merle_p

Yay, thank you so much for offering to write fic for one of my beloved SW rare pairs!

I'm merle_p on AO3 as well (and on tumblr and on LJ, but really, my fandom presence has been primarily at AO3 for a long time). 

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PAIRINGS/PROMPTS:
The order of pairings is random, so no reason to read anything into that. Potential differences in length between passages are purely coincidental: I love these ships all equally. 

Poe Dameron/The Mandalorian

Ever since I realized that their timelines/lifelines sort of overlap, I’ve become obsessed with the idea that these two should meet. I like the fact that they have such different personalities (one open and trusting, one closed-off and suspicious), that they are both too self-sacrificing and too daring when it comes down to it, and that they have plenty of difficult life experiences they could bond over.

Maybe they meet after TROS, when Poe is somewhat at a loss about what to do with his life after the war? Maybe for some reason Din ends up joining the Resistance at some point, more or less reluctantly? Or they run into each other during one of Poe’s missions with the Black Squadron? How would they develop mutual trust/attraction/a relationship despite the Mandalorian wearing his helmet? Would he end up taking it off for Poe eventually? Or has he already lost it by the time they meet and is still mourning its loss? (Btw, my general DNW: accidentally acquired babies does not apply to this canon/pairing, since the baby in question is canonical ... so I'll be happy to see Baby Yoda make an appearance as well).

Pairing-specific DNW: I would prefer if you didn’t diverge from the canonical timeline too much; in other words, I would expect there to be a 30-year age difference between them, give or take. Somewhat related, I would prefer not to read shipfic where Poe is under at least 15 or so … I do like the idea of them meeting for the first time when Poe is still a kid, so I am perfectly happy with you including an earlier meeting between them – but please nothing shippy until they meet (again) when Poe is older. 
 

Lando Calrissian/Poe Dameron

 If you have seen the promo picture of Poe and Lando co-piloting the Falcon … that’s my fascination with this pairing in a nutshell. Dashing reckless pilots! Ridiculously over-the-top flirting! Romantic gestures and adventurous sex; Poe being a little confused by Lando's flamboyance while being equally impressed with his style; Poe realizing how much he likes being wooed; Lando basking in the attention from Poe; Lando thinking that perhaps he should be too old for this shit but really, how is he expected to resist someone like Poe walking into his life …

I loved their interactions in TROS, with Lando comforting Poe and emphasizing the importance of friendship, and then later basically showing up like the knight in shining armor to support Poe and his fleet. I wasn’t sure how I felt about the movie retconning Poe’s backstory from the Poe Dameron comics, but I do love that it establishes yet another parallel between Lando and Poe, with both of them being not only hotshot pilots but also former smugglers. If you would like to explore any of these points of connection between them, that would be excellent. Also, I would love anything about Lando satisfying Poe’s need for praise and approval … if you would like to write some praise kink, for example, I’m on board! 

Pairing-specific DNW: None. 

Poe Dameron/Armitage Hux

TROS unexpectedly left me with a lot of Hux/Poe feels and a craving for fic, plus I found myself rather saddened by Hux’ sudden and anticlimactic ending. I would love to see a fix-it of sorts where Poe and Finn decide to take Hux with them when they escape (with or without Finn shooting him in the leg). Maybe they put him in a cell and after everything is over, someone is like “What should we do with the prisoner?” and Poe is all, crap, what am I supposed to do with you now? And somehow that ends with them getting real close … whether that’s in the form of adrenalin-fueled post-battle hate sex, or slow burn romance in the aftermath of the war, I’m open to either of those and everything in between.

Or maybe the Resistance allows Hux to get involved in the fight and he gets his chance to be heroic and save Poe’s life? If it turns out that Hux always found Poe irresistibly attractive and secretively and shamefully used to jerk off to forbidden fantasies about bratty reckless rebels, well … I definitely would not say no! 

Pairing-specific DNW: I would prefer a story that didn’t gloss over the complicated dynamic between them. I like the idea of the ship precisely because it seems, at first glance, a terrible idea. I am perfectly happy with them eventually ending up in a mutually caring proper relationship, but I don’t see them as a ship that lends itself to conflict-free fluff.

 

Poe Dameron/Temmin "Snap" Wexley

With Poe/Snap, it's all about loyalty kink for me. Those two have been through so much together, and Snap would follow his commander anywhere, he's that devoted. But it goes both ways - Poe would die for Snap, which is exactly the kind of attitude that inspires this level of devotion in Poe's pilots and Snap in particular. But the flipside is that I see Poe as the kind of guy who always feels responsible for everything, who is not good at delegating difficult tasks because he thinks he should be doing it himself, and as a result, he has all this weight to carry and needs help with letting loose, and Snap is one among the tiny number of people Poe trusts enough to be vulnerable with.

I am sucker for h/c, so anything along those lines will always be welcome. I would love to see a get-together fic for those two because that's something I have not seen explored yet in any fic. I would love seeing something where Snap thinks he's just a fill-in or convenient or FWB, and he thinks he can be okay with that for Poe's sake, except Poe's like, duh, we are in a relationship, I am not just fucking you because it's easy. (Although if you would like to aim for a more FWB kind of vibe with lots of intense feelings of friendship and loyalty on both sides, I am certainly on board with that too).

Pairing-specific DNW: I would prefer if Snap neither cheated on Karé nor had an open relationship with her. I’m fine with however way you want to handle that – probably the most obvious/easiest way would simply be to ignore the EU and thus Karé’s existence, but any other solution is good for me too. I just don’t want Snap being in a relationship/marriage with Karé while he’s sleeping with Poe. 

Poe Dameron/Terex

I’ve been lucky enough to receive an amazing fic for this pairing in another exchange before but there simply cannot be too much fic for those two in my eyes. I mean. They have so much tension going on from their first encounter in the comics, all the very obvious flirtatious pigtail-pulling even while they are trying to kill each other, tough hardened military guys that they are.
I am 100% on board with the idea of Terex being kind of obsessed with Poe (somewhat unhealthily so since he’s that type of guy) but obviously not really in a good position to do anything about it. But I also like scenarios where they both are attracted to each other and perhaps find a strange kind of comfort and familiarity in their back-and-forth and actually sort of miss each other when they don’t interact for a while.

Maybe it’s obvious but I should probably clarify that I am not really imagining a lovey-dovey romance with sentimental declarations and breakfast in bed. It could just be requited sexual attraction, something where they keep having ill-advised awesome sex when they run into each other during ops and then have to part ways again. BUT I do also like the idea of them reconnecting after the war in a more substantial way and having to figure out how to interact now that they are not enemies anymore. Or Terex could be switching sides (because he’s nothing if not an opportunist) and sticking around the Resistance mostly for Poe’s sake. 

Pairing-specific DNW: Please no non-con/rape. I am totally fine with Terex hinting at the possibility during a situation where he’s got the upper hand, but would prefer the actual sex to be consensual (though self-hate and thoughts of “WTF am I doing here?” are perfectly fine). Please also no “First Order!Poe AU”.