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Likes

Same-sex relationships, especially F/F.
Narratives of reconstruction: fixing something, whether that be a country, a piece of equipment, a relationship, or a person. (Examples: Nirvana in Fire, Zuko's arc in Avatar: the Last Airbender)
Journeys of discovery, whether the discoverers be the characters or the reader.
Redemption arcs. Rehabilitative justice.
Narratives where something happens; plot. External conflicts. Casefic. Action/adventure.
Comedy of Errors -type things.
[record scratch SFX] So You're Probably Wondering How I Got Into This Situation: the fic
Madcap adventure
Crack taken seriously.
Untitled Goose Game crossovers of the type where the goose comes to visit the canon.
Alien settings: Dyson spheres, ringworlds, planets tidally locked to their red dwarf stars, artificial habitats on otherwise inhospitable planets, planets with large axial tilts, planets that are actually moons of gas giants, etc.
Engineering, especially of the sort that keeps civilization running – sewage, maintenance, transport etc – plus infrastructure design stuff.
Failure analysis/unraveling the causes of catastrophe, e.g. "why did the plane crash?" (yes, I like Mayday and Admiral Cloudberg)
Characters expressing caring for each other by feeding each other/giving each other tea.
Established relationships.
Good mentor figures/teachers who have their students' best interests at heart and succeed.
Class issues and other tensions between origins and current presentation.
Worldbuilding!
Weird physics.
Tea.
Competence porn.
Enthusiasm in general.
Xenobiology, aliens, very alien aliens.
Loyalty, loyalty kink, people loyal way past the point of reasonableness.
Loving descriptions of small details/of how systems run; insertion of Shown Their Work details.
Happy endings.

Porn likes

The word cunt (vulva is also acceptable)
Tribadism
Thigh riding
Breathplay (hands on throat)
Knifeplay
Biting
Misuse of the Force for sexual purposes

If you're choosing between something you think the characters would do in a situation and something on my likes list, please err on the side of what you feel is right for the characters and story in general.

DNW

Setting change AUs (eg: Hogwarts AU, Coffee Shop AU)
Christianity, mentions of "sinning".
Humiliation, especially public.
Unrequested incest, including foster/adopted and master/padawan relationships.
Stories about motherhood.
Unrequested het between humans or humanoid creatures. (People having parents is fine, the fabric of society being canonical and het-enabling is fine.)
Requested characters being presented as/rendered utterly helpless; the "damsel in distress" trope; woobiefication.
Stories about mourning unwelcome changes to/realizations about the body, with "body" defined broadly, (ex: acquiring a disability, infertility, weight gain) and the associated grief/angst.
Stories about mourning a dead person.
Requested characters dying.
Stories where the characters have never loved or could never love anyone but each other, incl. soulmates, demisexuality, single-target sexuality, etc. (Exception: soulmate-bestowing geese/geese bullying characters into getting together with someone is okay.)

Getting up to speed on the canons

Knights of the Old Republic I & II: Two video games. Available natively for Windows and Mac, with II also available for Linux, cost about 10€ each the last time I checked. Available on GOG and Steam. Screenshot LP for I, all game dialogue for I, screenshot LP for II, all game dialogue for II. Time to completion should be about 30-40 hours each.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: A MMO. You can get the class stories (incl. Sith Inquisitor) as a free to play player – they take about 30-40 hours too, I think. For the Sith Inquisitor/Darth Zash request you can do with just the class story. For Acina, while you do encounter her after Makeb, you need the KOTET expansion, for which you need to subscribe for at least one month – 13€, last time I checked.
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: 3 movies, each about 2 hours long. Again, owned by Disney.

Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic I & II

I really enjoyed the reveal and companions' reactions to that. The potential for identity stuff/doubting one's recollections is super cool; I'd appreciate a chance for Revan to yell at the Jedi Council.
Revan preferences: Light Side-ish, or at least not the "kicks puppies for fun" type of darksider. Pragmatic. Charismatic. Competent. Please ignore the Revan novel and SWTOR.
Exile preferences: Inscrutable and mysterious, including to herself. Ideally Light Side-ish. I liked the canon tone! Meetra Surik is an acceptable name, though please ignore the rest of the Revan novel and SWTOR.

Forn Dodonna/Female Revan

What did Forn think, working together with Revan to face down the Star Forge? Did they face off during Revan's journey to the Dark Side?
Post-canon, does Forn pick Revan's brain about tactics and strategy? Does Revan bond with this Admiral who might give her something of a new start in life?
The threat in the Unknown Regions that Kreia spoke about – it makes sense to appraise an Admiral in the Republic Fleet about that, right?
They land on an island – only to discover that it's actually a mat of carnivorous floating vegetation anchored to a volcano by a tree
Post-canon exploration of the Uncharted World.
Or a smaller mishap, like them ending up in the rakghoul-infested sewers of Taris by accident and having to find their way out or something.

Yuthura Ban/Female Revan

Revan and Yuthura going on a grand mission of slave liberation!
I love the redemption/"was Sith, now no longer" thing they have in common. Did Yuthura recognize this was Revan? What did she think, when the Dark Lord herself told her to return to the Light Side? Did she have a crush on Revan with her mask and helmet?
AU in which the Jedi Council thinks Yuthura should join Revan in her quest to find the Star Maps. Do they need to go look for an extra Star Map after the canon ones prove inconclusive?
They land on an island – only to discover that it's actually a mat of carnivorous floating vegetation anchored to a volcano by a tree
Post-canon exploration of the Uncharted World.
Revan takes Yuthura with her to face the threat in the Unknown Regions. (Please ignore the Revan novel and all of The Old Republic. Feel free to disregard as much of the rest of the EU as you wish.)

Female Jedi Exile/Visas Marr

Breaking the oath. After only just meeting her, Visas already considers the Exile a paradise valley. How? Why? Does she realize it's a reflection of the Exile being a wound in the Force, creating Force bonds with all?
Visas falls from the darkness to the light, in a way. What is it like to fall in that direction?
A fully-trained Jedi is a dangerous thing, as the denizens of Dantooine would no doubt inform you. After serving Darth Nihilus for so long, what would Visas expect from the Exile she now serves? How does the exile compare to the expectations?
Dark F/F where the Exile is like the lure on an anglerfish, and Visas cannot help but fall.
Missionfic of something unknown, either during or after canon. The tomb of a Sith Lord? Some political snare? Has Czerka regrouped to threaten the Ithorians again?
Post-canon fic with the Exile and her followers/students reforming the Jedi Order
Does Visas sneak off to join the Exile to confront the threat in the Unknown Regions? What is the threat, and what must be done about it? (Please ignore all of The Old Republic. Feel free to disregard as much of the rest of the EU as you wish.)

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Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic

SWTOR! I got into the MMO in Feb 2021; the Sith Inquisitor was the first character I played; I have mine current with all content (so no need to fear spoilers). My personal Inquisitor is a Zabrak, but I like the other alien options as well. I'm not really into Zakuul or Valkorion family drama.

Other than the requested, I also like: T7-01, Talos Drellik, Darth Marr, Xalek, the Dread Masters (best antagonists in the game)

Inquisitor preferences: My personal preference is for an alien archaeology enthusiast! I also like pragmatism and her being an Imperial loyalist and all of the funny lines ("How do you know I'm not a colicoid?"). I liked the [electrocute] options and the hilarious quantities of sass and snark, as well as the focus on ancient mysteries and Sith archaeology. Like, seriously, write me a fic that is just the Inquisitor and company investigating Rakatan ruins and I will be ecstatic. WRT names, please refer to her by her Darth title – e.g. Darth Nox, or Nox – if at an appropriate place in the timeline.

Darth Acina/Female Sith Inquisitor
I like Acina! I like the opportunity here for Empress/perhaps-loyal Right Hand, with the Inquisitor (Nox, Occlus, Imperius) the head of Ancient Mysteries and being a nice and loyal Imp, sure, but they're Sith, there's always that "well what if she betrays me?" thing in the background. I like her dry tone and mild iconoclasm; it goes well with a bunch of Inquisitors. If you want to write an AU where someone else is the Outlander and the Inquisitor remained in the Empire, playing politics and potentially getting Acina the throne: go ahead!

Acina's the questgiver for the Dread Seeds mission, so something with Acina going along with her new colleague on the Dark Council to capture all the Dread Seeds and stop the Dread Masters?
Maybe a visit to a Sith Temple at some point in the timeline – ancient artefacts for the defeat of the Republic?
Or, once Acina is Empress, some rival (Vowrawn? Ravage?) has established a base somewhere, time to go in with her right-hand woman to eliminate them?
Visiting Ziost and its Sith tombs before the Cataclysm? Visiting Ziost after the Cataclysm? How much has survived, buried beneath the soil?
Investigating Nathema's suitability to be an Imperial outpost?
Or something more war-related – I'll be caught up with the upcoming expansion once it's been released; feel free to use stuff from there if you want.

Female Sith Inquisitor/Darth Zash
Please have Zash be in her original body, not Khem's. Thank you!

"Here is the lightsaber I had when I was an apprentice! Now assassinate my enemies for me" is 100% exactly what I want in my femslash ships. So, uh, more of proud Sith master Zash setting achievable murder targets for the Sithquisitor?
AU where Zash gets her eternal youth not through body snatching but through some dark side sex ritual.
AU where the ritual Zash comes up with doesn't necessitate either her or Khem dying, but manages to reconstitute her body along the way, and all the awkward reactions that ensue.
Zash said she almost forsook the ritual – what if she had? Zash and the Inquisitor shopping for a new body for Zash together?
Zash and the Inquisitor doing archaeology together! Visiting Ziost and its Sith tombs before the Cataclysm? Or perhaps Korriban or Dromund Kaas? Or some newly rediscovered Sith world?

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Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

I really enjoyed the prequels in all their ridiculous glory, especially the lightsaber fights and the sense of sweeping world and the Jedi and the Jedi Temple. I love the space wizards and their vaguely Buddhist philosophy and telekinetic powers. I really like people figuring out their place in the universe and helping others on their journeys.

Note regarding the Jedi: Please no Jedi bashing or Jedi Council bashing. They can be acting on bad/misleading information, but I'd like them to be well-intentioned and not be on a mission to be petty and rude to anyone. Canon-compliant fic is 100% fine, but please nothing set in or after a canon-compliant Order 66.

Shmi Skywalker/Shaak Ti
Feel free to go pre-canon, but not so far that Anakin doesn't exist.

A mission brings Shaak to Tatooine, whereupon she discovers Shmi Skywalker, whom Qui-Gon Jinn left in slavery, and decides that she'll fix this situation. Explosions/dead Hutts/a slave revolution follow.
Or it's Shaak who's the one who first encounters Shmi and Anakin, either as part of the Naboo-Trade Federation negotiations or otherwise. How would she handle being a slave woman's houseguest in need of transport offworld? How would Shmi react to the Jedi who descended upon her being Shaak Ti, highly composed Togruta?
Or their paths cross even earlier – Shaak's dismantling a slaver ring/on a shadow mission and Shmi offers to help, child in tow (or still incubating).
Shaak notices that Shmi is Force sensitive – and just as strong as her son, if not more
I'd also dig a deep dive into Shmi's personality – what is she, other than a saintly mother? What compromises has she had to make with what little freedom she's had?

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