Queering the Tide 2024

[dauntlessshadowice]

 There are many ways of queering texts and characters. This challenge is for any and all of them! The widest possible definition of queering is used here. If you think your prompt counts, then do so we.


To participate, leave a comment on this post linking to your letter, so anyone interested in queering your canon for yuletide can find you. Tag any fics for this mini-challenge with Queering The Tide. (I suggest you tag both Queering the Tide and TransTide if the two happen to overlap.)

You can copy/paste this form below for your comment.

<strong>AO3 name:</strong>

<strong>Letter link:</strong>

<strong>Fandom: </strong>

<strong>Any specific fandom details, preferences, comments, etc:</strong>

Comments

[beleghir]

AO3 name: beleghir
Letter link: https://beleghir.dreamwidth.org/32964.html

These fandoms are a mix of canonically queer, or with IMO rich potential for queer relationships between characters. I don't have trans-specific prompts, though feel free to make any character(s) incidentally trans (fave genres for this include slice-of-life, PWP, casefic/questfic, and missing episode/missing scene).

Fandom: Overtake!
Fandom: Ryman's Club
Details: Like many sports anime, both these series contain strong emotional bonds and deep trust between men - which is a great jumping-off point for a romantic relationship. I always love characters grappling with being attracted to someone of the same gender for the first time, a later-in-life coming out, or the unique challenges of dating a teammate or colleague.

Fandom: Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking
Details: There's an inherent queerness to two men being co-parents, whether or not they're also partners. I'm prompting Sengoku and Harumi tipping over into a romantic and/or sexual relationship, but would also be delighted with a story that's vague on who exactly they are to each other.

Fandom: Octopath Traveler
Details: Since the playable characters' sexualities are largely unspecified, I see a lot of potential for queerness. I'm prompting an F/F ship, H'aanit/Primrose.

Fandom: Antique Bakery
Details: Societal attitudes towards queerness are an undercurrent throughout the series - I'm especially a fan of the ways that both Tachibana and Ono grapple with internalized homophobia, and anything exploring those themes.