Rare Ships!!! On Ice Letter (it's done!!!)

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Hello, creator! Thanks for signing up to create content for one of these rare ships. I signed up to receive either fanfic or fanart, and I have tried to give you some ideas to run with regardless of whether you are a writer, artist, or both! If you need, I'd be happy to clarify or expand on anything below. Thank you!

General Likes: polyamory, poly fidelity, character embellishment, developing relationships, secret relationship tropes, friends-to-lovers or friends and lovers, spontaneity gone wrong, awkward/imperfect moments, AFTERCARE

NSFW Things I especially Enjoy: humiliation and affirmation, switching/shifting dynamics, dry sex and grinding, frottage, dubcon, size difference, edging, oral, mutual masturbation, body worship, public but hidden encounters, heavy kissing, thorough foreplay, safe sex

For this exchange I DNW: parent/child bedroom play, age play, A/B/O, scat, emetiphilia, or eating disorders

Opting In!!! I am delighted to opt in to identity headcanons! I especially love trans interpretations of characters and interpretations of characters with disablilities. Also, if you're into playing with formats like IF, SNS or chat logs, mixed media, and multiple or shifting styles, they're welcome. I'll also mention here that cheating, breakups, and unhappy endings are fine by me- not every ship can last forever, after all!

Lee Seung Gil/Nishigori Takeshi
A SHIP I WANTED (I thought IRRATIONALLY) because of an official illustration where SG was all tucked up on Nishigori has blossomed thanks to the stage play and like... literally anything for them will make me happy.

I remember looking at the Yuri!!! On Stage promo image and asking my partner "why is Seung Gil all up ons Bara Husband?" and they were like "what are you talking about he is just behind him Nishigori is happily MARrIED what are you on?" BUT THEN the stage play content got around and I had to crow about it even though he really is just tucked in behind Nishigori and-- IDK I was thinking "of course Seung Gil is Masc4Masc he can't even bring himself to be nice to girls what a tool I love him". I really will enjoy anything about these two-- drunken dubcon may be the easiest road to go along? Glory hole shenanigans? Nishigori being an upstanding and responsible Devoted Husband and kindly letting Seung Gil know he is okay with friendly affection but not so much involved fooling around, or exploration of the Nishigori-Hasetsu Cast polyamory arrangements, or just tipsy friends playing flirtatious games or spin the bottle, whatever you feel like doing with these two will be a real treat. Feel free to totally ignore my read on Seung Gil-- I am by no means wedded to that characterization, so if it doesn't work for you, show me what does! He also makes a tender blossom and I'm just along for the ride.

Phichit Chulanont/Celestino Cialdini -
I love the idea of them as a slow-building deliberate couple keeping their relationship under wraps because scandal or other reasons. A sort of drawn out courtship? Suddenly in love? Gone on each other from the beginning? In any context I will savor these two going on an awkward trying-their-best date or making eyes across the ice or curled up together after a long day of No Touching-- or the development of their feelings!!

If you pick up this one I'd really love it if they are investing time and care into whatever it is they are building together over it being a whim. I want them to be happy but I also like the idea of seeing them get there with some difficulty, and how the events of the series may have affected their relationship. (ETA- Gonna clarify too that my desire for them to be happy doesn't mean they gotta be successful in that, just that my hope for them is a thing you can use if you want to leverage it for impact. Large spaces between them and the sense of unattainability are fair game if you like making that angst burn in my chest!) I am a sucker for relatively inexperienced but calm & sure of what he wants readings of Phichit, and a sort of shyness under Celestino's debonair exterior, but I will enjoy any take on them that pokes some holes in the mentor-student power dynamic. I especially would be interested to see this be a two-switch-ship, if you're up to it! If you want to go for an AU for this ship, a King and the Skater setup with King Phichit would make me SUPER DELIGHTED. I'll just be here imagining costumes....

Phichit Chulanont/Celestino Cialdini/Katsuki Yuuri -
Phichit and Yuuri are a great pair and they egg each other on and I would love to see them encourage and overwhelm each other while they run their poor coach ragged with their antics; or!!! It would be interesting to see Celestino use his off the ice charms to build up the guys' confidence and soothe their anxieties.

I am probably thinking of this request as pre-canon, exploring Phichit and Yuuri's friendships and the impact of Celestino's coaching on them as both skaters and people. Celestino could either struggle to handle them or surprise them by being unphased -- or bringing back my enjoyment of shifting dynamics, surprise them by letting them discover unexpected things about him and/or each other during their time in Detroit. If you like making AUs, I will enjoy these three and their dynamics in any context. If you feel like going for noncon or dubcon I would prefer Celestino, rather than the younger guys, be the uncertain party (probably too aware of his influence over Phichit and Yuuri's careers)-- if you are going all-out-alternate-universe though, you are free to traumatize anyone in your preferred manner.

Katsuki Yuuri/Minami Kenjirou/Yuri Plisetsky -
I love the idea of their bonding and learning and performing together, and Yurio and Minami getting Yuuri to realize just how much he influences them and what their admiration feels like... maybe with a dose of friendly bullying or teasing one another? There's admiration all around, which probably means a lot of blushing. Yuuri getting to that point where he goes from shy flailing to self-possessed smolder would be really fun, I think!

I just love the idea of Kenjirou and Yuri basically climbing Yuuri as if he were a tree, only for him to collapse under the combined weight of their frustration and affection. Yuuri being so embarrassed but enticed by Kenjirou's worshipful encouragement, and similarly irritated by Yuuri's aggressive teasing and enjoying the way Yuri gets vulnerable when he doesn't take the bait as expected. Maybe Yuri and Minami surprise Yuuri at the onsen, with Minami openly talking about his interest in Yuuri and the relationship/rivalry Katsuki and Plisetsky have and getting them to admit they like each other... all three of them bonding in the bath or sauna talking about their hopes and aspirations and desires together before Katsuki is pounced on, or they end up like kittens in a pile. On some level, I just remember so much of the awkward overeager enthusiasm flirting when you realize your goal just might not be unattainable-- seeing how different that is for Minami and Plisetsky would be really interesting, when the realization hits and what it does to them. Yuuri seems to me like someone who doubts that sensation it's possible, second guessing himself and his appeal. Yuri strikes me as the type to be way more collected when he has distance, most afraid of the possibility once it's real. Of the three of them, Minami's confidence seems the most grounded in himself-- like he's reaching for the stars and plans to grab one when he gets there. And maybe that star is actually a great ass? I just want to see these fools foolishly fooling around, having a good time even if it's a short while (or just a moment). Maybe this whole thing is Minami's involved fantasy.

Mila Babicheva/Sara Crispino/Isabella Yang -
I love them all so much, they deserve to spend lots of time enjoying one another's company and becoming closer, and I feel like it could be so easy and comfortable for Mila and Sara and Isabella to vent together and dance before they relax in each other's arms or all go to the beach and frolic and flirt. Good friends with benefits getting to enjoy being themselves together would be a real treat!

Isabella made a big impression on me watching the show-- as bombastic as JJ is, she not only keeps up with his energy level, her enthusiastic support for him and empathy for what he is going through during competition makes me want to know SO MUCH MORE about her! I adore the idea of her elbowing her way into the community even though she isn't a skater, and exploring the difference between her playful enjoyment of the sport's high drama and camp, and Mila's sharp, almost dry style or Sara's energetic full-body immersion in any given moment. I love that Mila has such a comfortable familiarity in the way she jokes with the others, but definitely think of her as the most reserved of this three. I love that Sara is boisterous and outgoing, and sort of imagine her as someone with almost overwhelming personal charisma, like the she has this gravitational pull that brings people closer to her. Sara's warmth, Isabella's playfulness, and Mila's facade of nonchalance could make for a light, no-pressure encounter or combine into an experience more emotionally intimate or entangled than any of them expect. When I imagine this trio, somehow I always visualize them in sort of watercolor soft-focus, a montage of shared space and close contact-- morning glories opening up together in different shades of the same color. For this request I would rather not have the ladies aged down (please let there more yuri about adult women). Younger content in flashback is a-okay as long as it isn't the bulk.