malachiical | Soul-2-Soul Letter 2021

Hello, Soul-2-Soul creator! Thank you for writing for me! I'm Mal or Mali (malachiical @ AO3 as well); I'll try to keep each individual section of this letter brief, and you should be able to skip to wherever you like with anchor links and/or just expand the parts relevant to you via cut. I hope our ids align and you have a blast writing, because I'm definitely looking forward to whatever you come up with!

General DNWs
General Likes
Porn Likes
Crossover Fandom - Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Ootori Kyouya (Ouran High School Host Club)
DCU (Comics) - Jonathan Crane/Edward Nygma
Katekyou Hitman Reborn! - Belphegor/Mammon | Viper
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog - Kururu/Saburo Mutsumi
Marvel 616 - Otto Octavius/Peter Parker
The Last Halloween (Webcomic) - Eugene Otto/Robert
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) - Otto Octavius/Adrian Toomes
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) - Quentin Beck/Phineas Mason
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) - Quentin Beck/Chameleon/Phineas Mason
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon) - Otto Octavius/Peter Parker

General DNWs

incest
noncon/dubcon
underage (unless otherwise stated
gore, permanent injury, character death (unless otherwise stated)
infidelity (unless otherwise stated)
halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff I am a BIG SOPPY ROMANTIC)
the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
being ashamed of or hating one's body (even for trans stuff, if you write it; just no focus on dysphoria please)
unhappy endings
unrequested AUs
unrequested identity headcanons
unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
unrequested poly
unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
feederism, weight gain, inflation, pregnancy
scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S (unless otherwise stated)

General Likes

fluff, snapshot moments of what's going on in their lives
romantic tension, UST that eventually becomes resolved
flirting, confident or awkward or just fuckin disastrous
extreme loyalty
redemption arcs, gray morality, general complexity, lighter takes on villains & villain redemption
hurt/comfort
happy or at least hopeful/somewhat upbeat endings
first times and milestones (sexual or non, doesn’t even have to be overly romantic, stuff like taking a photo for the first time together or and the like is also good!)
descriptions of making out tbh
trans headcanons where it’s not A Thing in the fic, no coming out or explanations necessary, or it's just accepted and not super dwelled on unless the prompt is about self-exploration. no Having To Deal With Bigotry or issuefic or anything, just character(s) happen(s) to be trans (both same gender/pronouns as in canon and different gender/pronouns are fine)
canon divergent AUs, change one thing about a canon and maybe other things happen differently
art treats always welcome!

Porn Likes

first times and milestones
frot, scissoring, intercrural, grinding against ass, basically all that stuff
handjobs, fingering, oral
romantic smut, lots of touching, focus on touching/wanting to touch and sensations and body parts, loving descriptions of partner's body (description of both stereotypically attractive and not stereotypically attractive features welcome so long as they're INTO it!), kissing during sex, hand-holding during sex, eye contact during sex, all that stuff!
clothed sex, partially clothed sex, and clothing kink!
inexperience, awkward, clumsy but eager and enjoyable sex
BDSM tones, mild or more formal
praise kink and instructions/requests/begging flavors of dirty talk
manhandling, hair pulling, love bites and scratches, rough but not outright painful (or only pleasantly painful) sex
orgasm delay (though not total denial), edging
alternately, multiple orgasms, "forced" orgasms
e n t h u s i a s m and detailed descriptions of sex, just go for it
in general, prefer the terms: penis, cock, dick, length; nipples, ass, and testicles/balls can just be called those things; vagina, vulva, cunt, or pussy if that comes up; come or cum are both fine spellings
piv in trans smut is fine; oral and pia sex super welcome, alternatives are also loved; prefer for vagina to be called vagina, cunt, or pussy, or to be referred to vaguely, not "hole"; prefer for ass not to be called a vagina; fine with clit being called clit or penis/cock/dick, fine with penis being called penis/cock/dick or clit

Crossover Fandom
Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Ootori Kyouya (Ouran High School Host Club)

This ship strikes me as fascinating and with a ton of potential for fun stuff! Hiruma and Kyouya are incredibly different people, but also alike in a lot of ways that I think could both make them respect one another, be impressed by one another, see the value in one another, and also sometimes grate on each others' nerves like hell. They are both likely to know way too much about each other, and about each others' clubmates/teammates, and I could easily see them being on mostly equal footing.

I'm betting both would have a hard time actually pulling off blackmailing the other (or people close enough to the other to have any of their protection) or really getting one over on the other, with maybe one or two moments on either side where they get the upper hand for a VERY short period before the other manages to get things back under control. This would usually leave them having to approach each other in other ways, either more subtle manipulation (that they're both probably aware of and also aware that they're both aware of) or flat-out making deals with each other for mutual benefit. Which is great because they'd also make a scary good team when and if they did come together, so I could also see them both being savvy enough to seek the other out as a useful contact to get and to uphold.

Basically, with these two I especially like the idea of them being basically evenly matched, and them being drawn to each other specifically because of that. Neither of them actually being able to have the upper hand over the other or really intimidate the other is a key part of why I'm interested in them!

(I would also like to mention that while Hiruma resembles Kyouya waaaay more than he resembles Tamaki, still, Jesus, blond boys who are super passionate about a thing are going to be the death of Kyouya seriously. I am also fine with some minor former or current one-sided Kyouya->Tamaki feelings, and it's cool if Hiruma has some one-sided feelings for someone, I don't really have Feelings Preferences there. Just assume that he and Mamori aren't together, feelings can have happened but whether it's one-sided or a handwavey breakup or just something they decided wouldn't work is fine, I imagine they're still on fine terms.)

Requested Tags

Crossover ship has different soulmate signs/indications

Obviously this makes the most sense if they're from different universes in the fic, either with one ending up in the other's universe, both ending up in a third universe entirely, or their two universes sort of merging together somehow/for some reason. But if you want to play around with them having different soulmarks/etc. even writing a scenario where they're from the same universe, feel free!

Finding your soulmate in another dimension

More straightforward than the above, again, this could be either one of them ending up in the other's universe or both of them ending up in a third universe entirely. I'd be happy with however you do it!

People soulbonded/soulmated to each other are required to wed

Given that Kyouya's from an important, powerful family, I'm intrigued by arranged marriage stuff for him in general, so setting up a world where marriages are arranged via soulmate or soulbond is such a cool idea! If soulmates, does this mean all marriages are arranged from a young age (if soulmates are identifiable even before first meeting), or not arranged at all in the understanding that someday they'll meet their soulmate (if not)? If soulbonds, do families who want to marry off their children try to avoid their children being soulbonded to anyone, or try to arrange soulbonds with acceptable prospects, and what if an unacceptable "soul match" is made?

Red String of Fate - both A and B have cut strings (which is very rare)

I just love the red string of fate stuff, and this prompt in particular is intriguing. Did their soulmates cut the strings, or did they? For what purpose? How does having a cut string, and therefore no longer having a soulmate, affect how they're viewed and how they approach relationships? Why is it so rare?

Soulbonded for Practical/Impersonal Reasons; Emotional Connection an Accident

I just feel like this would happen for some business deal or terrifying team-up and then oops. I love that thought.

Soulmate-Identifying Timers
Soulmate's name on skin
Soulmates can sense each other nearby—even before they've met
Soulmates Have Words They Will First Exchange Written On Their Body
Touching your soulmate for the first time leaves mark of their skin

Honestly, these are just the most interesting-to-me of the soulmate signs in the tag set, though of course you're free to play around and go with other things if you feel like it! They all really change the worldbuild, how aware the characters would be of each other before the start of the story, and how they might approach one another, so just have a blast playing around with any of that and I'll enjoy it!

Canon-Specific DNWs

smut with either character under 16

Canon-Specific Likes

noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Sena/Monta, Sena/Suzuna, Mamori/Suzuna, Musashi/Kurita, Jumonji/Kuroki/Togano, Natsuhiko/Ishimaru, basically any from the other teams, Hikaru/Kaoru, Honey/Mori, Nekozawa/Tamaki, Kasanoda/Tetsuya, Haruhi/Renge, Haruhi/basically any of the hosts singularly or together...
NAMING CONVENTIONS. Hiruma usually comes up with somewhat dismissive/insulting/abraisive things to call people, so what about if/when he uses Kyouya's name? is Kyouya on a first or last name basis with him? feel free to include honorifics if you like as well, extrapolating from the characters' usage of them in canon.
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for these characters! I like the idea of Kyouya as a trans girl or nonbinary, but trans boy is fine too, and anything's fine for Hiruma or pretty much any of the other characters. if Haruhi shows up or is mentioned I also have a slight preference for her as nonbinary, but trans boy is fine -- just not trans girl, please! and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
I am actually always into the idea of the Host Club as all being girls who are pretending to be guys, just like Haruhi, either with the other Ouran students aware or not -- maybe it's an all girls' school? so feel free to play with that genderswap AU, with the Devil Bats genderswapped as well or not! Hiruma/Kyouya being m/f or f/f are both fine if you go this route!

DCU (Comics)
Jonathan Crane/Edward Nygma

These two don't have too much history together in the comics despite both having been around for a long while, so I should explain what I see in them!

Basically, these are two of the most cerebral of Batman's Rogues, and intelligence does seem to be an important factor for both of them, though obviously moreso for the Riddler. The times they have met they seem to actually appreciate one another on some level (sometimes veering into genuinely impressed/enthused). It's also obvious enough that the Riddler is in things in large part for the show, but certain interpretations of Scarecrow have shown him dramatically having a lot of fun with his shtick too. (After that panel they run away screaming and Scarecrow just laughs a bunch and wanders away not even continuing to chase them, which is hilarious to me.)

They've been shown to occasionally share a cell in Arkham, though not always; they haven't really teamed up on a "job"/crime spree but their particular quirks and bad habits might not lead immediately to them fucking each other over like some of the other Rogues. They're also two Rogues who have actually tried to reform at various points (Nygma as a detective, Crane going back to teaching) and have even helped the heroes with cases on occasion while still supervillains.

Mostly, I just like two supervillains whose temperaments allow them to work well together for the most part and who are both clever enough to be able to maneuver around each other without there being major problems, who are actually kinda impressed with each other. I'm also a sucker for villains who are not necessarily the most stable or healthiest but who, together, actually are better for each other rather than making each other worse as one might expect. Though of course encouraging one another in their terrible ideas is always good too!

Requested Tags

Character A is the only one who realized they're soulmates with Character B

I feel like this would probably be Eddie who figures this out, if only one of them does. I'd love to see his feelings on that, or how those feelings might evolve over the course of knowing him! Then again, if Scarecrow was somehow the only one privy to that knowledge (maybe there are multiple types of soulmarks/indications possible in the world and Jon's is the first one that becomes obvious to him? or maybe everyone has a soulmate but not everyone has a soulmark?), I can imagine the Riddler being aggravated trying to find out what does Crane know that he doesn't...

Forced soulbond by third party

Who is the third party? Why? :D Is it the Joker causing chaos, doing this to just them or to various Rogues/criminals/Gotham citizens in general? Is it Ivy with some type of plant out of irritation with one or both of them (or just allowing her plant to do a thing it wants to do)? Is this some universe where a criminal conviction can get you sentenced to a soulbond meant to reform both members? Just have fun exploring how they handle this one and what the effects of a soulbond might be!

Identity Porn - Soulmate Goes By A Different Name Than The One on Soulmate's Skin

Whether or not Jon's birth name is Jonathan Keeny, Eddie's is definitely Edward Nashton. Does this cause any confusion for either or both of them at first? Do they have or develop a sneaking suspicion? :D

Soulbonds - Sentinels and Guides

I'm actually not super familiar with this AU but I have loved it the few times I have run into it for my fandoms, so just go nuts here! Given the Detective Riddler thing and Eddie's obsessions and compulsions, I imagine he would be the Sentinel and Jon would be the Guide, but feel free to switch it up! Any and all elements of this AU are welcome but not necessary, except for either of them being so low-class in society that they're pretty much a slave; I'd rather you avoid that one.

Soulmate-Identifying Timers
Soulmates Have Words They Will First Exchange Written On Their Body

Two of the most interesting soulmate indicators for these two, for me! Feel free to use others if you like, but these are some of my faves. For the first, I love the various ways people might think about and react to the timers. How much attention do they pay when it starts getting down to the wire and what might they be feeling? For the other, do either or both of them make certain to say very individualized things when they introduce themselves to others... or does one of them maybe try to avoid the sort of people who seem likely to say what's written on their skin?

Soulmate's touch causes (temporary) skin discoloration
Soulmates are recognized by touch

I won't lie, I just really love the panel I linked above where they first meet in person and greet with an enthusiastic handshake. A more permanent stain rather than a temporary discoloration is also acceptable, or maybe the "recognized by touch" is a sensation (a jolt? pleasure?) or something changing (seeing color for the first time, etc.) or just the knowledge dropped into their heads that oops this is my soulmate? Feel free to have it be a handshake, but also what if they don't actually touch one another until they've known each other a while, either companionably or enthusiastically or in anger, or what if they start to get casually intimate in their shared Arkham cell...?

Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

This one's just hot, okay. The pain aspect can be played for H/C and the pleasure aspect is... self-explanatory. And/or both can be played for one of Eddie's visits to those BDSM clubs. That also works. Batman fight, Joker attack, masturbation, or sex with one another is also totally acceptable! Have fun with this one.

Work partners to soulmates – doesn’t develop until completely trusted by partners

The idea of these two warily partnering up from time to time with crime (and/or, later, detective work) and then getting closer and trusting one another more and enjoying their team-ups more and then just OOPS! Soulmates! ...makes me happy, tbqh.

Canon-Specific DNWs

strong focus on "oh this character is CRAZY" stuff
Scarecrow dosing Riddler with fear gas on purpose

Canon-Specific Likes

villains that can be terrible to most other people being surprisingly good together
villains retiring and doing other things!
BUSMAN'S HOLIDAYS, whether or not as criminals or during Detective Riddler!
PUNS
Jonathan Crane having a Southern accent he usually tries to hide
noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Harley/Ivy (if that counts as noncanon!), Harley/Ivy/Catwoman
nicknames! pet names! just exploring what they call each other in general, tbh. do they use surnames, do they use full first names, do they use nicknames? if nicknames, are "Eddie" and "Jon" fond, are they appreciated, are they meant to annoy the other? (i can imagine Jon being annoyed by "Jonny" at least!) if surnames, is that standard for them or are they used when they're annoyed? when they use their supervillain monikers for one another is because they're being professional or are they cross with one another or is it actually intimate? honestly, I could also see Eddie being ebullient with endearments in the right mood; how might Jon feel about that? and tbqh I have a soft spot for Jon calling Eddie "darlin'."
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for these characters! anything works, whether trans man, trans woman, or nonbinary, for either or both of them; if Harley is mentioned and you go with a trans headcanon for her please keep her a (trans) woman; for anyone else, again, anything goes, and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

Katekyou Hitman Reborn!
Belphegor/Mammon | Viper

(I am familiar with both the manga and the anime; feel free to mix and match from both! I am not familiar with the stage shows, unfortunately. I am familiar with the character songs and some of the drama CD and other extra stuff like Haru's interviews, so feel free to pull from that stuff if you like.)

I absolutely adore the relationship these two have in canon! Mammon seems to be the person Belphegor is closest to in the entire Varia, and honestly vice-versa. They hang out and seem to work together sometimes and they also seem to just do stupid shit like stealing Levi's parabola or playing video games, and Belphegor seems to be a very touchy-feely person with Mammon, basically using them as a stuffed animal. Mammon's known Belphegor for half his life, and this little eternal magic baby Belphegor's known since he was eight turns out to be an Arcobaleno! A tiny adult baby. And it changes absolutely nothing. Mammon goes on Arcobaleno business and Belphegor's like "so where are we going?" and Mammon's like "you don't need to go with me" and Belphegor goes with them anyway and they disguise themselves as siblings and are super conspiratory and Belphegor helps Mammon out with their ruse. Then they hang out and have sushi together. I mean, I love these two?

And then TYL happens and Mammon is FUCKIN DEAD and Belphegor so deeply resents their replacement. He makes Fran wear the frog hat in tribute to Mammon and doesn't get along with him AT ALL. And he gets so :D about it when it turns out Mammon is coming back, like, when it's discussed about the Arcobaleno coming back he's like "Mammon too? :)" and when Mammon comes back he's just like "found you, Mammon :)" and it's fucking adorable. I can't get over that shit. And then in the final arc he's just as touchy-feely and holding onto Mammon a lot, but also fighting on their team for the Arcobaleno thing along with the rest of the Varia? Xanxus nearly smashes his watch and Belphegor and the others physically restrain him to keep him from fucking things up, lol. Mammon saves all their lives when they're attacked! And in this arc everyone gets to see Mammon as a, let's be real, kind of gorgeous adult. Also after the TYL arc everyone remembers the future and remembers the years they lost which has got to be confusing. But basically I just love how for over a decade these two legitimately seem close and fond of each other while also being -- let's be honest here -- immature disaster assholes.

Requested Tags

Age Gap - Older character knows they're soulmates but doesn't tell the younger

I can think of a lot of reasons why Mammon might not tell Belphegor, either "at the moment" or not planning on telling him at all, so Mammon almost certainly counts as the "older character" here! Is it because they don't have time for that, because of the Varia, because of the Arcobaleno curse, because of the dual identity thing, because Bel would be insufferable, because they're pretty sure Bel will figure it out, because they'd charge money for that kind of info?

Bodyswapping With Your Soulmate On The Youngest One's Coming-of-Age

This could honestly be great whatever way it works. Since Mammon is actually the older one even in a baby's body, do they swap when Belphegor turns eighteen? If so, does that happen pre-TYL (with the Arcobaleno curse in place), post-series (while Mammon is slowly growing up), or both? Or since Belphegor is physically older, do they swap when Mammon finally hits eighteen post-series? Or do they swap on both (or all three) eighteenth birthdays? Is it temporary or is there something they have to do to change back?

Character without soulmate gets one after dying and coming back to life
Didn't know they were soulmates until A comes back to life

Two slightly different takes on a trope! I could easily imagine this being in the aftermath of the Arcobaleno dying TYL. Which means when the timeline resets but the Varia all remember what happened TYL, one or both of them would remember finding that out! Do they get soulmarks after Mammon comes back to life? Do they now develop soulmarks when they remember that they got/will get soulmarks (is that how it works???) or do they just remember the fact that they had/will have(?) them at one point in the future? (I fuckin love time weirdness shenanigans.)

Characters can use each other's magic/superpowers after soulbond

Ohhh my god Bel would be a terror with magic. I love this almost solely for that reason, but I also love the idea of Mammon trying to teach him how to use it/control it! Maybe reluctantly, maybe they insist on it, maybe Xanxus orders them to do it, maybe for a fee (well, almost certainly for a fee, whether or not they ever collect on it). Also some potential for cool worldbuilding here; what happens if two Guardians of two different elements soulbond? Do they suddenly both count as Storm Guardians and Mist Guardians for all intents and purposes?

Identity Porn - Soulmate Goes By A Different Name Than The One on Soulmate's Skin

I mean, you can play around with the question of whether Belphegor is his birth name if you want to, but honestly, the draw of this for me is the fact that until the ring battles, NO ONE knew that Mammon was really Viper. That's just fun. This could also easily be combined with "Age Gap - Older character knows they're soulmates but doesn't tell the younger" if you wish, but it doesn't have to be!

A soulmark is seen as an Achilles Heel

Is it seen as one by society as large, by the Mafia families including the Vongola, or by the Varia? Or maybe even by the Arcobaleno? Or just seen as one by one or both of them? Have fun with this one!

Soulmate-Identifying Mark Appears When You Come of Age

This is another one that could be so complicated. Viper would have had their mark before becoming an Arcobaleno, unless it also only appears when your soulmate has actually been born... Would they still have it as Mammon? Or since Mammon is "of age" despite the curse, would they get their own soulmate mark when Bel is born even being an Arcobaleno? And then, of course, later on Bel would remember TYL and the soulmate mark he would've gotten then, and it'd at least show up anew when he reaches eighteen post-canon. There's a lot that could be played around with here!

Soulmates Are Compelled To Be Near Each Other

I just always really like this trope, and they tend to be near each other a lot of the time anyway (they go to Namimori together completely unnecessarily in that filler arc! Bel especially is very touchy!), so it could be fun to explore What If That's A Soulmate Thing.

Soulmates can bring each other back to Life - within a limited Time

This could be fun for alternate TYL stuff, or just in general if something goes wrong on a Varia mission or some Arcobaleno duty thing! Also very good for H/C... :D

Canon-Specific DNWs

smut while Mammon is in Baby form (15+ is okay)

Canon-Specific Likes

noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Xanxus/Squalo, Lussuria/Squalo, Squalo/Yamamoto, Yamamoto/Gokudera, Hibari/Ryohei, Fon/Verde.
nicknames! pet names! I just love how Mammon calls Belphegor "Bel" quite a bit and how Bel sing-songs "Mammon," calls them "baby," fondly calls them "brat"... it's all very cute to me.
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for these characters! I do actually prefer Mammon being nonbinary (their gender is nunya business, pay them ¥100,000,000 if you want to ask personal questions) but you could go with anything for them, really. I'm intrigued by Belphegor being a trans girl or bigender or more generally nonbinary (especially after his time as Himeko!), but would prefer he not be written as DFAB and that he think of himself as/call himself a prince rather than a princess no matter what. trans headcanons for other characters are also okay and I don't have any preferences, except that I'd prefer Lussuria be a trans woman and have the narrative sympathetic to that if you go that route. and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog
Kururu/Saburo Mutsumi

(I've watched most of Keroro Gunso, and I think I've seen every episode Mutsumi is in; I don't mind spoilers at all for any episodes I haven't seen, so feel free to refer to anything. I've also seen all the movies. As for the manga, I've read up through Volume 19, and I'm spoiled for stuff from later volumes! I prefer Kururu's personality in the anime and prefer anime Saburo Mutsumi to manga Hojo Mutsumi, but feel free to incorporate details from the manga to spice things up because I do love it too! I especially love the spoilers about Mutsumi from later volumes...)

I fucking love these two assholes! I love how they don't seem like they'd click at all, except they're canonically on the same wavelength and are so obviously best friends, and care about each other in ways that are absolutely uncharacteristic for both of them. Mutsumi is friendly as hell but doesn't really get that close to anyone, keeping a mysterious distance most of the time and even not being that close to Fuyuki or Natsumi even when he gets closer to them as friends. He also seems to find a lot fairly boring, and is just so stoked by everything the aliens are doing, even (especially!) when that's invasion-of-Earth stuff! And Kururu is "the most unlikeable guy," likes to make it well known he doesn't give a shit about most things, wants to put people off, hates sweetness and light to the point that it physically injures him... and yet this upbeat, bright-eyed, adorable teen is his BFF. When the Keronians are all dimension hopping and they meet an alternate universe version of Mutsumi, Kururu pep talks him. When Mutsumi's life is in danger in Episode 229, Kururu blows the entire budget on making him another reality pen, shows the clearest concern he's maybe shown in his entire life racing to the rescue, and puts himself right between a deadly blast and Mutsumi in order to toss him the pen.

These two do not seem like they would work, and yet they absolutely do, know they do, and embrace it. It's wonderful.

Requested Tags

Character sees color for the first time upon meeting soulmate

I like the metaphor for bringing color into the world and I think Kururu practically did that for Mutsumi already, so make it literal! Mutsumi also has pretty eyes, the Platoon is color-coded... Also, I feel like this could also be kinda disorienting, especially since as soon as they met Mutsumi decided to play keep-away with Kururu's reality pen.

Cross-species soulmates have different soulmate signs/indications
Different cultures/species have different soulmate methods

Kinda different ways of phrasing the same basic concept, but I'm really intrigued by this! I'd love whatever you write, however you explore it... Do cross-species soulmates happen often or is it rare? Do all or many known sapient species have soulmates or is it just some? Do Keronians, humans and N326ans all usually have soulmates? I'm down for nearly any soulmate indicators except for ones related to death (last words written on skin, etc.).

Human accidentally soulbonds with non human

I just feel like Mutsumi would have a lot of fun with this! Do they try to break it? Does it work? What are the symptoms of being soulbonded? How is it an accident -- is it one of Kururu's inventions that neither of them meant to use just then or that wasn't meant to do that, or some weird alien artifact, or some solar flare, or what? (I will also accept accidentally-on-purpose if you'd like to write that!)

Must be in love before a soulbond will form

I kind of like the idea that everyone is (or at least the both of them are) fully aware that's how it works and that when a soulbond does form it doesn't shock either of them. Basically just, yeah, that figures! Sounds about right! Even if Kururu is sour about it or won't admit it or wants to break it... Then again, I would not complain if he's astonished by it, either that Mutsumi is in love with him or that he's capable of being in love himself. Feel free to go either way with this one!

Not everybody has a soulmate/soulbond

They're on each others' wavelength in canon, textually, in a way no one else is! Maybe soulmates/soulbonds are similarly rare?

Soulbonded By Saving A Life

Mutsumi saved Kururu during their first meeting, and in Episode 229 they both saved each others' lives. I'd LOVE to see how things might go if they wound up soulbonded after either of those moments!

Soulmate-Identifying Mark Appears When You Come of Age

I just love this one in general; kind of like the "Must be in love before a soulbond will form" I can imagine Mutsumi at least not being surprised when he turns eighteen and gets his mark and it's Kururu. Of course it is! Who else would it be? Again, I'm happy if Kururu is similarly unsurprised or if he's given pause, feel free to go either way with it.

Soulmate-Identifying Marks: symbol on the back of the neck

I won't lie, I chose this one because I absolutely love Kururu's spiral symbol and the way Mutsumi sometimes draws it on things and the idea of him having it on the back of his neck makes me so happy.

Soulmate-Identifying Timers

I do like the idea of Mutsumi waiting and intrigued, but tbh I am even more interested in Kururu in this scenario. If you have a soulmate-identifying timer counting down the moments to when you meet your soulmate, and you and your Platoon are being sent to an alien planet to first infiltrate and then invade, and that timer is making it really obvious that it's going to hit 0:00 while you're on that planet, how would that even feel?

Soulmates Can Communicate By Writing On Their Own Skin

Listen, I love a)that these two text each other little "I'm smarter than you" messages and probably other shit and b)Mutsumi's ridic little haikus! Playing with either of those things with soulmate writing on skin would make me so happy. :D

Soulmates can sense each other nearby—even before they've met

This one jumped out at me because of how easily Mutsumi was able to track Kururu even when he was supposed to be invisible to human sight during their first meeting! IIRC, it was revealed in the manga that that was because Mutsumi was raised by N326ans, but it could also be interpreted as a soulmate thing so easily...

Canon-Specific DNWs

smut with Mutsumi under 16

Canon-Specific Likes

the way these two seem so different but just Vibe
how into the alien and alien-invasion stuff Mutsumi is, haha. he wants excitement!
all those alternate universe versions of him!
THAT MANGA REVEAL THAT HE WAS RAISED BY ALIENS
those stupid haikus and his dorky fashion sense
Kururu's dorky taste in music and his love of curry everything
listen, I like that they just call each other by name (and that Mutsumi calls him by "Kururu-ko" while Kururu's in the robot), but I feel like either of them might potentially give sickeningly sweet pet names in public to troll the other if the chance came up.
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for these characters! I do like aliens not fitting into the human gender binary but I'd also be fine with Kururu being bigender or transfem, and due to that one momentary canon AU Fuyuki falls into I'm kinda intrigured by trans girl Mutsumi but I'd be equally happy with him as a trans boy or some kind of nonbinary. trans headcanons for other characters are also okay and I don't have many preferences, except I think I'd rather the female characters be interpreted as trans girls rather than anything else if you go that route. and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

Marvel 616
Otto Octavius/Peter Parker

Ohhh boy I can't even explain in short form how and why I love these two so much. They have thought they worst of each other, they have misunderstood each other, Doctor Octopus has tried to kill Spider-Man (definitely not the reverse). Doctor Octopus has swung between minimal violence, outright saving lives sometimes, and crossing lines that even he knows deep down he shouldn't cross; when saving Spider-Man's life (and those issues I highly recommend for "was this gay on purpose?" feels) he talks up Spider-Man's goodness and how he needs him as his foil at length.

And then eventually they get a much greater understanding of each other in the weirdest way, with Otto Octavius taking over Peter Parker's body, Peter Parker dying in Otto Octavius's body, but not before shoving all of his memories into Otto's head and a piece of his consciousness as well. They basically share a brain for a while! And then when that whole situation goes south, Otto comes back in another Peter Parker clone body eventually, with the real Peter as Spider-Man, and... Spidey actually grants him a clean slate and later even tells him that he's doing the hero thing right.

The way they have so much intense and complicated history really gets to me. Whether you decide to set the story at a point when they're complicated enemies or one where they're complicated allies. One where they're in their original bodies or one where they're both in Peter Parker bodies. There's honestly so much possibility with these two!

Requested Tags

Accidental Soulbond Proves Useful In Dangerous Situation

I really do like the idea of these two accidentally winding up soulbonded and not being happy about it, maybe even trying to figure out a way to break it... and then winding up in a situation where their soulbond helps them both make it out alive and maybe even unscathed. Is this the scenario that helps them decide that they're going to have to live with this and they can do that, or are they still determined to break the soulbond but are starting to form a newfound appreciation/closeness to each other anyway? This could also be so good for enemies saving one anothers' lives and/or H/C!

Character A is the only one who realized they're soulmates with Character B

Given that there was a long while in the comics when Doctor Octopus had no idea that Spider-Man was really Peter Parker, Peter could definitely have an "UH-oh" moment realizing what it means that Otto Octavius is his soulmate while Ock remains unaware that his soulmate and his nemesis are the same person!

Character sees color for the first time upon meeting soulmate

I won't lie, I specifically love this scenario because with the way Spider-Man swings and flips and jumps around, it would probably be fucking disorienting to suddenly be seeing in color for the first time while fighting a supervillain and realizing that said supervillain is your soulmate! As for Ock's part... A)Spider-Man's costume is very colorful and that could itself be quite dazzling, B)If you go with Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One canon, there's some real poetry to Spider-Man literally bringing color to Otto Octavius's world.

Character without soulmate gets one after dying and coming back to life
Didn't know they were soulmates until A comes back to life

They've both died several times over, honestly. The most interesting pull points for this might be: When Peter Parker was clinically dead and Ock resuscitated him in these two issues; after Ock died to Kaine in those issues and came back later; after Ock traded bodies with Peter and killed him and became Spider-Man and then sacrificed himself to let Peter come back; when Ock gave himself a new body after that. How might things shake out in any of those situations? Or if you want you can come up with a scenario of your own!

Character(s) without soulmate marks get one after body swap/body share with each other is undone
Getting back in their own bodies after bodyswapping/body sharing results in soulbond

Okay, one of these is suddenly soulmate marks and one of them is a soulbond, but they're both positing the same scenario: They were bodyswapped/body sharing and now are inextricably linked and have to deal with that now. There is, of course, the canon body swap, and the canon body share when Otto was in Peter's body and Peter was still sort of inside his own head, but you can also make up a share/swap, purposeful or accidental. They'd already have had to deal with THAT complicated situation; how do they deal with jumping straight from that to suddenly being/realizing they're soulmates or being soulbonded afterwards?

Compatible People Leave Color on Your Skin When They Touch You
Soulmate's touch causes (temporary) skin discoloration

Enemies to lovers - Accidental Soulbond

Totally accidental soulbond is one way a soulbond can happen, and I absolutely LOVE enemies to lovers for these two. I especially love it when it's not just carnal, but also actually legitimately growing closer and falling for each other. A soulbond can be great for that! Do they try to break it? Can it be broken?

Forced soulbond by third party

Another way a soulbond could happen; who might be responsible for this? I love the idea of a mutual enemy trying to get them both out of the way, or someone gunning for one of them and willing to fuck over the other one like nothing personal, this is just convenient. What is the third party's endgame, what's their plan? Do Ock and Spidey try to break it? Can it be broken?

Soulbonding is the only way for A to save B

Okay, look, Peter Parker absolutely would. He'll give a lot to save a life, even the lives of his enemies. That said, some takes on Doctor Octopus I could also buy doing this to save Spider-Man's life specifically -- namely the one from those two issues where Ock is desperate to save Spider-Man's life, and very possibly Year One Ock by the end of it. Do they try to break the soulbond after it's made? Can it be broken? Do they find out that breaking it would cause the person whose life had been saved to die after all -- or, due to the soulbond, to cause both of them to die? (Please no actual character deaths, whether or not they manage to safely break the bond or decide they just have to live with it.)

Soulmate-Identifying Mark Appears When You Come of Age

I just really like this one because belated soulmate marks showing up when you've already committed to the person being your enemy that you have to fight a lot is great, and Peter would have been fighting Ock for a couple years before getting that mark at eighteen! Did Ock get his mark at eighteen already (but not realize Spider-Man is Peter Parker or that the mark is otherwise indicating Spider-Man), or do they both get their marks simultaneously when the younger of the two comes of age? How do they handle this abrupt new wrench thrown in their tempestuous relationship?

Soulmates can sense each other nearby—even before they've met

I won't lie, this one works especially well with Year One, given how Ock can sense the radiation in Spidey's blood in it. Maybe it's mutual, and maybe instead it's this and they don't realize it at first? Or it can be set at various other points in the main comics continuity -- maybe it's even a sensation that Spidey initially mistakes for his spider-sense even if it's not quite the same, before realizing...

Soulmates Have Words They Will First Exchange Written On Their Body

Canonically, this could be a couple different things! If going with the original meeting from 1963, Peter would just have "Spider-Man!" written on his skin, and Otto would have "Hold it, Doc! How about picking on someone who can fight you back?" (Maybe a little concerning...) If going with the Year One reimagining, Peter would have "Here. I believe these belong to you, young man." written on his skin, and Otto would have "At least they didn't break." (In the context of Otto's life: Ouch!) Or, given that this would be an AU where maybe people would be sure to say unique things to strangers, maybe their initial meeting might have shaken out differently! How would they respond to these things? In the original it was Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus entering combat; in Year One it was Peter Parker and Otto Octavius pre-accidents. How might things have gone from there, either way?

Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

Listen... Listen. This one's just hot. It makes fighting one another more complicated, it makes fights with others gain H/C potential, and the pleasure part makes their bond way, way more intimate than they might otherwise choose. This could work with something plotty or just with porn. Go wild and have fun with this one!

Surprise Soulbond Forces Enemies To Change Sides

I won't lie, I love villain redemption stuff. A lot. I also love both characters on opposite sides coming to meet more towards the middle, and I would absolutely count it if you did that and adore it! Have their sudden unexpected soulbond really shake things up for Ock or for both of them!

Temporary soulbond accidentally becomes permanent because of stressful/unexpected situation

I am really intrigued by this one. Why was it temporary at first? Was it accidental but still fixable until something happens and then it can't be undone anymore? Was it done on purpose but they thought it'd be guaranteed temporary and they'd be able to take it back (maybe, again, one of them using it to save the other's life), but then suddenly they can't? What happens that makes it suddenly permanent and how do they react to that?

Canon-Specific DNWs

Doctor Octopus being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
permanent character death of any canon characters
focus on infidelity (preference is for handwaving Peter not dating anyone, or open relationship stuff, but I know Peter's usually dating Mary Jane/sometimes Black Cat/sometimes someone else so I just don't want focus on cheating)

Canon-Specific Likes

nicknames! pet names! I like it when things someone is called in anger or to annoy them at first shift over to being totally normal and then even endearments over time, like Doctor Octopus calling Spider-Man "wall-crawler" or "web-slinger/web-spinner" or "arachnid", or Spider-Man calling Doctor Octopus "Doc," "Ock," or "Doc Ock", but I am also super into exploring moments when maybe one calls the other by their real name, whether "Parker" or "Peter," whether "Dr. Octavius" or "Otto"; is it a threat or is it an appeal or is it intimate?
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for these characters! I can especially see nonbinary Doctor Octopus but trans man and trans woman both totally work for me for different reasons as well; I especially enjoy trans woman or nonbinary Spidey but trans man is also totally acceptable. and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

The Last Halloween (Webcomic)
Eugene Otto/Robert

I love this ship, there's just so much complexity here... Unhealthiness, but not for lack of trying.

I'm fascinated by how Robert talks about their relationship, how the way he tells Mona about it makes it sound like he really did legitimately want things to work between himself and Gene, likely did not realize where his immense jealousy was leading until it happened, but his mixed feelings now about not even knowing if he regrets it or not. I love that you can tell he loved Gene in his own way then and might even be capable of different, healthier kinds of love now -- might even have been more capable then than he'd believed -- but still wound up ruining Gene's life and killing him... and how Gene asked him to kill him. I love the whole monster aspect entirely, a creature who is born when you are and whose life is tied to yours in so many inextricable ways, how it leaves you both vulnerable, and all the monsters' thoughts on that. I love how their history had them so intertwined from when Gene was a young child to when he died an adult.

Also, I love how complicated and tragic they are in basically all ways, but I'd prefer a more... wistful feel than purely tragic, despite both their canon fates, if possible. And you can feel free to give them a happier ending, too!

Requested Tags

Character A is the only one who realized they're soulmates with Character B

See, the thing about this is, "every human has a monster and vice-versa, their lives are linked inextricably, and humans don't know monsters exist" can so easily be just slightly tweaked to be a soulmate thing... Robert knowing that Gene is his soulmate and that soulmates are very much both a blessing and a curse while Gene doesn't even know soulmates are a thing would work far too well.

Cross-species soulmates have different soulmate signs/indications
Different cultures/species have different soulmate methods

Alternately, an AU where monsters have soulmates and humans also have and are aware of soulmates and maybe they aren't usually... each other... but oops the human-monster relationship that so often ends in murder gets severely complicated when they're soulmates too!

Name Of Soulmate And Greatest Enemy Both Written On Body (But They're The Same Person)

Honestly? I'm imagining that humans have this soulmate indicator system (and maybe monsters are even a Known Thing in this AU because they show up as the humans' Greatest Enemies just often enough)... but then suddenly Gene only has one name written on his body and it's Robert's.

A soulmark is seen as an Achilles Heel

Again this is kind of just slightly tweaked canon for the monsters. Oh, if your soulmate dies you immediately die too, unless you're the one to kill your soulmate and then you're suddenly immortal? Can't get much more Achilles Heel-y than that!

Soulmate-Identifying Mark Appears When You Come of Age

Just the thought of Gene meeting Robert when he's, like, four, and growing up with him, and ending up with that weird relationship with him, and then reaching eighteen and suddenly getting a mark that indicates Robert as his soulmate... Yikes. I kind of love this. (This could also really work with "Name Of Soulmate And Greatest Enemy Both Written On Body (But They're The Same Person)" but it definitely doesn't have to!)

Soulmates Acknowledge They Belong With Each Other During the Apocalypse

In some AU where Gene is alive during the events of canon (or the events of canon happen while Gene is alive, or Gene gets resurrected during them somehow...), this could be very, very interesting.

Soulmates can sense each other nearby—even before they've met

I don't really have much to say about this one, it just feels like it could be played for some nice creepiness as well as the usual soulmate intimacy!

Soulmates feel each other's pain
Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

Given that Robert is not only a monster but also a living doll, it's interesting to me that maybe he doesn't feel much pain and maybe he doesn't really feel pleasure at all?? Or at least not sexual pleasure or anything. So either or both of these could be a neat way to let him experience surprising new things, maybe be a bit off-balance for once.

Soulmates name on skin but we're both lying about our names

Okay, it's not exactly lying and it isn't precisely identity porn... But given that Robert might not have had a name before meeting Gene at all, maybe there's no name on Gene's skin, even. Maybe it was assumed that he has no soulmate, but... And of course Eugene Otto stops going by Robert very, very early on, giving that part of his name to Robert -- and maybe it's even because he sees the name Robert Otto written on Robert? From the outside, almost no one would really be able to guess that Robert and Eugene Otto are each others' soulmates even if monsters are known and it's known that Robert's a monster, because the names written on them are Robert Otto and [absolutely nothing]. And that really intrigues me.

Canon-Specific DNWs

implications that they never loved each other, especially that Robert never loved Gene
smut if Gene is under 15
shutting the door completely on the idea of a)Robert ever getting an afterlife b)these two ever making up (it not happening in the fic is fine, just no "this is impossible/will never happen")
trans headcanons of any kind for Gene specifically

Canon-Specific Likes

Halloween stuff works especially well for this canon
as does spooky stuff
meeting again in the afterlife!
AU where Robert never killed Gene
AU where Gene is a kid during the canon time period and he and Robert meet then
really complicated relationship between these two
forgiveness, second chances, trying again somehow
anything set during their long relationship
protectiveness (Robert being protective of Gene against other monsters makes the most sense but Gene being protective of Robert against something could be interesting?)
if you're interested, I like to imagine nonhuman characters being ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about gender, so an interpretation of Robert not actually having anything like human gender would be cool; I can imagine him having absolutely no preferred pronouns and just going with whatever anybody calls him, but feel free to go with whatever! and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Otto Octavius/Adrian Toomes

I am just WAY TOO INVESTED in these ridiculous theatrical supervillains being pre-supervillain friends who are now loyal and in love while trying to take over the world/take murderous revenge!

While the first episode introduces both characters with Adrian furious at Otto, it makes sense, since they seem to have been close before (the photo on Otto's wall in the Doctor Octopus origin episode!) and Adrian was probably feeling hurt/betrayed. The rest of their dynamic is so far from what one might expect from that first impression that it's insane! Reunited as cellmates, Vulture helping Doc Ock with a big jailbreak, not just working together in the Sinister Six but Vulture ceding his desire to take vengeance on Osborn to follow Ock's plan to take out Spider-Man first... And they just never work apart again? Adrian is one of only three people to find out the Master Planner's true identity, part of his inner circle! When Ock tests out the technology meant to allow him to hack into every single electrical device in the city, he does so by trying to kill Norman Osborn, seemingly for Adrian's sake, and despite revenge being Vulture's driving motivation Adrian is totally fine about it not working. When Otto tries to credit him Phineas Mason and for doing brilliant work assembling the technology, Adrian immediately demurs the compliment and turns it back around on him: "The brainwork was all yours, Otto." For a grouchy old man, he smiles a lot around Otto, too!

And even after the Master Planner's master plan is defeated and literally every other member of the Sinister Six seems to go their separate ways and do their own things, Vulture just stays with Doctor Octopus, seemingly acting as bodyguard for the auction, for the Valentine's Day summit (where they also dress up fancy and hot)... There are also just these cute little touches I love, like how in the first Sinister Six fight when Spider-Man jumps on the Vulture's back you can see the back of Doctor Octopus's head tracking them, and a few moments later Otto is the one to pull Spider-Man off Adrian's back. And when Doctor Octopus puts a tentacle on everyone's shoulders in the Sinister Six ep to ease them back down into their chairs, it looks like his tentacle is on Adrian's back instead of his shoulder. And when Hammerhead shoots at Adrian at the summit and knocks him unconscious, Otto's cry of "TREACHERY!" is fuckin pissed and he just has no patience for Tombstone in that fight after. I love how Ock seems to honestly care about his team and make an effort to make them happy, and how Vulture is perfectly willing to put his own goals on the backburner in a way that feels very "I am helping this man take over the world because he wants to and he deserves to get whatever he wants, fuck you." I love seeing these supervillains have huge soft spots, in general and especially for each other!

TL;DR they married, ty for reading my villain shipping Ted Talk.

Requested Tags

Fell in love before they knew they were soulmates

I could really easily imagine that, if they weren't actually in love pre-canon, the embers were there and it didn't take much for them to reach that point. You could set this pre-canon (maybe with them working together at Tri Corp?) when they realize they're soulmates or have them come to that realization during or after the events of the series. I just really love them happy to be in love whatever this whole soulmate deal has to say about it (and then surprise! it says they got it right!). I love the idea that they would have been contentedly together even if they hadn't found it out, too, and are just pleased that it worked out so well or are like "well, that's nice, but it doesn't actually change anything, really." Though if they have the realization pre-canon I feel like Otto would probably a little more thrilled/relieved/intensely nervous.

First Orgasm With Your Soulmate

Look, I just really love smut with these two and really intense orgasms are hot, with really intense orgasms due to being soulmates and having sex for the first time is both very hot and very emotional/sappy in the best way. Again, can be set pre-, during, or post-canon.

Forced soulbond by third party

This one would probably be set during or after canon, because now they have real enemies! Who might be forcing this soulbond? Green Goblin, somehow? (With a chemical/gas?) Tombstone, somehow?? Or is this an AU where the legal system might get involved and do this sort of thing as punishment/rehabilitation attempt; maybe cellmates in Ryker's are soulbonded for ~reasons. I could see them already being in love and just having to navigate this as a complication/inconvenience (with maybe some bright spots), but I could also see them as already being in love but not having admitted it to one another before this, or somehow not realizing before the soulbond that they're in love, just sort of taking their comfort with and pleasure being around each other for granted a little. Go with whatever; this could be a really fun prompt!

Not everybody has a soulmate/soulbond
Not everyone has a soul mark

These are just two variations on these two a)being unique and special and/or b)having to deal with a situation they have less of a roadmap for, maybe even none at all. For the soulmate thing especially, I'd be really interested to explore what they think about soulmates and how they might feel either thinking they don't have one or knowing that they're one of the ones (one of the few?) that do. Is Adrian perfectly content to think he doesn't have a soulmate until he realizes he DOES have one; is Otto intimidated by the idea of maybe being a disappointment to his soulmate until he becomes Doctor Octopus and gains new confidence? And of course soulbonds being unusual leaves them with no clue what's going on, what the extent of it is, and how to stop it!

Soulmate cuddles

NEGL I don't have much to say about this. I am just a huge sap and I ship these two a whole lot. Them luxuriating in snuggles could be so cozily written, talking about how each others' bodies and warmth and presences feel; get really indulgent with this one!

Soulmates can sense each other nearby—even before they've met
Soulmates Have Words They Will First Exchange Written On Their Body

These are just two soulmate signs/indicators that I really like! Both of these lend themselves well to pre-canon fic (feel free to make up their first meeting, obviously), but the "can sense each other nearby" also adds in some neat potential tactics for them working together as supervillains that you could play around with!

Soulmates feel each other's pain
Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

This is so, so good for protectiveness, lashing out in revenge, fear, and H/C, and the pleasure part is just hot and really good for smut.

Touches from soulmates causes intense pleasure

Maybe they don't touch very often in front of other people because they're disciplined and professional and that's best kept to private moments. Maybe in more private moments they touch a lot. Maybe they steal little teasing touches when they have a moment alone, too. This one could be fun to play with, I would love whatever you do with it!

Work partners to soulmates – doesn’t develop until completely trusted by partners

Honestly, it does make me laugh to imagine them becoming soulmates due to becoming such good work partners at Tri Corp, but it might fit even better if "work partners" meant the Sinister Six/supervillainy in general! Given how Vulture attacks the Homeland Security building solely as a distraction for Ock in "Shear Strength," and then after that episode is just constantly acting as his backup/bodyguard ~~birdyguard~~, they obviously hit an immense amount of trust at some point and them slipping into being soulmates due to how well they work together as supervillains makes me smile.

Canon-Specific DNWs

any of the Sinister Six, especially these two specifically, being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
either character betraying the other
honestly, any of the Sinister Six betraying each other (Shocker not included, he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
Electro being referred to as anything other than Electro if he shows up/is mentioned

Canon-Specific Likes

noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Mysterio/Tinkerer(/Chameleon), Sandman/Rhino
Otto/Adrian/Electro is noncanon poly I would be totally okay with, so long as Otto and Adrian have heavy focus; obviously this is not necessary
generally I like Sinister Six poly even if it's not the focus, actually, if the rest of the Sinister Six are included, I just really want Otto and Adrian to be heavily focused on!
NICKNAMES/PET NAMES, and honestly, I count how Otto and Adrian always seem to address each other by their first names; I also like, if you include him in the fic at all, the way Electro always calls Otto "Doc" and seems to call Adrian "Vulch" and they are both totally open to being called those things from him!
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for either/both of these characters; for both of them I'm happy with anything, nonbinary or trans man or trans woman. trans headcanons for any other Sinister Six if they show up are also 100% good; I would prefer Electro as a trans woman or nonbinary if you write that character as trans, but anything goes for all the rest of them! and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Quentin Beck/Phineas Mason

THESE TWO MAKE ME HAPPY. When we're first introduced to them they're the kinda grouchy-seeming professionals working with Chameleon and playing a dumb card-flicking game ~~in "bisexuals can't sit normally" fashion~~ while they wait. They're basically Chameleon's backup in that episode, and you don't get to see fully what they're like until the second season, but I really like the juxtaposition of how they are in this episode as compared to later ones! (Personally, I feel as if neither of them had their supervillain identities at all until somewhere between "Persona" and "Blueprints" when the Master Planner hired them. I also feel that they'd been working together for at least a little while before their introductory episode, though who was the first to work with who, out of the three of them, and for how long, is totally up to you. Also up to you whether they usually call each other by first name or last name, and how often they call each other by supervillain name nowadays!)

Quentin Beck used to be a special effects technician before leaving for his life of crime, and he's got a very interesting balance between his real self and the Mysterio act that I find really fun! He's a professional and Mysterio is an overly-theatrical fuckin dork, but Quentin is also deep down (and not so deep down) a theatrical dork. I can imagine that Quentin puts some of the things he wants to be into Mysterio, because that's common for supervillains and superheroes both, but Mysterio is also a role he plays for a specific purpose: misdirection, keeping people focused on him rather than his tricks or the crimes his act is distracting away from! That said, he got hired to be Mysterio for the thefts and then just decided that was fun as hell and absolutely wanted to do from then on, so there's also that element to him. I feel like he's also enjoying getting to be center stage as Mysterio in a way he doesn't get to be on jobs with Chameleon. Phineas Mason, on the other hand, is an inventor who rolls his eyes at "actors" being theatrical but is absolutely theatrical himself even if he won't admit it. I don't think he's an actor, not in the way that Chameleon and Quentin are; he was wayyy in the background in "Persona" in non-speaking roles whenever his presence was necessary out in the field, and he seems to prefer to stay back and provide "technical support" and make things for other people to use. But he obviously has fun leaning into the mad scientist supervillain act at least a little ("allow me to introduce our host and benefactor"; "welcome to your lair, Master Planner"; "all that remains is calibration... and testing") and occasionally amuses himself making dorky jokes ("put even more 'ric' in your 'ochet'"). I also imagine he has no criminal record (the arrest at the end of "Persona" didn't seem to stick and one of the cops did say in the first episode that the people Spider-Man apprehends nearly always walk...) and is staying in the background to avoid getting one for as long as possible, because him being able to work within the law is really convenient for them.

Basically, though, I love the dynamic of two characters who are just doing this shit because they love it, who've been working together a while and are developing supervillain personas kind of simultaneously mostly for the fun of it. I have a feeling Tinkerer made most of the robots and tech that Mysterio uses, though Quentin himself also contributed the "will-weaking" gas and the mask and makeup for his own android. (Which also means that the reason Quentin is just never arrested after "Persona" and it's always a goddamn android is thanks to Phineas, which makes me smile.) Phineas might not even charge him for that stuff! Just in general they're basically married and I love that.

Requested Tags

Fell in love before they knew they were soulmates

I seriously just love scenarios where characters fall in love in a world with soulmates and just decide, you know what, whether you're my soulmate or not I love you and we're gonna make this work. And then it works! This is a great prompt for that. They weren't going to wait for "permission" aka to find out that they're soulmates and therefore Destined To Be or whatever, they're going to go just for it. They don't care about any other laws anyway, why this particular universal one? This could easily be set pre-, during, or post-canon.

Finding Your Soulmate Counts as Being Legally Married No Matter the Situation

Honestly, I just like scenarios where these two are married because I love the idea of Phineas using the law to their advantage. Hospital visitations, conjugal visits? Check. Can't be compelled to testify against each other in court? Check. And I love all this simultaneous with them being (or, in this case, maybe eventually falling) legitimately in love and happy to be married as well as it being practical! This could easily be set pre-, during, or post-canon.

First Orgasm With Your Soulmate

Must be in love before a soulbond will form

This tag works especially well for two different scenarios: They knew they were in love but either didn't know that would open them up for a soulbond or knew it was a possibility but figured it was incredibly unlikely (and then oops), or they know this rule about soulbonds and suddenly they've formed one and it makes them realize they are actually legitimately in love holy shit. Both of these are catnip for me so go with whatever!

Soulbonded for Practical/Impersonal Reasons; Emotional Connection an Accident
Work soulbond accidentally turns into a real soulbond

I don't know what a "work soulbond" is but it makes me grin every time I see it! I imagine this is a temporary (or weaker-than-normal), purposefully-induced soulbond they set up for the purposes of some job, either working with Chameleon or working together as supervillains. Maybe to get past security that checks to see if someone is bonded, for some reason? Maybe to more believably fool people in some act or other? But then either it turns "real" (probably aka permanent, or at least much stronger) or something that had been purely professional starts getting complicated by Feelings and Desires...

Soulbonded partners feel each other's pleasure even when with other people

This is just an incredibly hot tag legit. I do want them to have agreed that this is fine beforehand and for all parties to be aware and into it, but other than that... Whether they're all in the same room or the characters having sex are elsewhere is up to you, how many partners is mostly up to you, and who those partners are is mostly up to you. I am always happy to have one of them fucking Chameleon, or basically any of the Sinister Six come to that, and you're always welcome to use OCs; Quentin I am also happy having sex with Shocker, and Phineas I'm happy having sex with any/all of the Enforcers, Tombstone, or Silvio Manfredi.

Soulmates Have Words They Will First Exchange Written On Their Body
Soulmate-Identifying Timers

These are just two of my favorite soulmate indicators, though you're welcome to use others! For these, though, I like thinking about the logistics of how people might actually greet one another when first meeting in a world where soulmates and "first words exchanged" signs are a thing, and I really like the anticipation and potential nerves of seeing your soulmate timer counting down and knowing it's incredibly soon. With the latter, I kind of like the idea that Chameleon introduces them to one another for professional purposes and when they realize what's going on they're like "whoa, wait, holy shit." But really anything works! Obviously these tags work best pre-canon and you're welcome to make up a first meeting!

Soulmates - Writing on your skin will temporarily be seen by your soulmate
Soulmates Can Communicate By Writing On Their Own Skin

I just love the idea of this when these two do a lot of undercover and stealth work. I bet being able to communicate via writing like that from even a great distance would come in handy quite a bit, even if there are some limits and issues with it! This might work best pre-canon, but post-canon working with Chameleon again or supervillain stuff would also work!

Soulmates feel each other's pain
Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

This is just so good for protectiveness, fear, H/C... For the pain part, you could even go with that bit in "Shear Strength" where Phineas's getaway van gets totaled and then he gets dropped off a building a few times (though you can also go with some other scenario entirely, ofc); rescue and H/C could be fun there! And the pleasure part is just really hot and perfect for smut.

Surprise Soulbond Complicates Undercover Work

What on earth happened that ended up with them soulbonded? Does the surprise soulbond happen while they're undercover, or does it happen before they need to go undercover and suddenly there's a problem with them doing that? Do they need to rework the plan so they can stick closer to each other? Does it make them inordinately distracted? This might work best pre-canon, but post-canon working with Chameleon again would also work!

Work partners to soulmates – doesn’t develop until completely trusted by partners

I love them working with Chameleon and being very professional at first and working better and better together and getting closer and then suddenly they're an incredibly effective team that trusts each other implicitly and then whoa wait suddenly we are soulmates. Maybe they're taken aback and have to reassess exactly what they are to each other, or maybe it's not that much of a surprise. This one might work best pre-canon, but it could also be done with them being work partners first with Chameleon and then as supervillains!

Canon-Specific DNWs

these two, Chameleon, or really any of the Sinister Six being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
betrayal of or by Chameleon; honestly, any of the Sinister Six betraying each other, including them turning on Ock or Ock on them (Shocker not included, he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
Electro being referred to as anything other than Electro if he shows up/is mentioned

Canon-Specific Likes

noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Doctor Octopus/Vulture(/Electro), Sandman/Rhino
I mean I requested Quentin/Chameleon/Phineas as a totally different ship but you are welcome to write the OT3 for any of these really!
generally I like Sinister Six poly even if it's not the focus, actually, if the Sinister Six are included
nicknames! pet names! I count Chameleon's habit of referring to literally everyone by surname as this tbh, I like that he calls these two Beck and Mason, and that they call him Chameleon as that seems to be how he wants to be known. I like Electro's habit of calling Doctor Octopus "Doc" and Vulture "Vulch"; if he shows up in the fic, maybe he calls them "Mysty" and/or "Tink"? (If so I'd rather they like it than hate it.) I would love them calling each other endearments, them calling each other by surname as well but it still being intimate, them calling each other by supervillain name (teasingly? flirtatiously?), them calling each other by their first names or even Quentin calling Phineas "Phin" is fine. I love any type of this shit.
any type of h/c stuff is great but if you want to set anything after that bit in "Shear Strength" with the car accident and psychological torture, I would love to see Phineas get rescued, helped, comforted after that; feel free to go with other h/c scenarios though, they are ALL excellent, any type of job or situation going wrong and one or both getting hurt or put in danger!
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for either/both of these characters! I like the idea of Phineas as a trans man (though nonbinary or trans woman are acceptable), and I could see Quentin as anything really, and if Chameleon is included I especially like nonbinary for him. trans headcanons for any other Sinister Six if they show up are also 100% good; I would prefer Electro as a trans woman or nonbinary if you write that character as trans, but anything goes for all the rest of them! and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Quentin Beck/Chameleon/Phineas Mason

SAME AS THE SECTION ABOVE WITH QUENTIN AND PHINEAS, but now Chameleon is added to the mix and I love this additional element with both of them! IMO it was absolutely brilliant for The Spectacular Spider-Man to introduce these three as a team working together; Mysterio might have hired the Chameleon once in the comics, but otherwise none of them really teamed up, but it works perfectly! The person who can disguise himself as anyone, the special effects expert, and the inventor/technological expert have a lot to offer each other, and I love that they seem to usually hire themselves out to steal shit for the rich and powerful.

Chameleon is a fascinating character to me, both in and of himself and in the dynamic with these two. He's a professional who can have a no-nonsense sort of response to things (seeing his phone call with the person who hired them to steal the symbiote, and his "I did not sign on for this" response in the finale), but who also has a mischievous sense of humor and is absolutely theatrical especially when inhabiting a role (his Spider-Man impression was really funny to me). He has his own life and isn't always working with Beck and Phineas, but given the way he talked in "Persona" I get the strong impression Beck makes his disguises, including the face masks, so I imagine they at least keep in touch often. I also feel like the three of them worked together for at least a few years before we meet them in canon, which is a dynamic I love; they'd all be very used to each other! And I enjoy the idea that when they do jobs together they split the take rather than Beck or Phineas charging Chameleon (or each other) or anything... As well as really liking the idea that even being incredibly close with the two of them it's just Chameleon's habit to call even people he loves by their surnames. I also also like how "Mason" and "Beck"'s names are first given while Chameleon is requesting their help and simultaneously praising their skills! And I just in general really love the idea of a team of criminals who work great together and highly respect one another's skills and are also all in love. (Though I also don't mind if it's a poly V so long as the center of the V is Quentin or Phineas, not Chameleon.)

I'm also fascinated by Chameleon in the sense of like... Outside of Chameleon, who is often pretending to be other people, who is he? Does he even have a legal identity outside of Chameleon, or has he erased it? Feel free to use the name Dmitri Smerdyakov for him (though I prefer he not be related to Kraven in this universe), but if you wanted to solely stick with Chameleon for him or give him a fake name like, idk, Leon Smirnov (the most common surname in Russia, basically like giving him the surname Smith) or w/e that he goes by now when necessary that is obviously not his birth name, go nuts.

Requested Tags

Character already has a soulmate; gets a second soulmark
Polyamory - A Group of Soulmates
Polyamory - Soulmates A and B surprised to find C
Some people have more than one soulmate/soulbond
Soulmate-Identifying Mark is Ambiguous/Could Refer to More Than One Person

THESE ARE THE POLY TAGS! I don't have much to say about each individually, I just absolutely love 3+ people all being soulmates with one another! You can easily set the fic during the time when they already are all together and know they're all soulmates, but you could also set it before that; if two of them are together and suddenly they realize there's a third, I don't mind who's initially together and who's the third... I feel like it makes sense that Chameleon might know and work with both Quentin and Phineas before they know each other, so Chameleon might be one of the initial pair, but if you have another idea, go nuts! And as for that last one... "Ambiguous/Could Refer to More Than One Person" of course in this context it does refer to more than one person. ;) Turns out it refers to both other people! I love that idea a lot and I'd love if you wrote it, seriously. Or, finally, if you want to go with soulbond instead of soulmates... maybe a lot of people can't have a soulbond with more than one person simultaneously, but these three manage it somehow? Go nuts!

Fell in love before they knew they were soulmates
Soulmates - Dating for Years Before Realizing You're Soulmates

I seriously just love scenarios where characters fall in love in a world with soulmates and just decide, you know what, whether you're my soulmates or not I love you both and we're gonna make this work. And then it works! This is a great prompt for that. They weren't going to wait for "permission" aka to find out that they're soulmates and therefore Destined To Be or whatever, they're going to go just for it. They don't care about any other laws anyway, why this particular universal one? This also works well if two of them know they're soulmates but no one knows at first that the third is also part of it, but all three decide they're going to be together anyway. This one might be best set pre-canon, but post-canon meeting up and working together again is fully possible and also excellent!

Finding Your Soulmate Counts as Being Legally Married No Matter the Situation

Honestly, I just like scenarios where any/all of these characters are married because I love the idea of Phineas using the law to their advantage. Hospital visitations, conjugal visits? Check. Can't be compelled to testify against one another in court? Check. And I love all this simultaneous with them being (or, in this case, maybe eventually falling) legitimately in love and happy to be married as well as it being practical! This could easily be set either pre- or post-canon. (Actually, you can probably take it as read that this is true of all of these unless otherwise stated, tbqh.)

Forced soulbond by third party

This one would probably be set after canon, solely because the power level has just crept way the hell up. Who might be forcing this soulbond? Green Goblin, somehow, in revenge for Chameleon's "failure"? Venom, somehow, holding a grudge for the yacht? Some mark of theirs who's not pleased by being targeted (maybe Roderick Kingsley somehow)? I could see them already being in love/together and just having to navigate this as a complication/inconvenience (with maybe some bright spots), but I could also see them as already being in love but not having admitted it to one another before this, or somehow not realizing before the soulbond that they're in love rather than just an incredible team, or two of them being a thing but not the third, or one of them being a thing with the other two but those two not admitting they have feelings... etc. Go with whatever; this could be a really fun prompt!

Sharing Physical Pleasure Through Soul Bond
Soulbond allows all parties to feel what the others are feeling
Soulbonded partners feel each other's pleasure even when with other people

These are just incredibly hot tags legit. I looove soulbonds conferring shared physical pleasure, and this can work with masturbation, all three of them having sex with each other and getting overwhelmed by all of them feeling ALL of it, two of them having sex while one isn't allowed to touch (or isn't physically there but can feel it)... This can also work with them having sex with other people entirely! If you do go that route, I do want them to have agreed that this is fine beforehand and for all parties to be aware and into it, but other than that: I am always happy to have any of them fucking basically any of the Sinister Six, and you're always welcome to use OCs; Quentin I am also happy having sex with Shocker, and Phineas I'm happy having sex with any/all of the Enforcers, Tombstone, or Silvio Manfredi. But seriously, I'd be over the moon with you leaving it with these three! (It also occurs to me that "feel what the others are feeling" could also include emotions, which could be very intimate or very worrying depending on what's happening! Feel free to play around with THAT.)

Soulbonded for Practical/Impersonal Reasons; Emotional Connection an Accident
Work soulbond accidentally turns into a real soulbond

I don't know what a "work soulbond" is but it makes me grin every time I see it! I imagine this is a temporary (or weaker-than-normal), purposefully-induced soulbond they set up for the purposes of some job... Maybe to get past security that checks to see if someone is bonded, for some reason? Maybe to more believably fool people in some act or other? But then either it turns "real" (probably aka permanent, or at least much stronger) or something that had been purely professional starts getting complicated by Feelings and Desires... I am also fine with two of them having a legitimate soulbond and them artificially bringing in the third temporarily/maybe less strongly for work purposes and then all of them catching feelings.

Soulmate-Identifying Timers

This is just one of my favorite soulmate indicators, though you're welcome to use others! For this particular one, though, there are two elements about it I really love. One is the anticipation and potential nerves of seeing your soulmate timer counting down and knowing it's happening incredibly soon. The other is, in a situation where you have more than one soulmate, your timer counting down until you meet each other and this is your soulmate... and then after flashing 0:00 for a few moments, you both notice that both of your soulmate timers have started up again counting down from a new number, either the same one or different ones. When it comes to Chameleon/Quentin and Chameleon/Phineas I imagine they meet professionally or they stumble in on Chameleon committing some crime and want to get involved; when it comes to Quentin/Phineas I kind of like the idea that Chameleon introduces them to one another for professional purposes and when they all realize what's going on they're like "whoa, wait, holy shit" (or Chameleon realizes what's going to happen due to noticing the "coincidence" of their timers). But really anything works! And obviously this tag works best pre-canon and you're welcome to make up first meetings!

Soulmates - Writing on your skin will temporarily be seen by your soulmate
Soulmates Can Communicate By Writing On Their Own Skin

I just love the idea of this when these three do a lot of undercover and stealth work together! I bet being able to communicate via writing like that from even a great distance would come in handy quite a bit, even if there are some limits and issues with it.

Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

This is just so good for protectiveness, rescues (including competence porn with two working together to rescue the third!), fear, H/C... And the pleasure part is just really hot and perfect for smut. Feel free to make up your own danger or H/C or porn scenarios, I will love anything!

Surprise Soulbond Complicates Undercover Work

What on earth happened that ended up with them soulbonded? Does the surprise soulbond happen while they're undercover, or does it happen before they need to go undercover and suddenly there's a problem with them doing that? Do they need to rework the plan so they can all stick closer to one another? Does it make them inordinately distracted?

Work partners to soulmates – doesn’t develop until completely trusted by partners

I loooove these three all working together and being very professional at first and working better and better together and getting closer and then suddenly they're an incredibly effective team that trusts each other implicitly and then whoa wait suddenly we're all soulmates? Maybe they're taken aback and have to reassess exactly what they are to each other, or maybe it's really not that much of a surprise when it comes down to it.

Canon-Specific DNWs

any of these three, or honestly any of the Sinister Six, being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
honestly, any of these three or any of the Sinister Six betraying each other, including them turning on Ock or Ock on them (Shocker not included, he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
Electro being referred to as anything other than Electro if he shows up/is mentioned

Canon-Specific Likes

noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Doctor Octopus/Vulture(/Electro), Sandman/Rhino
generally I like Sinister Six poly even if it's not the focus, actually, if the Sinister Six are included
nicknames! pet names! I count Chameleon's habit of referring to literally everyone by surname as this tbh, I like that he calls these two Beck and Mason, and that they call him Chameleon as that seems to be how he wants to be known. I like Electro's habit of calling Doctor Octopus "Doc" and Vulture "Vulch"; if he shows up in the fic, maybe he calls them "Mysty" and/or "Tink"? (If so I'd rather they like it than hate it.) I would love them calling each other endearments, them calling each other by surname as well but it still being intimate, them calling each other by supervillain name (teasingly? flirtatiously?), them calling each other by their first names or even Quentin calling Phineas "Phin" is fine. I love any type of this shit.
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for any/all of these characters! I like the idea of Phineas as a trans man (though nonbinary or trans woman are acceptable), and I could see Quentin as anything really, and I especially like nonbinary for Chameleon. trans headcanons for any other Sinister Six if they show up are also 100% good; I would prefer Electro as a trans woman or nonbinary if you write that character as trans, but anything goes for all the rest of them! and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!

The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Otto Octavius/Peter Parker

Peter's relationship with Otto in this show is... not great but also a little bit complicated! Doctor Octopus is one of his biggest enemies, of course. And Otto's kinda been trying to kill Spider-Man since waking up after his "accident" (and assumes at least at first that Spider-Man was responsible for the accident, trying to kill him!). I find it really interesting that Spider-Man was first introduced to Doc Ock (maybe for the very first time ever) in those moments when he was unconscious as just this ordinary Oscorp scientist who nearly died and had a bunch of rubble fall on him, and then during that initial fight -- right until Ock takes Liz hostage at Coney Island the next day -- Spider-Man doesn't actually properly fight Otto. Like, while Otto is lashing out at him and pursuing him, the most Spider-Man does until he threatens Liz's life is yoinking his arms out from under him, and at Oscorp and Tri Corp he doesn't actually fight Otto at all. Like, he's still treating Otto as this scientist who's not doing so hot after his accident.

In fact, one of Spider-Man's main things in this show is usually minimum force and always trying to keep everyone alive, "bad guys included!"; while he does fight and trade blows with Doctor Octopus later, a notable example of him pulling punches is in "Gangland" when Ock rips up a huge chunk of pavement, flings it at Spider-Man's head, and Spider-Man ducks, webs it out of the air, slings it back around towards Ock, but purposefully slams it into the ground at Ock's feet to make the ground collapse rather than hitting him with it. (I really appreciate little details of choreography like that and Spider-Man not fighting at all during the first Ock scene at Oscorp!) Spider-Man also doesn't follow up with it much, but he's tried to reach out to almost every one of his villains at least once! And recently, with Sandman, it actually worked, which might stick in his mind...

So we have a supervillain who's definitely trying to kill a superhero and who might have some mild interest in said superhero's photographer but not enough to bother him apparently, and a superhero who wants to stop said supervillain but definitely doesn't want him badly hurt or dead and who seemed initially pretty sympathetic to the scientist he used to be and has something of a habit of trying to reach out to his villains... Peter knows that Doctor Octopus is Otto Octavius, of course, but Otto has no idea that Spider-Man is Peter Parker. There's quite a bit to work with here, imo, and the more I think about these dynamics, the more I find myself also interested in them potentially slowly developing into something else.

(As a note: I'm not opposed to underage for these two with Peter being 16+, so it's not an actual DNW, but under most circumstances I can't see them getting to that point within the span of a single year, or even two. I love the idea of a huge slow-burn with them, though I know that that'd be well outside the minimum word count, so don't worry, I'm not actually expecting a long slowburn! Just giving you an idea of what I tend to imagine as the time-span of this. I feel like a lot of the promise and intrigue of these two as a ship is getting closer and actually caring about each others' well-being, first mostly impersonally (Spider-Man is already there), then in a personal way, then going "...well shit I am actually significantly more emotionally invested in this person than I thought. When did that happen?" That said, with soulmate stuff in particular I'm also really intrigued by how things might shake out differently if they know from early on that they're soulmates, so if things happen more quickly or earlier that would also make sense! Go with what feels right.)

Requested Tags

Accidental Soulbond Proves Useful In Dangerous Situation

I really do like the idea of these two accidentally winding up soulbonded and not being happy about it, maybe even trying to figure out a way to break it... and then ending up in a situation where their soulbond helps them both make it out alive and maybe even unscathed. Does it make them look at each other in a new light? Is this the scenario that helps them decide that they're going to have to live with this and they can do that, or are they still determined to break the soulbond but are starting to form a newfound appreciation/closeness to each other anyway? This could also be so good for enemies saving one anothers' lives and/or H/C!

Bodyswapping With Your Soulmate On The Youngest One's Coming-of-Age

Okay, with these two specifically? This is just catnip for me. I legitimately love body-swaps and the fact that they canonically had one in the comics, and rather than a purposeful body-stealing I love the accidental nature of this one. I also love that this means when Peter turns eighteen it is inevitable that Otto finds out exactly who Spider-Man is (and that he's been fighting a teenager this whole time). And Ock's going to find out that Spidey's been pulling punches tbh. I also love the idea of these two trying to get used to even moving around as one another, Peter having trouble initially controlling the Doctor Octopus arms and Otto finding webslinging kind of disorienting and way too fast and uncontrolled at first. They have such different fighting styles, too, with Spidey being able to tank hits but also concentrating on dodging and webbing things out of the way, and Ock blocking and catching/tossing things with his arms. If they wind up in any danger maybe they even have to teach one another how to get used to it and do things properly! But overall I just love the inevitable destruction of such a big secret and having the two suddenly know way more about the other person and look at them in a new light. It's great.

Character A is the only one who realized they're soulmates with Character B

Given that Peter knows that Otto Octavius is Doctor Octopus but Ock has no idea who Spider-Man really is, Peter could definitely have an "UH-oh" moment realizing what it means that Otto Octavius is his soulmate while Ock remains unaware that his soulmate and his nemesis are the same person! This has major identity kink potential; have fun with it!

Character sees color for the first time upon meeting soulmate

I won't lie, I specifically love this scenario because with the way Spider-Man swings and flips and jumps around, it would probably be fucking disorienting to suddenly be seeing in color for the first time while fighting a guy who just nearly died and is now lashing out violently at you, and realizing that said guy is your soulmate! (Probably as you're pulling his unconscious body out from the rubble, too...) For Ock's part, Spider-Man's costume is very colorful and that could itself be quite dazzling, and also he'd be pretty rattled from just almost dying (and at least in canon thinks that Spider-Man was the one who tried to kill him) and he's also maneuvering around quite a bit more athletically than he ever has in the past! That said, would them suddenly seeing in color change how either approaches or reacts to the situation at all?

Characters can use each other's magic/superpowers after soulbond

In this case this would pretty much mean Ock suddenly has super-strength, agility, and a spider-sense, which is probably less trouble than it sounds initially (his arms are already stronger than Spider-Man in this canon) but might be surprisingly disorienting for him. This is another case where Spidey having to help Ock figure out how to use those new powers could be incredibly interesting!

Compatible People Leave Color on Your Skin When They Touch You
Soulmate's touch causes (temporary) skin discoloration

I won't lie, I gravitated to these because I'm imagining it's after a fight and either/both of them are assuming at first that they're just bruised. And then realizing oh, wait, no, shit. Even just the compatibility option seems like it would be a very "no, no WAY are we compatible, that's just not possible" situation that at least one of them might have a hard time not thinking about...

Distance just after soulbond takes place is painful for both parties

I just seriously love this trope. I don't have too much to say about it, but I love forced proximity, and when Spider-Man is trying to keep his identity a secret and Ock probably doesn't want Spidey knowing all his plans either, that's very inconvenient for both of them! How they deal with it while maybe trying to figure out how to mitigate or break it, or just trying to get used to this as their new normal, could be very fun to explore.

Enemies to lovers - Accidental Soulbond

Totally accidental soulbond is one way a soulbond can happen, and I absolutely LOVE enemies to lovers for these two. I especially love it when it's not just carnal, but also actually legitimately growing closer and falling for each other. Learning more about each other, having to spend more time with each other and get to see each other in a new light. A soulbond can be great for that! Do they try to break it? Can it be broken?

Enemies to soulmates

Is this a case of realizing they're soulmates, of soulmate indicators showing up/going off only after they've been enemies, or can new soulmates actually be formed? I'd love to see how you explore this one; I love enemies to lovers/enemies to FEELINGS stuff and this one could be so much fun!

Not everybody has a soulmate/soulbond
Not everyone has a soul mark

These are just two variations that basically mean these two are going to have to deal with a situation that might actually surprise them in a huge way, one they might have less of a roadmap for, maybe even none at all. If not everyone has a soulmate, how big a shock would it be to be one of the (maybe few!) who does and then it turns out to be an enemy of yours? Also, how might they feel either thinking they don't have one or knowing that they're one of the ones (one of the few?) who do? And of course soulbonds being unusual leaves them with little to no clue what's going on, what the extent of it is, or how to stop it! ~~They might have to work together to do science to it.~~

Secret Soulbond

All right, this one just goes almost without saying. If Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus wind up soulbonded, they probably would not want many people to know if anyone. This might even necessitate Peter admitting to who he really is so that they can better keep it a secret from everyone who knows Peter Parker, too! Trying to juggle all these secrets and figure out what to do about the soulbond and how to deal with it while it's happening just makes me so happy.

Soulbonded By Saving A Life
Soulbonding is the only way for A to save B

Okay, look, Peter Parker absolutely would. He'll give a lot to save a life, and that includes the lives of his enemies. Do they try to break the soulbond after it's made? Can it be broken? Do they find out that breaking it would cause the person whose life had been saved to die after all -- or, due to the soulbond, would it cause both of them to die? (Please no actual character deaths, whether or not they manage to safely break the bond or decide they just have to live with it.) Alternately, "By Saving A Life" doesn't necessarily mean one saving the other. Maybe they both work together to save someone's life for once, either one of the Sinister Six or even a civilian, and because of them happening to work together and save the same person in just the wrong place at just the wrong time it binds them together in a soulbond? Again, what do they try to do about that, and/or how do they adjust to it?

Soulbound results in psychic link

This is in some ways like distance being painful but potentially EVEN WORSE and it's so iddy to me, shit. This is obviously something neither of them would want! Doctor Octopus obviously wouldn't want Spider-Man to know everything he's planning ahead of time, and Spider-Man would absolutely not want Ock to find out that he's Peter Parker! Can they talk to each other telepathically, do they pick up stray thoughts, do they share dreams or start picking up on each others memories? Trying to race the clock to stop your enemy from finding out things you don't want them to know about you is A++ and I love the thought of them trucing and working together to stop this thing that neither of them wants to happen, to either come up with a way to break the soulbond or at least figure out a way to shut down or stifle the psychic element. I also love the thought of them coming to understand one another better from the psychic connection or from working together or both. I also love the idea of them fixing it up being closer by the end of it in a way that they can't just erase, either still soulbonded and not quite as psychically linked (maybe still telepathic) or no longer soulbonded but newly... entwined, in some ways they can't fully walk back. ~~Maybe they kissed?~~

Soulmate-Identifying Mark Appears When You Come of Age

I just really like this one because belated soulmate marks showing up when you've already committed to the person being your enemy that you have to fight a lot is great, and Peter would have been fighting Ock for a couple years before getting that mark at eighteen! Or maybe they've already found themselves acting as allies more often than they might have expected, and then this is a huge turning point... Did Ock get his mark at eighteen already (but not realize Spider-Man is Peter Parker or that the mark is otherwise indicating Spider-Man), or do they both get their marks simultaneously when the younger of the two comes of age? How do they handle this abrupt new wrench thrown in their tempestuous/complex relationship?

Soulmates feel each other's pain
Soulmates Share Physical Stimuli (Pain and Pleasure)

Listen... Listen. These are just excellent. They make fighting one another more complicated, they make fights with others gain H/C potential, and the pleasure option makes their bond way, way more intimate than they might otherwise choose. This could work with something plotty or just with porn (though please have Peter at least sixteen if you do go with porn). Go wild and have fun with this one!

Temporary soulbond accidentally becomes permanent because of stressful/unexpected situation

I am really intrigued by this one. Why was it temporary at first? Was it accidental but still fixable until something happens and then it can't be undone anymore? Was it done on purpose but they thought it'd be guaranteed temporary and they'd be able to take it back (maybe, again, Spidey using it to save Ock's life), but then suddenly they can't? What happens that makes it suddenly permanent and how do they react to that?

Canon-Specific DNWs

any of the Sinister Six and especially Doctor Octopus being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
honestly, any of the Sinister Six betraying each other, including them turning on Ock or Ock on them (Shocker not included; he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)

Canon-Specific Likes

noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Mysterio/Tinkerer(/Chameleon), Vulture/Electro, Sandman/Rhino
nicknames! pet names! I like it when things someone is called in anger or to annoy them at first shift over to being totally normal and then even endearments over time, like Doctor Octopus calling Spider-Man "wall-crawler" or "web-slinger/web-spinner" or (especially!) "arachnid", or Spider-Man calling Doctor Octopus "Doc," "Ock," or "Doc Ock", but I am also super into exploring moments when maybe one calls the other by their real name, whether "Parker" or "Peter," whether "Dr. Octavius" or "Otto"; is it a threat or is it an appeal or is it intimate?
if you're interested, I like trans headcanons for these characters! I can especially see nonbinary Doctor Octopus but trans man and trans woman both totally work for me; I especially enjoy trans woman or nonbinary Spidey but trans man is also totally acceptable. trans headcanons for any other Sinister Six if they show up are also 100% good; I would prefer Electro as a trans woman or nonbinary if you write that character as trans, but anything goes for all the rest of them! and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!