcing put together. Much of that was due to three wonderful podfic community events I participate in: Voiceteam, Pod-Together and the Chromatic Characters Podfic anthology. I feel like I know so many more people in podfic fandom now, so I'm looking forward to doing ITPE more than ever!

Here's a summary of my main fandoms and ships:

-EXO (Kpop RPF): All the new additions since my last year's letter will all be kpop haha. There is a sadly small amount of podfic available for this fandom, so if you are inspired to make some, I would be delighted! My main ships are Kai/Sehun or Kai/DO. I like them both equally. I'd be happy with a story rated anywhere between gen-explicit. I prefer AUs over "canon compliant" (idolverse) stories, and I especially like college AUs or AUs were they have interesting jobs.

-BTS (Kpop RPF): My favorite ships are RM/Jin, or RM/Yoongi, or Yoongi/Jin. I'd take a RM/Jin/Yoongi OT3 only if they are all very happy with the situation- no jealous/cheating etc please. I'd be happy with a story rated anywhere between gen-explicit. For any of these pairings, no matter the POV, I like both pining/"there's no way he likes me" stories but also already-established domestic relationship fluff.

-Monsta X (Kpop RPF): My favorite ship is Kihyun/IM. I like stories were Kihyun is very bossy and IM is very into it :D I'd be happy with a story rated anywhere between gen-explicit.

-Merlin! I know the show ended ages ago, but Merlin/Arthur is the OTP of my heart. They are my boys forever. I much prefer modern AUs to stories set in the canon of the show, especially college AUs or ones where they have interesting jobs. Modern royalty stories make my heart melt with happiness <3 Also I like Morgana/Gwen as a side ship. Or Morgana/Morgause. Or Morgana/Gwaine. Or Morgana/Leon. (Basically I just love Morgana, or any story which includes a wide secondary character cast.) I also love Gwen, and always enjoy character-study type stories which focus on her, whether romantic or not. For this fandom, I am happy with stories of any rating from gen to explicit.

Secondary fandoms:

-Check Please. I adore this comic and this world and all of the characters. My main ship is Ransom/Holster. I'm much less interested in fic about Jack and Bitty because I feel their story is being perfectly told in the comic. But there are so many side stories about what Hols and Rans could be doing when the camera is elsewhere :3 I'm equally happy with stories set in the canon of Samwell, or AUs. For this fandom, I'd prefer stories with rating from gen to teen.

-Transformers, specifically, stories set in Astolat's semi-AU world.... So okay, I actually know nothing about the canon of Transformers, any version. But I got completely sucked into Astolat's Transformers fic series and read all of it. I literally have to google what the characters look like because I have no idea, but I don't care. My main ship in Optimus Prime/Megatron, give me that good good enemies to lovers stuff. For this fandom, I am happy with stories of any rating from gen to explicit.

-Carry On/Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell. Obviously I ship Simon/Baz. I have read almost no fic in this fandom, so anything you pick would be new to me! I'd be interested in an AU or a story set in the canon world, either during the events of the books or after the end of the books. For this fandom I would prefer a story rated between gen and teen.

Things I like in fic in general:
I love stories that make me laugh.
Pranks, banter, shenanigans, ill-advised ideas (that turn out to be great ideas!)
Idiots-to-lovers or enemies-to-allies-to-friends-to-lovers trope.
"Can our love end the war?" trope.
Happy endings.
AUs in other canons- for example, Kpop boys now a Star Trek space crew.
Fake-to-real.
Cross-dressing/drag.
Boys in lingerie, girls in suits, nonbinary people finding their perfect look.
Genderplay/gender exploration/gender fluidity.
Bisexual characters.
Side-ships. I love it when I've got two teams to root for!
OT3, OT4, etc only if EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY and there is no jealousy.
I like when it's obvious the fic writer has a ton of niche knowledge about something and decided to put it ALL into the story.

Things I'm not into:
Omega verse.
Rule 63.
Pregnancy- male or female.
Characters parenting biological children.
Character death and/or very serious medical emergencies.
Love triangles in which one person is doomed to be unhappy/alone/excluded.
Non-con or dub-con.
Serious BDSM.
Underage.
Apocalypses AUs, especially zombies.
Excessive pain/torture/abuse.
Derogatory or demeaning language between lovers.

A bit more clarification for the gender stuff- if a character's gender is going to be changed from the canon, I want that character to be written as trans or nonbinary or agender and for the story to explore that. I don't want a Rule 63 story that's just "with no interrogation, this character is just a different gender now".

If you are really stumped about finding me a story, you could reach out to @ phokokobop on twitter, they will always know what stories I like, and might even have recs (tell them to keep it a secret!) That is- everything I can think of right now. YAY! I can't wait to hear your podfic :D

To the MODS: I signed up additionally to give The Old Guard (my preference is to read gen or Nicky/Joe, not interested in reading other ships) and Good Omens (my preference is to read gen, Aziraphale/Crowley, or Anathema/original female character.)