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Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Brainstorm ideas, get advice, etc.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

What meet-cutes are available when A is a criminal and you don't want B to be hiring them or the meeting to be cutesy?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

A runs into B in the course of their crime seems like the obvious option. Maybe someone else hires them to steal from B, but B's got better security than they expected. Maybe they're checking out B's workplace as part of a plan for a heist. Maybe B has an invite to an event they need to get into, so they romance B to get a +1 and then end up catching real feelings.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Could you do something completely coincidental but not overly cute? Like a random meeting at a laundromat because even criminals need clean clothes.

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[(Anonymous)]

A is being chased by the cops/other criminals/someone he wronged. He ducks into B's apartment/house expecting it to be empty, but B is there. B has a good sense of humor about it and they flirt a little. A runs off but goes back when the heat dies down.

A could also grab B in a public situation and ask them to pretend to be their sig-other as a cover for the people after them, and B goes along with it because they were bored anyway.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

depending on the canon, A could be the one hiring B to make/do something they need that they can't do on their own. (a copy of a key, a statue that ways exactly 3.82 lbs is 6 inches tall and a 3"x3" base-no it doesn't matter what it's of just that it has these exact dimensions, deliver flowers to this address at exactly 4:57 pm on tuesday)

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

car accident that for B is totally mundane - maybe it's a fender bender, nobody's fault - but for A is really complicated bc criminal stuff. B is increasingly wary/suspicious/curious bc of their fake ID, reluctance to call police, trying to pay for damage with cash, whatever

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

oh baby I have so many

A needs to blend into the crowd and sits down next to B, but, umm, B was saving that seat actually and A is now sitting on B's jacket which was draped over the seat in accordance with the international rules of Seat Claiming. How fuckin rude to ignore an international rule, honestly. Snippy jacket retrieval ensues where B is all "DO YOU MIND?" and A is like "HEY, SHHH! LOOK, CAN YOU JUST BE CHILL FOR A SECOND?" and B takes theatrical offence at being shushed, all "IDK CAN YOU STOP MAKING ASS IMPRINTS IN MY VINTAGE VELVET PEACOAT FOR A L I F E T I M E?" and A is just "WELL, IT ALREADY LOOKS LIKE ASS, SO..." etc

A is injured in the course of criminal activities and is limping to safety, B is walking home in the opposite direction, they cannot avoid each other and they've already made eye contact. B sees A limping and 100% does NOT want to get involved, no thank you, no way, and A 100% does not want to explain how these injuires happened to some nosy rando, also y'know A is injured and not feeling at the top of their bullshitting game right now. They awkwardly shuffle past each other making incredibly strained small talk "EVENING! OUT FOR A STROLL, MATE???" "NICE NIGHT FOR IT!! A HA HA HA!" and it happens again 2 days later under different circumstances, where maybe A catches B in an embarrassing position and A returns the favour, so to speak, by not acknowledging it.

A doesn't want any witnesses hanging around the scene of their upcoming crime and tries to intimidate B away from the area, A plays the situation completely wrong AND B BURSTS INTO TEARS AND ITS ONE HUGE "HOLY SHIT I HATE MYSELF" MOMENT FOR BOTH OF THEM

A is being chased by a pack of rabid wolves, why not, A gets cornered and valiantly tries to kick them all to death, because A isn't going through goddamn wolf rabies treatment again, fuck no, that was the fuckin worst, AND THEN B'S CAR COMES AROUND THE CORNER AT HIGH SPEEDS AND FLATTENS ALL OF THE WOLVES INTO MEAT PASTE! AND A IS BLINKING IN THE WOLF MIST LIKE "OMG" AND B IS SCREECHING TO A STOP LIKE "OMG" AND A IS ASSESSING THE SITUATION LIKE "YESSSSSSS!! NOT TODAY, RABIES! NOT TODAY!" AND B IS LEANING OUT THE CAR WINDOW LIKE "OH NO!! DID I HIT YOUR DOG???" AND A IS LIKE "...YES. YES YOU DID. AND I DEMAND MONETARY COMPENSATION."

A and B in an elevator. SOMEONE FARTS, BOTH DENY IT

Re: Prompt help - threesomes/foursomes

[(Anonymous)]

The previous post turned into a garbage fire, so repeating this here:

What do people like in porn with 3-4 people involved? I've got no DNWs or Likes to work with.

Re: Prompt help - threesomes/foursomes

[(Anonymous)]

The same things I like in twosomes. Lot of touching and feeling good.

Re: Prompt help - threesomes/foursomes

[(Anonymous)]

One person getting overloaded on attention by the others. More importantly, no one gets left behind!

Re: Prompt help - threesomes/foursomes

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't my bag but I would probably write partner swapping (maybe C is the best at BJs and so whenever someone is in the mood for that they pull out and roll over to them, etc) or everyone is worshipping/taking care of A depending on how the dynamics of the 4 of them work.

Re: Prompt help - threesomes/foursomes

[(Anonymous)]

I'm usually into the scenario where two people please a third - it's all about that third.

Re: Prompt help - threesomes/foursomes

[(Anonymous)]

If a cock is involved: snowballing, two people giving the third a blow job together, someone giving a blowie or having penetration with the cock and the other making the cock-haver perform oral. If it's all cocks or at least two involved, one guy lies back and has his partners penetrate him with the other rides him.

If there's vaginas: train of people getting eaten out/use of a strap-on, lot's of toys used, rubbing on each other to get off while the third watches (of gets fingered by a fourth).

Eldritch horror genitals/xeno: Creature has genitals that lets them fuck multiple people at once (tentacles, multiple genitals, ect).

In general, having the third (+fourth) watch or narrate for a while before the other two pounces on them when they get too overwhelmed is always nice.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Character A is a depressed alchoholic who's pretty much given up on everything. Character B is a really good long-term friend. They're both in their late 20's-early 30's. Not sure how to really write a confrontation or make A try to give the tinyest of fucks. Ideal scenario is H/C porn, but not sure how to or if appropriate to lead into that.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Is this a modern(ish) canon? Could A get a DUI or into a car accident after going out one night that is bad enough that it rattles them and they have to rely on B while they can't drive/are recovering from injuries, which leads to H/C (emotional and physical) porn?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

A needs to dry out for some reason (court date, need to see family they haven't interacted with in a while, new job, doctor told them they gotta stop drinking or they'll die) and they ask B to help them through it. Cue lots of h/c (you can focus on shakes/fever, being ill, or moodswings depending on the h/c the recip likes) and there's lots of opportunities for sex while A is looking for distractions to keep them from drinking.

If either of you is into unhealthy shit then you could have the addiction shift from booze to B.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

What if B is the one who gets hurt and A realizes they care enough to help them? You could even have A dealing with withdrawal at the same time for some mutual h/c.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

A&B are Victorians and have a parent-child dynamic. I need to injure or distress the younger character and write some good old h/c. Problem is, that's a bit too broad for me. Any ideas?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Injury while horse riding. Carriage breaks or gets run off the road/tips over. Younger one leans too far over railing and takes a tumble ( Maybe the maids where cleaning there and they didn’t realize the floor was still wet). Set it during winter and an attempt at ice skating leaves the younger one falling into a frigid lake (this the older must rescue them).

You could always go to the old standby of ‘you were out to long in the rain, now you’re ill’.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Any interesting ideas for male robot/female human sex? Anatomically correct parts are unknown at this point....

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[(Anonymous)]

Where might you pull a heist that is not a bank, casino, museum or gallery?

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[(Anonymous)]

How can I get a housebound character involved in a murder mystery?

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[(Anonymous)]

What are some ways to write pet-sociopath dynamics (in this case canon bad guy is madly in love with canon good guy and ready to solve his problems through unscrupulous means/express his affection in unscrupulous ways) short of out-and-out murder?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

I need to think of a way for these two crossover characters to meet! They're diametrically opposite in terms of wealth, upbringing and all that, and their first meeting would need to be hate-flirty.