Five Figure Fanwork Exchange 2025

First of all, thank you! You're making something for me, and on that merit alone, I'll cherish it. The good news is, I like a whole heck of a lot, so don't feel obligated to hit a lot of or even any of the beats in my general or fandom-specific likes! As long as you're avoiding my DNWs, I'm happy.

My fandoms for this exchange are Dimension 20, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, and Yakuza. I have this letter sorted by fandom and pairingbut if you want to mix-and-match one idea to another pairing or another fandom or across mediums, go for it. If you want to add a character from one relationship tag into another, go for it! I'm a multishipper and easily pleased.

I like canon compliance and canon divergence and AUs that have nothing to do with canon. I like a healthy dynamic where everyone does their best to communicate and meet in the middle and I like a dynamic where everyone involved shouldn't be in the same plane of existence as the other. I like fluff and angst and smut and plot and whatever intersection of those things your heart desires. If you can't tell, I like a lot and am generally easy to please! If you have fun writing it, I will almost certainly have fun reading it.

With any and all pairings, you can ship in whatever conjunction you want, including polyamory for characters all nominated with each other (or even just not in pairings in my DNWs). As long as you're not bashing any character in a relationship tag, I'm totally set :)

Pairing likes/prompts are mostly writing-focused, but that's just because I'm a writer and it's what my mind jumps to. Still VERY open for art!

Dimension 20

If you couldn't tell from the nominated pairings, I'm a Kristen femslash enjoyer. I worked on Hey, Girlie! Game and had such a blast that all these pairings entered my permanent exchange favorites, but Tracker was my main route and thus is beloved to me. That said, your take on any of the pairings can also be entirely unrelated to HGG and I'll still love it; I wouldn't nominate it if I didn't love normal canonverse them, too :)

Trackerbees - Kristen Applebees/Tracker O'shaughnessey

The messiest relationship of all time. The gay awakening to first loves to breaking up because one's moving away to contentious exes to getting back together again is all SO fun. Let them be sweet, let them be sad, let them be a little toxic maybe? Go nuts. I'm still opting out of full-on smut for this pairing, but they're also canonically kinky and do sex magic so, like, let them explore that if you want.

Meeting again years post-canon in the ER/some other crisis situation. Meeting for the first time as champions of Galicaea and Cassandra -- the tension there what with Galicaea having created the Nightmare King but also Tracker leading the Revival to make Galicaea a version of herself who wouldn't do that! Going on a profoundly terrible first date and then being set up for a blind date later (either canon compliant or as an AU way they met). Spending time in the woods together - could be pre-FHSY, in Sylvaire, or post-FHSY where they have to reckon with the weight of Tracker's possession in the Forest of the Nightmare King. Angsty post-FHSY but pre-breakup era, ending with the canon breakup (canon compliance would be WONDERFUL here but not a requirement). 

3C - Kristen Applebees/Princess Naradriel of Fallinel/Tracker O'shaughnessey

I adore these three. I'm really partial to Kristen and Nara giving Tracker a chance to be silly and not just being in a sort of caretaker/guide role, but also absolutely fine with canon-typical messy relationship none of them are really ready for. This can be a happy throuple or mutual infidelity or whatever the hell your heart desires for these three.

The three of them unpacking their feelings around being gay women, all at very, very different stages (out-and-proud butch Tracker, Kristen who's yes out and proud but still very much unpacking her Helioc upbringing, Fallinelven Nara who has no idea why they're so stuck on this, or wherever else your muse takes you!). Canon divergence where they somehow meet as kids (as in pre-FHFY). On a stealth mission together; none of them are good at it, having to hide in enclosed spaces, kissing each other to shut each other up, Kristen's horrendous dex score coming to play, go nuts. Bringing Nara home to Mordred Manor, or bringing Tracker and/or Kristen to the Court of Stars. The honeymoon stage when all three of them get together post-FHJY, either where it stays all very sweet and fluffy or where the cracks are showing to the reader, if not to any of them.

Frostbees - Kristen Applebees/Lucy Frostblade

Lucy my absolute beloved. I think there's so much room to explore here, clerics who died, one cleric who can't help but doubt so much she resurrected a god about it and another whose faith in her god was unwavering, so different but so similar at the same time. Let Lucy be mad, let Kristen wish she could have done more, let them be sweet or let them be disastrously codependent. I'll be happy with anything here.

Kristen comforting Lucy after her resurrection; hurt/comfort for these two in general, honestly. Kristen as a regular at the shop Lucy works at (could be some terrible minimum wage job at the mall, could be a coffee shop AU, could be a bakery, could be a bookshop, could be some weird and probably cursed magic store -- go nuts!). On a quest together somewhere cold (the Mountains of Chaos, mayhaps?) with Kristen trying to huddle for warmth because she has a crush...except Lucy is a frost genasi and doesn't run particularly warm so it doesn't really help or she gets shot down entirely. Regular high fantasy AU(/born somewhere in Spyre other than Solace AU). The Bad Kids/The Rat Grinders mandatory-for-graduation-work-together quest with Kristen and Lucy as mediators (to little success).

Aydabees - Ayda Aguefort/Kristen Applebees

You ever get so invested in the crackiest portion of an OT3 that you end up seeking it out over the other two legs of the triangle? No, just me? Anyway, I think these two are so fun and SO funny. The potential for miscommunication is sky-high and I am opting into that for fluff or angst or humor or anything. I'm not looking for infidelity with Fig/Ayda here, but Kristen thinking that's what's happening is not only fine but really, really funny and welcome.w 

Kristen trying to bring the old version of Ayda back after Ayda dies, and what she has to sacrifice to do so (bonus points for Fig being so overwrought with despair that she can't even help despite how badly she REALLY wants to). Multiclass/different class AU (I have such a soft spot for rogue Ayda and paladin Kristen, but honestly I will always love any multiclass, so go nuts). Unpacking their feelings about their families -- Ayda raised by herself and by her other self's child and by the absent specter of her father, Kristen knowing from birth she was loved so long as she followed Helio's plan, neither of them living up to those expectations. Kristen gets stood up on a date in Leviathan (my kingdom for it being with Sunny from PIROL or with someone else nominated here) and Ayda sees it happen. Kristen teaching Ayda to dance for a date with Fig and uh oh, she better not have feelings for her best friend's girlfriend (she does). 

Frostkettlebees - Kristen Applebees/Kipperlilly Copperkettle/Lucy Frostblade

Kipperlilly my fucking beloved. I love these three so much and they have the potential to be SO bad or SO good for each other. I will adore either option! 

Lucy and Kipperlilly's friendship being extremely rocky post-resurrection for them both, Kristen as the mediator who's not entirely sure how she ended up in that situation. Vampire Lucy/vampire hunter Kipperlilly/significantly less-skilled vampire hunter Kristen (in specifically vampire hunting; Kristen as very good at the research aspects could be so fun). Lucy and Kristen get together post-FHJY, and Kipperlilly starts basically stalking them both about it (with as much or as little insight into why she's doing that as you like). Going to the Mountains of Chaos together to investigate what they think might be Porter dragging himself back from the dead, doing whatever they can to stop that from happening. Two of them paired together on a project, and the third just sort of tagging along because they don't want to be left out (or don't trust one of the others). 

Figaydabees - Ayda Aguefort/Kristen Applebees/Figueroth Faeth

My babies...Fig and Ayda always make me cry because they're so sweet, and adding Kristen to the mix is just a fun, delightful burst of chaos that has potential for humor or fluff or angst. I love it. 

Canon compliant Kristen yearning, either staying unrequited or with post-FHJY getting together. All three of them have some serious self-loathing to unpack, and all of them also think the other two are some of the coolest people in the world; I'd love to see that explored more, especially where hyperaware of their own flaws and in denial of the other two's. Established relationship with lazy, comfortable mornings at home (whether that be Mordred or Fig's palace in hell or the Compass Points or some mysterious fourth option). Physical affection in general, especially where Kristen hasn't officially started dating the other two yet. Coffee shop AU, especially one still set in Spyre.

Dragon Age

My prompts are obviously Bellara-heavy, but please don't feel like you have to stick to Veilguard's tone. Most of what I want to see out of Veilguard fanfic/fanart/fanwhatever you enjoy making is if it was handled in ways more similar to the earlier games. So if your muse leads you somewhere else, especially for the worldbuilding tag, go nuts! I love and adore Origins and 2 and Inquisition and frankly think they are MUCH better games than Veilguard lol, Veilguard just triggers my "oh, fanwork could do this better" like nothing else lately.

I am fine with any worldstate and in fact encourage you to show me the weird worldstates your OCs created that are far from the "default" ones. Did your Warden recruit Loghain and do the Dark Ritual, leaving him alive? Was your Hawke a Templar supporter? Is your Inquisitor fucking things up in ways you didn't think possible? In general, feel free to do whatever the hell you want, I am so fascinated by the places this game lets you go with OCs. (Or. Used to let you go, given Rook's...Rookness.)

Rooks/Wardens/Hawkes/Inquisitors can be any race or gender or class or temperament or anything, and don't need to be strictly canon compliant. Honestly, I'd love a Rook who isn't canon compliant by giving them a personality between plucky YA protagonist.

Char: Bellara Lutare

My forever girl. I wish so badly canon had let her have some bite to her, and also that the game she came from had some in general. Let her be angry in her grief more than once. Let her have understandable reservations about Tevinter mages and assassin abominations, let her have doubts her gods are as bad as they seem (or break down a bit when they are), let her threaten to slit throats!

Bellara feeling alone among the Veil Jumpers after Cyrian, no matter how they try and get through to her. Blighted Bellara in a version of Veilguard where it doesn't just sort of...go away (bonus points for Grey Warden Rook and/or Davrin trying to put her down as a mercy). A younger Bellara getting lost in Arlathan - I picture a kind of made-for-kids storybook adventure vibe here, but you could absolutely go for a more horror-based route a la Dalish origin in DAO if you like! Bellara being faced with her fears in the Fade, either literally or via nightmare. Modern Thedas AU. 

Bellarook - Bellara Lutare/Rook

I'm really endeared by what could have been here. I also am very open to OC-centric pieces, so if your OC wildly varies from "canon" rook, go nuts! I especially have a huge soft spot for evil/traitor Rooks but that's absolutely not mandatory.

A desire demon taking the form of one of these two to try and tempt the other, and the other one being there or finding out. Pre-canon with Veil Jumper Rook, bonus points for them not getting along very well at the start OR for being childhood friends. Modern Thedas AU, bonus points for social media AU (I'm a sucker for them). Rook loving everything about Bellara, quirks and all. Bellara teaching Rook to cook.

Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare/Rook - Bellacerook

My love of these three is entirely driven by making a Rook who would absolutely have flirted with both and then struggled to decide between them and my own love of jealousy dialogues from the earlier games that Veilguard didn't give me. This could be as messy and toxic or as sweet and healthily negotiated as you like!

Harding lives AU, but with memory loss (either just of Veilguard or as far back as pre-Inquisition, whatever you vibe with). Bellara the tinkerer, Harding with a magical connection to the Titans and the Stone, and Rook of whatever expertise your Rook's faction would have working together on some new device or on a mission. In vino veritas. Bellara and Harding both being green with envy at each other's perceived closeness to Rook. Harding and Bellara coming together after Rook leaves (bonus points for Rook being a traitor (of their own volition or otherwise) rather than the regrets prison thing). 

Bellara Lutare & Cyrian Lutare

Stories about grief do not have to be executed well for them to get to me. Exhibit A: me requesting this. That said, I'm also totally fine for pre-everything going wrong stories with these two!

The two of them as playfully competitive with each other, as kids and then as young adults. Cyrian being proud of Bellara's position within the Veil Jumpers, but maybe also a little jealous (and that leading to his thing with Anaris, perhaps?). Bellara and Cyrian having to fight each other when Cyrian's still tied to Anaris. Platonic physical affection. Both of them being taught to hunt and fight in their clan as youths, bonus points for one of them taking to it more quickly than the other.

Irelin/Bellara Lutare

Exes...yes. The codex letter about their relationship doesn't give us a ton to work with, so go in whatever direction you want with them! Is one of them still harboring feelings? Was the breakup less than amicable? Did one of them think it meant more than the other did, or did one of them THINK the other one thought it meant more than the other--you get it. Down for anything here!

One of them thinking the other is the most beautiful person they've ever seen. Incredibly awkward first dates. Getting back together post-canon and trying to build something more serious than they had before. Modern Thedas AU. Exploring Thedas together, bonus points for on a mission to try and tackle the chaos in Southern Thedas because what the hell was that about.

Bellucanis - Lucanis Dellamorte/Bellara Lutare

I have a huge soft spot for these two separately, thought of them together once, and it's been over ever since. I think neither of them quite know what to do with each other at first but could get really close. Both of them know what it is to grieve the loss of family and then learn it's something else, both of them cook so they're not subjected to the rest of the Veilguard's attempts, both of them are fierce fighters who would trust each other with their lives, both of them are hot. Spite can be included as much or as little as you like.

Quiet nights in the Lighthouse where they're the only two left awake. Bellara as very easily and openly affectionate; Lucanis struggling to get used to just how much he likes that. Lucanis showing Bellara Treviso and Bellara showing Lucanis Arlathan. Dealing with the harm done to their homes; a blighted Treviso, an Arlathan under siege, the damage wrought by the elven gods in an AU where they win. What the hell domesticity would look like for Crow royalty and an eluvian-hopping Veil Jumper post-canon.

Oth: Worldbuilding

I don't have prompts for this one! Dive into whatever niche bit of lore you wish had been explored more that you like. If you want guidance, the elves having to reckon with the elven gods reveal, pre-reveal Dalish lore in general, Orlesian court drama, Fereldan throne drama, and the WARDENS my beloveds are all things you can feel totally welcome to explore. I've read all the novels and also the World of Thedas books cover-to-cover, which I say not to stress some need for canon accuracy but to  promise you truly can explore ANYTHING from the lore of these games and I'll be well-satisfied.

Baldur's Gate

My forever game! BG3 immediately skyrocketed to the top of my favorites list before I'd even played 3 hours of the game and has not shown any signs of dropping down to a regular interest ever again. I ship most everyone with most everyone, I like exploring any and all of the endings, and I'm as thrilled with angst as I am with fluff as I am with plotless smut as I am with action/adventure as I am with plotty casefic where they don't have time to kiss because the Horrors are there as I am with a canon retelling. Do whatever you want. Genuinely, truly, whatever you want. 

I love reading about original Tavs and Durges, so if you have an OC you want to yell about, go for it! I have no preference for gender or race or class or canon compliance or anything. Make an aasimar artificer whose lore breaks canon a bit with the same comfort of knowing I'll like it as writing about one of the canon-compliant Tavs I suggested below. You can also slot a Durge in place of a Tav, or add a Durge or Tav to a tag that doesn't have one, or mash together relationship tags. I cannot stress enough how unpicky I am with this game. Go nuts.

Raphtav - Raphael/Tav

I didn't think I would like these two as much as I did, and then I played House of Hope, and now this man will NOT leave my or my OC's head. My favorite flavor of Raphael finds a balance between him being suave/in control and pathetic/desperate, but if you feel passionately about either end of that scale, go for it! I also tend to prefer a Tav who's into him (even if they shouldn't be) than one who has to be tempted or tricked into it, but again, just a minor preference! That said, I'm looking for canon Raphael in all his atrocities; soft, indulgent Raphael is fine but he should always be at least a little manipulative about it. 

Raphael likes to see Tav cry, and despite how bad of an idea it is, they indulge him (bonus points for Tav also enjoying Raphael crying and how in the hell they get him there). A githyanki Tav who is absolutely desperate for the Hammer and Raphael very much enjoying that power over them. A druid Tav who willingly moved to the House of Hope but misses the comforts of nature and the material plane; Raphael indulges them as much as he is willing to, which isn't very. An aasimar/cleric/paladin/otherwise good-religiously-aligned Tav and Raphael absolutely desperate to have them under his thumb. Fighting at the end of House of Hope but they're both enjoying themselves way too much (to the discomfort of everybody around them) -- fine to have this end with one of them still just killing each other or getting very, very sidetracked. 

Astarion/Karlach/Tav

Fuck what da game said, I think these three should all kiss. The dialogues from them when you're dating them both are SO crunchy to me. This can be a throuple or a messy V or even straight up infidelity, whatever you and your Tav are vibing with!

Two of the three were together during the game, broke up messily, and now the third is fake dating one of them so they can save face at the epilogue party or some other post-game get-together. Astarion and Karlach learning more about Tav's life as if your Tav had their own personal quest. Building some semblance of a life together in Avernus while on the search for a fix for Karlach's heart, either with fourth-wheel-Wyll or with Wyll as part of the relationship. None of them actually officially together but finding excuses to join each other in their post-game quests/lives a little too many times to be coincidence. Ascended Astarion, mind flayer Karlach, Absolute Tav -- any combination of "bad" endings, bonus points for butting up against one of the other's "good" endings.

Tavstarion - Astarion/Tav

The guy I got the game for! I love him to death. I strongly prefer spawn Astarion but I'm not at all anti-ascendant Astarion if that's the vibe you're going for. I really, really love Astarion paired with an evil Tav who gets better along with him or an uncompromisingly good Tav who drags him kicking and screaming into a redemption arc, but if your Tav is different, go nuts!

A Tav from a world where the two of them didn't end up together (for whatever reason) seeing a world where they did. Pre-game, Tav in a position where they can't be seduced to Cazador's dungeons with no one knowing they're missing but Astarion being tempted to spend time with them anyway. One of them dies, and the other goes through hell (perhaps literally) to get them back. Astarion being both charmed and irritated by a boisterous, bold bard Tav. Smut where one is in very fine clothes or armor and the other is entirely bare.

Tavlach - Karlach/Tav

Karlach's romance makes me weep. I love her so much. I don't really have anything to add here. Please show me your Tav's version of it!

Building a family together post-canon (bonus points for it being a "take care of the tiefling kids in a not directly nuclear family way" type situation). Post-Avernus, an incredibly elaborate and expensive wedding with a guest list spanning some of the most well-known adventurers on the Sword Coast. Being incredibly and profoundly in love even in the calm, quiet evenings at camp where nothing's happening, maybe even especially then. Mutual pining before they admit their feelings (bonus points for that going on past when the romance starts in canon). Trying to feel like a normal couple in love in Avernus.

Hellspawn - Astarion/Karlach

These two romancing each other on origin runs makes me SO crazy. They make me miserable. They make me giddy. They're both stupid hot (in more ways than one, in Karlach's case). 

Post-final-engine-fix in Avernus, Karlach lets Astarion bite her, and wow, she enjoys that more than she thought she would. Astarion and Karlach on some stealth mission together, just the two of them, and Astarion getting very frustrated at Karlach (even though she's not the least stealthy of the party). Omegaverse, but in a way that reckons with Astarion not wanting to be touched and Karlach unable to be. Astarion following Karlach to Avernus, and then Karlach following Astarion to the Underdark. Going to watch truly terrible Baldurian theater as a date and getting kicked out for being awful patrons of the arts.

Shadowyllzelach - Karlach/Lae'zel/Shadowheart/Wyll

I think they should all kiss. Amen.

Hurt/comfort after Shadowheart kills her parents or Wyll gives up his father for his soul. The long and dull road to Baldur's Gate and the random encounters they might face along the way. Modern Toril AU. Dark Justiciar Shadowheart and the other's disappointment in her, and her disappointment in herself. Mind flayer Karlach and their differing reactions: Lae'zel wanting to put her down so she dies as herself, Wyll wanting to feed her, Shadowheart only knowing she doesn't want Karlach to die. 

Wyllzel - Lae'zel/Wyll

Larian removing their flirt banter is among their greatest crimes to me. I adore these two, I think they're such a power couple. I adore pretty much any take on them.

Grand Duke Wyll's partner finally returns from the Astral Plane and the Gate's reaction to her, a githyanki revolutionary. Multiclassing (soft spot for bardlock Wyll and fighter/paladin of vengeance Lae'zel, but go with whatever your muse desires). Meeting pre-game, having a fling of some kind, and then again on the nautiloid. Failing to save Ulder in the Iron Throne and the consequences of that. First love broken by duty (Wyll to Avernus, Lae'zel to the Astral Plane).

Wyllach - Karlach/Wyll

These two are SO sweet for people who are actively hunting/being hunted by each other at the start of the game. I think these two hold a candle for each other even when they're romanced by someone else, whether or not they'd act on it.

Leaning into on the monster/monster hunter of their first meeting. Karlach and Wyll both horrified and traumatized by everyday life in Avernus and hoping to get a fix for Karlach's heart, Mizora dead, and a way out as soon as physically possible. Post-Avernus, building a life together in the Gate. Unable to keep their hands off each other after Karlach's second fix with Dammon - just sooo much smut in so many places. One of them taking care of the other after they get very badly hurt one day.

Shadowzel - Lae'zel/Shadowheart

Toxic yuri. But also, mutual understanding of what it means to lose the goddess you had pledged your life to. They can do a whoooole lot depending on your choices in the game, and I love to see the potential of that explored. DJ Shadowheart and a Lae'zel who rejects Vlaakith, and the mutual disdain and pity there? Shadowheart rejecting Shar and Selune and Lae'zel unable to reject Vlaakith, dying and being consumed? Both of them building a life after rejecting all duty but each other? Go nuts!

Dark Justiciar Shadowheart and a Lae'zel who never knew she wanted to be important to someone until after Shadowheart told her no one would ever come before Shar for her. Getting together, bonus points for being a mix of Shadowheart and Lae'zel's romances in a way the game itself doesn't allow for. Shadowheart healing Lae'zel from the very brink of death and being furious Lae'zel got hurt enough to put her in that position. Lae'zel being curious about Selune after Shadowheart spares Aylin, and Shadowheart not quite ready to listen or answer questions yet. Shadowheart letting the Emperor kill Orpheus because she believes Orpheus will let them turn; Lae'zel finding out. 

Shadowlach - Karlach/Shadowheart

I can't blame Shadowheart; I would also want to be thrown over Karlach's shoulder. Karlach's easy faith in Shadowheart and Shadowheart's protectiveness over Karlach and their playful flirting is so dear to me.

Having to infiltrate some kind of fancy gala and dressing up to match; both of them very, very into each other in formalwear. Childhood friends AU. Shadowheart missing Karlach while in her quiet, cozy cottage with her parents; bonus points for Karlach getting a fix for her heart and figuring out how she fits into Shadowheart's new life. Trying to escape the creche. Epistolary fic.

Yakuza

I'm still making my way through these games for the first time, but WOW am I having fun and also I do not care about spoilers literally at all. Feel free to go as bloody as you like with this game where "fighting as foreplay" feels pretty fundamentally core to it. If you have something really plotty you want to write, feel super free, just maaaybe assume less than stellar knowledge of the games (for now...I'll get there eventually).

Kazumaji - Kiryu Kazuma/Majima Goro

I like them! Majima's Mad Dog possessiveness of Kiryu is really, really fun, and I also love Kiryu not sure what's the persona and what's the actual man. I also think Majima sees a lot of Saejima in Kiryu, which...oof. Lotta opportunity for mess there. Again, I do NOT mind spoilers, but for what I've played in case that sparks inspiration or ideas for you: 0, 4, most of Like a Dragon, and Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. 

Very much opting into past/background/yearning Saemaji/Nishikiryu/Nishimaji, also opting into past, awful Sagawa/Majima and Shimano/Majima. (Awful here meaning for Majima, NOT at all a judgement (LOL) from me. I'd be judging my own WIP folder.)

One of them discovers magic is actually real because they get mega-cursed; the other helps them break it. Majima denying his thing with Kiryu is anything more than physical, both to himself and to Kiryu. Majima everywhere to build more than just fighting stamina, replete with exactly the same type of absolutely ridiculous schemes. Established but secret (or at least low-key) relationship. Majima flustering Kiryu as a hobby and being entirely unprepared when Kiryu decides to do the same right back to him (bonus points for this happening multiple years after Majima started this).