Queering the Tide 2025

[isabrella]

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 so do 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>

Text copied from the 2024 post.

Comments

[beleghir]

AO3 name: beleghir
Letter link: https://beleghir.dreamwidth.org/35037.html

Fandom: Overtake!
Any specific fandom details: So many F4 racing boys! Come queer them with me - there are 7 male characters nominated, which mean 42 potential M/M ships, and I would be excited for literally any of them. It's standard sports anime fare in that it focuses on intimate relationships between male characters, which IMO is a natural jumping-off point for a queer relationship.

Fandom: Seiyou Kottou Yougashiten | Antique Bakery
Any specific fandom details: Admittedly already a queer canon, but also Ono and Tachibana both have traumatic experiences that shape their beliefs about relationships and queerness, and there's so much to explore there.

Fandom: 白い砂のアクアトープ | The Aquatope on White Sand
Any specific fandom details: This is one of my top fandoms for F/F ships - there are just so many great women in this show, whose relationships with each other have real depth!

Fandom: 九龍ジェネリックロマンス | Kowloon Generic Romance (Anime)
Any specific fandom details: This show surprised and delighted me with its multiple queer characters, but what if EVEN MORE of the characters were queer? Like Kudou. Unfortunately for him, he's exactly the kind of guy I love to see grappling with unwanted gay feelings :3

Fandom: Octopath Traveler
Any specific fandom details: I like the way Octopath establishes all the relationships between the main cast at the level of 'warmly friendly and caring', in a way that leaves the door open to romantic relationships without ever forcing them - because it doesn't do anything to stop me finding queer relationships. I've prompted Alfyn/Olberic and Alfyn/Cyrus, and am also happy with them as an OT3!

Fandom: The Spear Cuts Through Water
Any specific fandom details: Jun and Keema <3 I don't know if Spear needs to be queered any further, but I'm still including it.