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Rare Male Slash Exchange
Hello, Rare Male Slash Exchange creator! Thank you for writing for me! I'm Mal or Mali (and ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
malachiical 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)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Crossover Fandom - Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Ootori Kyouya (OHSHC)
Crossover Fandom - Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou); Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Kururu (Keroro Gunsou)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Crossover Fandom - Dororo (Keroro Gunsou)/Prowl (Transformers Animated)
Balan Wonderworld - Attilio Caccini/Haoyu Chang
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog - Dororo/Kururu
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog - Kururu/Saburo Mutsumi
The Last Halloween (Webcomic) - Eugene Otto/Robert
The Last Halloween (Webcomic) - Dr. Fugue/Robert
General DNWs
General Likes
Porn Likes
Crossover Fandom
Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
The idea of this ship struck me out of nowhere recently, and I am just so intrigued about what their dynamic could be! Hiruma and Saburo are incredibly different in ways that I find fascinating, especially since I could really see them clicking not despite that but somehow because of it? It could be argued that Saburo was less of a good person pre-canon/before meeting Kururu, but he really does come across as like... your standard mysterious, charming, friendly prettyboy, while honestly being a pretty huge dork who's shockingly good at like a ton of things. Given that Kururu is his BFF, he seems drawn to huge jerks with hearts of gold and able to click surprisingly easily with them, and loves when someone brings chaos into his life!
And when someone gets Hiruma's attention he seems to like to get intel and potential blackmail on them ASAP, while I can imagine Saburo A)not minding that at all and B)being a weird mix of "what you just found out is very weird actually" and "there doesn't seem to be anything to find out, 404 footage not found." He was raised off-planet by aliens for 6-7 years, he's buds with invading aliens, he's a secret radio DJ which I guess could be blackmail except I can't imagine him caring that much, he skips school constantly, he likes to nap outside and probably lives alone in an apartment he rarely ever goes to, he visits alternate realities just to peek in on alternate versions of himself regularly, and he has a ton of weird yakuza/secret agent/alien rumors surrounding him.
And nothing in Eyeshield 21 is terribly weird, in the sense that it's not a fantasy or sci-fi canon or anything, but I also can't imagine Hiruma getting that freaked out or weirded out by the Keronians either, frankly. And a crossover could also give him chances to be a badass in higher stakes situations than football, too!
Basically, I really like that these two don't on the surface seem like they'd click, but Saburo definitely canonically clicks with people it doesn't seem like he would, and they both seem like they could both roll with the other's weirdness really well and also be intrigued by it.
(As an extra note: 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 prefer anime Saburo Mutsumi to manga Hojo Mutsumi -- in personality and mostly in history as well as in name -- 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 being raised by aliens, which was pretty blatantly intended to be revealed in the anime eventually as well...)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
Unfortunately, I have not requested this ship in exchanges before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
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.)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
If you want more ideas for prompts, I've done a few freeform exchanges!
Canon-Specific DNWs
Crossover Fandom
Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Kururu (Keroro Gunsou)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Okay, this ship is a really new one to me in either variant, but I really love the idea of them! For one thing, while the two series definitely have different tones and balances to them, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is maybe the only series I've gotten into since Keroro Gunsou to almost match its energy and (some of) its styles of humor. It feels like the ROTTMNT crew would be able to roll with most of the ridiculous shit that comes up in KG pretty easily, which is rare and I enjoy it! It wouldn't even be hard to get them all in the same place, in an AU where both canons took place in the same universe: The Hamato clan is originally from Japan, so Splinter might take his sons to Japan at some point, and since yokai have a place in NYC I could see the Platoon ending up there somehow as well. It could be fun to see the turtles initially thinking the Platoon are mutants or yokai, and the Platoon potentially thinking the ROTTMNT cast are also invading aliens (and maybe initially assuming they need to treat them as rivals or defend Pekopon from them!).
I also find it fun that in a way that Keroro Platoon sorta "matches up" with the turtles: Leo as the laid-back leader with a strong family focus with Keroro, Raph as the red fighting powerhouse who usually takes things the most seriously with Giroro, Mikey as the youngest who loves food and having fun and can have some amusing "dark" personality moments sometimes almost with Tamama (his rage at DIG, "Dr. Delicate Touch feels nothing"), and Donnie as the tech genius inventor who can sometimes be distant and is willing to experiment on and stealthily chip and record the others with Kururu. (Dororo is not included which is also kind of amusing to me, but he could be a general "ninja" who applies of all of them or be Splinter's counterpart?) But the thing is, most of the resemblances with the turtles and the Platoon are pretty superficial, with little details, but with Donatello and Kururu it's actually a bit stronger! Which makes me think Mutsumi, besides really liking the turtles in general in the same way he likes all chaotic alien stuff, would gravitate towards Donatello most.
And Mutsumi is fun, friendly, laid back, curious, mysterious, and surprisingly skilled at various things including some tech stuff himself -- and a fan of music, skateboarding, and motorcycles -- and might flat-out relate Donatello a bit to Kururu himself. I think it could be fun if a crossover with these two had Mutsumi flirting, or Donatello developing a bit of a crush, or both. Donnie discovering he's bi or already knowing it would totally work, but I could also see him figuring out he's gay: His type as he acknowledges it in-series is "cute but mean girls," but I feel like given the two examples in-series are Cheery Tomato and Atomic Lass, you could add "fictional and/or a robot" to that. So his first actual-person crush being on Mutsumi could be fun!
...That being said, you can see in one of the sections below that I ship Kururu/Mutsumi hugely, and yeah, Donatello/Kururu/Mutsumi could be a V-relationship with Mutsumi in the middle, buuuut I could also easily see Donatello and Kururu clicking after some initial... friction. Given that Mutsumi and Kururu are "radio wave buddies," which seems like it's even past being on the same wavelength, it could be fun if at some point Donnie went from not being sure what to think about their bond and about Kururu (and maybe even Mutsumi!) in general to at some point just clicking at least a little into the wavelength thing himself and going "oh, no, I get it now." Donatello and Kururu actually encouraging each other (their more ridiculous or bad-idea elements or not) and/or working together could legit be a blast! Plus, well... Kururuko. As I said above, Donatello's type when it comes to girls seems to be "cute but mean (and maybe fictional and/or a robot)" and Kururuko fits that way too well; it could be really fun if he had some "I am NOT sure how to feel about this" moments meeting her/finding out it's Kururu, lol.
But basically? Donatello seems like he could be Mutsumi's type, a least in some ways due to his close friendship with Kururu; it would be fun if Mutsumi was Donatello's type as well as it turns out; interactions with them could be really fun with or without Kururu; and adding Kururu himself into the mix could also be a blast in a lot of ways!
(As an extra note: 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 anime Kururu's personality, and prefer anime Saburo Mutsumi to manga Hojo Mutsumi -- in personality and mostly in history as well as in name -- 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 being raised by aliens, which was pretty blatantly intended to be revealed in the anime eventually as well...)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
Unfortunately, I have not requested this ship in exchanges before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
Crossover Fandom
Dororo (Keroro Gunsou)/Prowl (Transformers Animated)
This ship really has my heart and has for like a decade. I'm not even kidding, either! If I had to explain the appeal of them, to me, it would be that... Okay, they're not even close to being the same person. But they have so much in common that I think it would actually surprise both of them when they start to really realize just how much.
Both of them come from heavily militarized planets. While Cybertron seems to have plenty of civilians, Ultra Magnus is the Magnus and Supreme Commander of the Autobots, leader of the Cybertron Elite Guard, and seemingly in charge on Cybertron as chairman of the Autobot High Council until grievously injured, and Sentinel Prime was upgraded to Sentinel Magnus to take over all of those roles; Keron on the other hand seems like it might be a fully militarized society with even elementary schoolers going to military-led academies and most if not all of the civilians we see being children or former soldiers. Cybertron had the draft and a military that has done some bad shit; Keron has obligatory enlistment and a military system that experiments on, clones, and mindwipes its own soldiers. Cybertronians are likely known as invaders and dangerous warmongers due at least to the Decepticons, while Keronians are actually invaders.
And it's not just their planets and militaries, but aspects of their personal characters as well. Both Prowl and Dororo are somewhat removed from their teams, preferring calmer things and their own ways, while still caring deeply for their friends. Both of them changed a lot after coming to Earth, quickly falling in love with the planet and its nature and striving to be more peaceable and centered and zen. Both seem to adore and deeply respect Earth's animals and have come to value and want to protect life in general. Neither are the most tech-inclined, with Prowl opposing Bumblebee's tech obsession outright and Dororo both disliking humans' dependence on cell phones (anime) and having a wooden computer somehow (manga). Both became close friends, practically family, with an Earth girl (though in Sari's case she wound up not being human). Both are incredibly impressive, well-trained ninja who have a deep respect for their ninja teachings!
Of course, they have some major differences as well that I find equally fascinating. Dororo can be easy to rope into the outright insanity of the Keroro Platoon's plans, while Prowl is often more aloof. Prowl only recently became friends with the others, while Dororo was childhood friends with Keroro and Giroro (and Pururu). Prowl can be more outright immature and irritable, and was a bit of a punk before; Dororo was sickly and was outright traumatized by his childhood friendship with Keroro specifically, and can be ridiculous and a bit cartoonishly violent (given that his series has elements of slapstick comedy). Prowl was a ninja back on Cybertron, while Dororo became a ninja after coming to Earth and used to be an assassin. And of course, Prowl came with Optimus and company to Earth by total accident and humanity knows they're there, while Dororo came with the Keroro Platoon to invade "Pekopon" and only select humans are allowed to know they exist.
Basically, they have some neat differences that could provide interesting elements to their interactions while also having so many unique things in common that I can easily seeing them click surprisingly well -- maybe even surprising to themselves. And I really love the idea of them warming to one another quickly and finding someone who's a lot like them. (And I also like the idea of Prowl getting to bond some with Koyuki if you'd like to include her, but obviously you don't need to!)
Prompt Ideas
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If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for this ship once before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
Balan Wonderworld
Attilio Caccini/Haoyu Chang
[If you don't actually own the game, you can find the following videos on YouTube:
Chapter 4 - Haoyu's stage + boss fight
Chapter 9 - Attilio's stage + boss fight
All Cutscenes - Pertinent parts are at 14:27-18:51 (Haoyu's cutscenes, which are already included in his above video), 30:51-33:41 (Attilio's cutscenes, which are already included in his above video), and 43:53-1:00:14 (the Final Boss through the various ending credits cutscenes)
Watching all three vidoes all the way through would take about 2 hours and 23 minutes, but only watching the two stage videos + ending part of the All Cutscenes video would take about 1 hour and 38 minutes, and watching only the pertinent cutscenes would take about 24 minutes but obviously wouldn't let you see/intepret their stages. Just go with whatever works for you!]
(NOTE: I have not read Balan Wonderworld's tie-in novel Maestro of Mystery, Theatre of Wonders and would honestly prefer characterization, storyline details, etc. to be solely taken from the game rather than using anything from the novel. I realize this is a bit of a strange ask due to how the game is, but I personally feel like interpreting the characters through the lense of their cutscene "performances" and details in their stages is a big part of the fun of the game!)
This ship is going to be hard to explain, especially since, well, I'm only drawing from the game itself and not the tie-in novel. I just found these two characters really charming, while not being particularly drawn to Attilio's canonical romance. Just as things are presented in the game, Attilio and Haoyu don't really ever meet and they don't have that much in common. I find their personalities very different in a way I feel could easily be complimentary, though.
Haoyu is more exuberant and (at least sometimes) impulsive, but Attilio literally has a job he seems to enjoy as a clown and seems to like to make other people happy, so both could easily have a mischievous streak in some way or another. And Haoyu's stage involves him tossing himself forward and into a brick wall again and again, figuratively speaking, even though he's getting hurt every time, while Attilio seems to suffer from the opposite problem of freezing up and being anxious and torn about possibilities, needing to find the courage to actually make a decision and take a chance on something despite the risks. They both have robot costumes/performers in their stages (Laser Launcher and Pounding Robot, and arguably Iron Panda), and they both have costumes/performers relating to flight or free-ish movement through the skies as well (Soaring Sheep and Aero Acrobat, and Rail Runner and Merry Ghost). Haoyu's level also has Happy Horn, which is a performer.
I also find it interesting that the credits scene implies that some of the characters were pulled into Wonderworld from years apart; depending on how you interpret it, Haoyu might have actually been pulled from 10 years before Attilio (like Cass was) or somewhere in the middle (so like 5 years), so it's very possible Haoyu was younger than Attilio in Wonderworld when they briefly saw each other but is older now. Nothing really needs to be done with this if you don't feel like it, it could be that Haoyu was like 17 and is 22 now and Attilio is 21 or something and it doesn't make much difference, but it could be played with in some neat ways.
TL;DR, I feel like they could get along well and also counterbalance each other and open the other up to new experiences, if and when they met. Both of them being outgoing and maybe mischievous in some ways, and Attilio being more cautious while Haoyu can sometimes rush ahead, seem like they could make for particularly fun dynamics.
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Links to Previous Letters
Unfortunately, I have not requested this ship in exchanges before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog
Dororo/Kururu
[Where you can find the series: Here or here!
Most Pertinent Episodes:
S1 E9A - introducing Kururu
S1 E13 - introducing Dororo, rescuing him, and working together!
S1 E14 - the Platoon works on a plan for the first time with Dororo... dammit Kururu
S1 E28B - shows Kururu's personality + how he's "allergic" to cute/sweet/pure things (and people); Dororo only has a smallish part
S1 E40 - this just shows how chaotic the Platoon as a whole can get, Dororo being forgotten, and Kururu actually not liking being unpopular
S1 E47A - "Kururuko" helps the rest of the Platoon (including Dororo, this time! bad idea) make Hinamatsuri "more interesting"
S1 E49A - Dororo's not in this one, but Kururu shocks everyone by not being a jerk... for a bit, maybe
S1 E51 - the Platoon "leaves forever" (only not)
S2 E64B - Keroro's been a dick to Dororo since childhood, also Kururu's a genius
S2 E68B - Kururu's not really in this one; Dororo re-meets a dog, though!
S2 E82A - Dororo's not in this one; "Kururuko" enters a competition to "meet 623"
S2 E83B - Kururu accidentally gets turned into a baby!
S2 E98B - Kururu's not in this one; Dororo first meeting Koyuki
S2 E101 - the Garuru Platoon invades; this episode and the next two are a three-parter, plotty and actually kinda serious
S2 E102 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S2 E103 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S3 E134B - Dororo's not in this one, but Kururu and Fuyuki go to Akihabara and it has some fun stuff in it
S3 E135B - Dororo and Kururu work together in this one to fuck with Keroro and it's great
S3 E153 - first of a more serious two-parter; the Platoon disappears
S3 E154 - second of the more serious two-parter; Dororo helps save the day
S4 E155 - this just shows the Platoon including both them being. ridiculous. songs and also resonance.
S4 E161 - the Platoon is attacked by an outside group; Kururu and Dororo (and Mutsumi) help stop them
S4 165A - Kururu's just great in this one; Dororo's minor but they interact?
S4 171B - Dororo's not in this one, but it shows a bit more of Kururu's personality and way of doing things!
S4 E189 - Kururu's not really in this one, but Dororo has to face his old assassin teacher in what seems to be a fight to the death!
S4 E199 - Dororo's minor in this one, but Kururuko becomes an idol!
MOVIE 3 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel - again plotty and kinda serious
S5 E214 - Dororo's not in this one much, but Kururu quits temporarily for the dumbest reason and it's great
S5 E229 - B story focuses on Kururu (and Mutsumi) but A story sets up context; plotty and kinda serious when it gets to that point, has Dororo jump in to help Kururu a bit and more firmly establishes their friendship than most episodes
MOVIE 4 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors - again, plotty and kinda serious, has some nice scenes with both and a cute moment at the end
S6 E259 - Kururu's not in this one, but we get to see Dororo and Koyuki revisit their old ninja village
S6 E260 - flashback to the Platoon's first time meeting and working together!
S6 E284 - the Platoon gets taken over by an asshole, they turn on Dororo, Dororo ends up having to save all their asses, also Kururu's a genius
S6 E307 - has some cute moments for the characters separately and shows that they'll all be together in the future
MOVIE 5 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island - again, plotty and kinda serious; has some cute moments with both of them
S7 E312A - Dororo vs. Zeroro (his own past self!) with some good moments from Kururu
S7 E318A - no one's ever seen Dororo's mouth (he eats, drinks, sleeps, etc. with it on and always has) and it seems to be a bit embarrassing and very personal for him!
S7 E319 - there's a hacker in the base and this part has great moments with both of them; Dororo's not in the second half but Kururu is bright and also has a soft spot!
S7 E320A - literally just the Platoon using bishounen robots to invade if you want to see them as those (Dororo looks like Trowa and Kururu looks like Zechs)
S7 E336A - Kururu's barely in this one but it has Dororo vs. Zoruru again!
S7 E356A - the Platoon turns into dragons again to save Keron; has at least one or two neat moments for them both
S7 E357 - fun situation where Keron decides to take over the invasion, and it shows how attached all the Platoon's gotten to Earth
Watch just whichever ones you feel like, tbh!]
(I've watched most of Keroro Gunso, and I think I've seen every episode that has a focus on either of these two, or at least most of them; 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 the characterizations in the anime on the whole, but feel free to incorporate details from the manga to spice things up because I do love it too!)
My love for this ship isn't 100% about their canon interactions, honestly; those are fairly few, somewhat far between, and the two don't seem all that close necessarily. However, they do have some interactions and little details about them that make me feel like they have the potential to grow closer or could have done so in the background of the series! From the start, Dororo being in actual legit trouble did seem to worry the entire Keroro Platoon, including Kururu, and whenever any of the Platoon are in real trouble Dororo often abruptly swoops in to save the day. But more than that...
Even all the way back in Season 3, in the second half of Episode 135, Dororo and Kururu unexpectedly bond a bit over Keroro not valuing a single grain of rice (weirdos) and team up to fuck with him over it to teach him a lesson! Near the end of Season 5, Episode 229, Dororo realizes something's wrong and knocks Keroro and Giroro the fuck out so that Kururu can help/save Mutsumi, and his little speech about how sometimes someone gets caught up in something they can't explain but you try your best to do everything you can to help them as a friend applies to him and Kururu in that moment as much as Kururu and Mutsumi! (Who I also ship, so that got me.) At the end of the fourth movie, when Kururu gets knocked over it's Dororo who tries to help him up, and in the fifth movie it's shown that Kururu and Mutsumi are playing shogi on a rooftop when it's usually Dororo and Mutsumi doing that (so they apparently all three have that in common, or Kururu learned!). In the first part of Episode 312 in Season 7, Kururu seems to become concerned and realize something's wrong at the same moment as Giroro, who's known Dororo a lot longer, and twigs onto what's really happening at the same time as Koyuki, who's the closest person to him. And by the second-to-last episode (and what feels like more of a series finale than the actual finale, honestly), Episode 357 of Season 7, the entire Platoon devotes themselves to being the Earth Defense Force -- actually calling it "Earth" as well, rather than Pekopon, which only Dororo had ever done before -- all of them, including Kururu, catching up to Dororo's devotion in that regard. And honestly, just the little detail that Kururu is the only person in the entire series Dororo has ever said the name of without any honorific attached fascinates me a little by itself!
So there are some neat moments every so often, even if they're few and far between, and ones that can even be read as a progression of either regard or closeness or both if one wants to! But I also really like them in a more general sense for the possibilities on top of their actual interactions. They could have a very interesting dynamic if they did get closer! Kururu is "the biggest jerk in the universe" who cares about other people more than he seems to want to and definitely more than he likes to let on, while Dororo is a sweetheart dedicated to peace and protection, with a soft heart, who can be ruthless at times and used to be the Keron Army's top assassin. Kururu goes out of his way to be a jerk seemingly more for the sake of it than anything else, while Dororo is dedicated to being fair, honorable, and (usually) kind. Dororo is traumatized by being forgotten and mistreated, while in the early episodes the closest thing to a "trauma switch" Kururu seems to have (despite his purposeful jerkishness!) is being called out as unpopular and actually disliked. Kururu seems outright allergic to sweet and cute things and people, especially Mois, but seems unbothered by Dororo as well as Mutsumi. For their own very different reasons, they're the two Platoon members most likely to go "nah, not interested" and just peace out of participating in a mission, or to decide they want to do their own thing. And just for more minor things, Kururu's eyes are always covered up by his glasses and Dororo's never seen without his mask, and Dororo is the nature-oriented while Kururu is more tech-oriented (though Dororo seems to appreciate Kururu's skills despite that). Basically, I could actually see them coming to appreciate each other, especially if Dororo saw under Kururu's jerk exterior and decided he was worth being patient and trying for closeness.
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If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for this ship once before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog
Kururu/Saburo Mutsumi
[Where you can find the series: Here or here!
Most Pertinent Episodes:
S1 E9A - introducing both characters
S1 E28B - Mutsumi's not in this one, but shows Kururu's personality + how he's "allergic" to cute/sweet/pure things (and people)
S1 E47A - Mutsumi's not in this one, but "Kururuko" helps the rest of the platoon make Hinamatsuri "more interesting"
S1 E49A - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu shocks everyone by not being a jerk... for a bit, maybe
S1 E51 - the Platoon "leaves forever" (only not)
S2 E82A - 623 hosts a competition to let one fan meet him face-to-face; "Kururuko" enters
S2 E83B - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu accidentally gets turned into a baby!
S2 E101 - the Garuru Platoon invades; this episode and the next two are a three-parter, plotty and actually kinda serious
S2 E102 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S2 E103 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S3 E112 - Kururu and Mutsumi first meet, and Mutsumi winds up with Kururu's reality pen
S3 E134B - Mutsumi's not really in this one, but Kururu and Fuyuki go to Akihabara and it has some fun stuff in it
S4 E161 - the Platoon is attacked by an outside group; Mutsumi shows up to help
S4 165A - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu is just great in it
S4 171B - Mutsumi's not in this one, but it shows a bit more of Kururu's personality and way of doing things!
S4 E199 - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururuko becomes an idol!
MOVIE 3 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel - again plotty and kinda serious, some fun shippy scenes
S5 E214 - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu quits the Platoon temporarily for the dumbest reason and it's great
S5 E229 - B story focuses on them but A story sets up context; plotty and kinda serious when it gets to that point and VERY SHIPPY including the credits
MOVIE 4 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors - again, plotty and kinda serious, has some nice scenes with both
S5 E237 - part of a story arc with the Platoon on another world; Kururu encourages the version of Mutsumi of that world
S5 E240A - this one's convoluted and dumb (complimentary) but there's a sauna sequence and the two of them working together on something... interesting
S6 E298B - Kururu's not in it; Mutsumi regularly uses the reality pen to check in on himself in alternate dimensions
S6 E307 - has some cute moments for the characters separately and shows that they'll all be together in the future
MOVIE 5 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island - plotty and kinda serious; has a cute scene near the beginning with both of them
S7 E320A - Mutsumi's not in it; literally just the Platoon using bishounen robots to invade if you want to see Kururu as one of those (he looks like Zechs)
S7 E354B - Kururu helps Mutsumi fake being a Venusian and keep broadcasting as 623 without risking his identity
S7 E357 - fun situation where Kururu invites Mutsumi to visit Keron, things go bad, and it shows how attached all the Platoon's gotten to Earth
Watch just whichever ones you feel like, tbh!]
(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 -- in personality and mostly in history as well as in name -- 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; he always seems delighted to get involved in their antics! 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, kinda cool but kinda dorky teen is his BFF.
When they first meet, Mutsumi spends the whole time metaphorically pulling pigtails because he's decided he 100% wants this alien in his life; he blushes when Kururu gives him the Reality Pen! When the Keronians are all dimension hopping and they meet an alternate universe version of Mutsumi, Kururu pep talks him. Whenever Kururu's in trouble, he seems to know exactly how to get Mutsumi to come help. 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. When given the opportunity to invite the humans they care about to visit Keron, Kururu immediately does, Keroro knows he has without being told, and Kururu's the one who investigates the whole invitation and sounds the alarms on it being a trap. At one point, Mutsumi and Kururu go to a sauna together and Mutsumi agrees to make a steamy video for him, because why not? Mutsumi asked Kururu to teach him how to resonate, which is something Platoons do together but can also canonically be romantic!
These two do not seem like they would work, and yet they absolutely do, know they do, and embrace it. It's wonderful. I don't even have more to say, I just love how all-in they are on each other... not even "despite themselves," per se, because they don't seem to resist it at all after Kururu's reluctance on that first day!
Prompt Ideas
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Canon-Specific DNWs
The Last Halloween (Webcomic)
Eugene Otto/Robert
[Where you can find the comic: Here!
Book 1 is by far the most pertinent; that's 7 chapters/about 114 pages.
The exact pages with Robert talking about his backstory with Eugene Otto are here and here, but it's well worth reading the whole thing, for more context about Robert's character and also just in general!]
Quite frankly, 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!
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The Last Halloween (Webcomic)
Dr. Fugue/Robert
[Where you can find the comic: Here!
Book 1 is by far the most pertinent; that's 7 chapters/about 114 pages.]
For Dr. Fugue/Robert, this takes a little bit of explaining, since their interactions are minor and not particularly significant. But the more I thought about them individually, I liked what their slight interplay does say about them and how the shapes of their arcs kinda work together.
Doctor Fugue is undead, a doctor and supernatural (mad) scientist, a Victorian-ish ghost. One who haunts the church and can't leave. He employs what he thinks of as a little group of undead children to help him graverob bodies for his raising-the-dead experiments (as well as upgrading/replacing Jangles's various bits). He's a big faker; Robert flat-out says he's not a good doctor, which is proven very correct when Mona comes back. He not only hands a ten year old a magic weapon he knows nothing about and sends her and the other "kids" out with completely incorrect information, he's apparently sent multiple "group[s] of untrained misfits to their deaths without actually nowing what was going on," to the point that Charon's chewed him out about it at least once before. Fugue shoves a magic sickle into Mona's hands and pushes her out the door with a few undead "child" chaperones during the Apocalypse so that she can go take care of it; this is a whole bunch of terrible decisions all in a clump, made worse by him not understanding the situation and actually sending them on a wild goose chase in the end. Mona has to chop up and even kill multiple monsters, nearly dying more than once and actually losing an arm to the ordeal, something she makes clear to Fugue that she'll never forgive him for (which he finds fair). His whole arc seems to involve him getting a huge dose of guilt for once in his unlife, realizing just how badly he fucked this little group up, seeming to have a change of heart about the "playing Dr. Frankenstein" thing and trying in some small ways to start to make amends.
Robert, on the other hand, is posing as an undead, a doll cursed to life by voodoo. Until he tells Mona and Shirley, literally no one in the group including Fugue knows that he's a monster, not undead at all, and is also immortal (or what they call immortal) due to killing his human several decades prior; he claims to be an undead to avoid the attention of the Phagocyte. He's around 117 years old, if not a bit older, and he's often the closest thing the group has to a straight-man; he keeps his own secrets, even when it would be really helpful to share, because he rarely feels invested in others, and he doesn't tend to personally lend much of a hand, especially not to save people. He's calm and soft-spoken, good with normal human adults, and very calmly makes threats when called for as well (and sometimes even commits violence against his undead "friends," such as sewing Ringley's mouth shut, though they don't seem to mind). He, and let me state this again, killed his own human, Gene, decades before the canon starts, and tells the story at one point about how they had been one another's dearest friends and Robert had ruined Gene's entire life thoroughly until Gene had asked Robert to kill him. He says that it was and is his nature. He shows that this may not be as true as he thought.
Robert goes along on the save-the-world quest to keep everyone on track and give them even a tiny chance, but he saves Mona's life once and then tells her he'll never do it again so she'd better learn to save herself. Mona does learn, however, despite him keeping a lot of information back and outright lying at times, and he becomes more attached and invested in the outcome of their mission. It even gets to the point that he eventually fully opens up, becomes somewhat more reassuring (and even open to affectionate touch, which was Not a thing for him at first), sort of steps into a mentor role to Mona, and promptly sacrifices his own life to give her a fighting chance. His own arc involves him actually becoming attached to the situation and its people for once, to the point of purposefully sacrificing his life to give Mona a chance to survive and succeed (on what is, unbeknownst to them, a fool's errand), even admitting his own origins and past and coming face-to-face with the fact, for the first time, that maybe his nature as a monster is something he can choose to act counter to.
...So Fugue sends Mona, Robert, and the others off on a pointless quest that gets one of them killed and nearly kills two more of them, and is having to live with that fuck-up (figuratively speaking). He's obviously hit pretty hard by Robert's death and Mona's hatred of him, and comes to regret his choices and the results they had on the others, actually swearing off using corpses to make more undead for a while as he decides to use one of the fresh corpses to save Shirley's life instead. And by the end of Book One Fugue still hasn't even been made aware that Robert was a monster the whole time and has sort of... fused with the magic sickle that's supernaturally bonded to Mona. Overall, the canon, or at least Book 1, is a very interesting set of characters and relationships who are all affected and shaken badly by the general situation but also by the lies told and secrets kept, primarily by Fugue but also arguably by Robert, and the two of them together really intrigues me.
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General DNWs
General Likes
Porn Likes
Crossover Fandom - Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Crossover Fandom - Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Ootori Kyouya (OHSHC)
Crossover Fandom - Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou); Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Kururu (Keroro Gunsou)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Crossover Fandom - Dororo (Keroro Gunsou)/Prowl (Transformers Animated)
Balan Wonderworld - Attilio Caccini/Haoyu Chang
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog - Dororo/Kururu
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog - Kururu/Saburo Mutsumi
The Last Halloween (Webcomic) - Eugene Otto/Robert
The Last Halloween (Webcomic) - Dr. Fugue/Robert
General DNWs
- noncon/dubcon (unless otherwise requested!)
- smut with characters under 16 (unless otherwise requested!)
- gore or permanent injury (unless otherwise stated)
- permanent character death (unless otherwise stated)
- infidelity
- halves of a ship 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)
- a ship 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) (Zoruru disliking his injuries and cyborg state is the exception if you wanted to go with that)
- requested characters being permanently separated in any way, or at risk of it, by the end of the story (unless otherwise stated)
- unhappy endings
- unrequested AUs (canon divergence is fine)
- unrequested identity headcanons (mentions for OCs are fine)
- unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine; mentions of OCs being in relationships with one another is fine)
- unrequested poly (mentions of OCs being in poly relationships with one another is fine)
- unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols (if the characters are kinking on it that's a fine reason)
- feederism, weight gain, inflation, pregnancy (mentions of OCs being pregnant are fine; breeding kink without any possibility of pregnancy is great!)
- scat, watersports, vomit kink (someone throwing up not in a kink context is fine)
- vore, bestiality, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
- canon-specific DNWs and exceptions in the fandom sections!
General Likes
- hurt/comfort!
- fics with a balance or both or ones that lean towards more comfort than hurt; feel free to get deep in the hurt but I love a sizeable focus on the comfort!
- fic rated from G through E!
- pining and culmination of pining: getting together, kissing, romantic tension/UST being resolved, mutual pining or initially one-sided pining, pining that lasts for weeks or even years
- 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 both
- 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!)
- I really do love age gaps tbh; especially I find older characters hot & also love when the other characters do
- 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
- I like longfic if you want to write it!
- more canon-specific likes in the fandom sections!
- fic and art treats are both more than 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
- XENO. xeno xeno xeno I am so into xeno, play around with alien genitalia and I am here for it, tentacles, cloacas, characters having both sets of genitalia, ovipositors, genitals resembling flowers or wet pinecone dick, Mouths Down There, legit whatever you can think of just g o f o r i t
- BDSM tones, mild or more formal
- praise kink and instructions/requests/begging flavors of dirty talk
- breeding kink is welcome when pregnancy is outright impossible, even if it's handwaved impossible (PIV but they know it can't happen is fine; neither has a womb and obviously it can't happen is fine; this type of sex can't even result in pregnancy but we'll talk about it anyway is fine; species are incompatible is fine)
- even without breeding kink, kinking on coming inside is also hot, but so is kinking on come/cum-play and messier sex like that
- mutually enjoyed/kinked-on breeding kink dirty talk when actual pregnancy is outright impossible and does not happen
- 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 that are still enjoyable
- 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/cunt/pussy, but referred to vaguely & implied to be one is fine, or just called ass; fine with clit being called clit or penis/cock/dick, fine with penis being called penis/cock/dick or hen or clit
- porn is always welcome!
Crossover Fandom
Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
The idea of this ship struck me out of nowhere recently, and I am just so intrigued about what their dynamic could be! Hiruma and Saburo are incredibly different in ways that I find fascinating, especially since I could really see them clicking not despite that but somehow because of it? It could be argued that Saburo was less of a good person pre-canon/before meeting Kururu, but he really does come across as like... your standard mysterious, charming, friendly prettyboy, while honestly being a pretty huge dork who's shockingly good at like a ton of things. Given that Kururu is his BFF, he seems drawn to huge jerks with hearts of gold and able to click surprisingly easily with them, and loves when someone brings chaos into his life!
And when someone gets Hiruma's attention he seems to like to get intel and potential blackmail on them ASAP, while I can imagine Saburo A)not minding that at all and B)being a weird mix of "what you just found out is very weird actually" and "there doesn't seem to be anything to find out, 404 footage not found." He was raised off-planet by aliens for 6-7 years, he's buds with invading aliens, he's a secret radio DJ which I guess could be blackmail except I can't imagine him caring that much, he skips school constantly, he likes to nap outside and probably lives alone in an apartment he rarely ever goes to, he visits alternate realities just to peek in on alternate versions of himself regularly, and he has a ton of weird yakuza/secret agent/alien rumors surrounding him.
And nothing in Eyeshield 21 is terribly weird, in the sense that it's not a fantasy or sci-fi canon or anything, but I also can't imagine Hiruma getting that freaked out or weirded out by the Keronians either, frankly. And a crossover could also give him chances to be a badass in higher stakes situations than football, too!
Basically, I really like that these two don't on the surface seem like they'd click, but Saburo definitely canonically clicks with people it doesn't seem like he would, and they both seem like they could both roll with the other's weirdness really well and also be intrigued by it.
(As an extra note: 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 prefer anime Saburo Mutsumi to manga Hojo Mutsumi -- in personality and mostly in history as well as in name -- 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 being raised by aliens, which was pretty blatantly intended to be revealed in the anime eventually as well...)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
Unfortunately, I have not requested this ship in exchanges before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- smut with either character under 16
- infidelity (just have them not with any of the other characters when they're together)
- two canons just taking place in the same universe and playing around with what that might mean
- slight canon AUs to make crossovers work
- weird/wacky scenarios where the two universes collide or one character/group ends up in the other universe (if they can visit each other after it's fixed; I just don't want them cut off from each other or from everyone they know)
- Hiruma and Saburo feeling like they're evenly matched/on equal footing even if it's in very different ways
- Mutsumi's appreciation of Weird and Chaotic Shit
- the energy they both bring to things and how they both just roll with shit
- 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, Koyuki/Natsumi, Fuyuki/Momoka, Alisa/Fuyuki, Chiruyo/Momoka, Asami/Mois, Dororo/Kururu, Garuru/Pururu, Tororo/Zoruru, and/or Mekeke/Putata, if any of them show up
- NAMING CONVENTIONS. Hiruma usually comes up with somewhat dismissive/insulting/abrasive things to call people, so what might he call Saburo? or what about if/when he uses Saburo's name, first or last? Saburo pretty much always calls human characters (at least other teens) [First Name]-kun or [First Name]-chan, so he's actually likely to go with Youichi-kun pretty immediately, but he's also used nicknames especially before learning someone's name (but sometimes also after), like with calling Koyuki "Ninja Girl"... feel free to shift forms of address or honorifics if you like as well, extrapolating from the characters' usage of them in canon!
- if you're interested, I could like transmasc headcanons for either/both of these characters, particularly Hiruma! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good (though I'd prefer you leave Koyuki and Natsumi as girls, whether cis or trans!). and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
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.)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
If you want more ideas for prompts, I've done a few freeform exchanges!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- smut with either character under 16
- infidelity (just have them not with any of the other characters when they're together)
- two canons just taking place in the same universe and playing around with what that might mean
- slight canon AUs to make crossovers work
- Hiruma and Kyouya being evenly matched/on equal footing
- 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 could like transmasc headcanons for either/both of these characters, particularly Hiruma! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good; 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!
Crossover Fandom
Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Donatello (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)/Kururu (Keroro Gunsou)/Saburo Mutsumi (Keroro Gunsou)
Okay, this ship is a really new one to me in either variant, but I really love the idea of them! For one thing, while the two series definitely have different tones and balances to them, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is maybe the only series I've gotten into since Keroro Gunsou to almost match its energy and (some of) its styles of humor. It feels like the ROTTMNT crew would be able to roll with most of the ridiculous shit that comes up in KG pretty easily, which is rare and I enjoy it! It wouldn't even be hard to get them all in the same place, in an AU where both canons took place in the same universe: The Hamato clan is originally from Japan, so Splinter might take his sons to Japan at some point, and since yokai have a place in NYC I could see the Platoon ending up there somehow as well. It could be fun to see the turtles initially thinking the Platoon are mutants or yokai, and the Platoon potentially thinking the ROTTMNT cast are also invading aliens (and maybe initially assuming they need to treat them as rivals or defend Pekopon from them!).
I also find it fun that in a way that Keroro Platoon sorta "matches up" with the turtles: Leo as the laid-back leader with a strong family focus with Keroro, Raph as the red fighting powerhouse who usually takes things the most seriously with Giroro, Mikey as the youngest who loves food and having fun and can have some amusing "dark" personality moments sometimes almost with Tamama (his rage at DIG, "Dr. Delicate Touch feels nothing"), and Donnie as the tech genius inventor who can sometimes be distant and is willing to experiment on and stealthily chip and record the others with Kururu. (Dororo is not included which is also kind of amusing to me, but he could be a general "ninja" who applies of all of them or be Splinter's counterpart?) But the thing is, most of the resemblances with the turtles and the Platoon are pretty superficial, with little details, but with Donatello and Kururu it's actually a bit stronger! Which makes me think Mutsumi, besides really liking the turtles in general in the same way he likes all chaotic alien stuff, would gravitate towards Donatello most.
And Mutsumi is fun, friendly, laid back, curious, mysterious, and surprisingly skilled at various things including some tech stuff himself -- and a fan of music, skateboarding, and motorcycles -- and might flat-out relate Donatello a bit to Kururu himself. I think it could be fun if a crossover with these two had Mutsumi flirting, or Donatello developing a bit of a crush, or both. Donnie discovering he's bi or already knowing it would totally work, but I could also see him figuring out he's gay: His type as he acknowledges it in-series is "cute but mean girls," but I feel like given the two examples in-series are Cheery Tomato and Atomic Lass, you could add "fictional and/or a robot" to that. So his first actual-person crush being on Mutsumi could be fun!
...That being said, you can see in one of the sections below that I ship Kururu/Mutsumi hugely, and yeah, Donatello/Kururu/Mutsumi could be a V-relationship with Mutsumi in the middle, buuuut I could also easily see Donatello and Kururu clicking after some initial... friction. Given that Mutsumi and Kururu are "radio wave buddies," which seems like it's even past being on the same wavelength, it could be fun if at some point Donnie went from not being sure what to think about their bond and about Kururu (and maybe even Mutsumi!) in general to at some point just clicking at least a little into the wavelength thing himself and going "oh, no, I get it now." Donatello and Kururu actually encouraging each other (their more ridiculous or bad-idea elements or not) and/or working together could legit be a blast! Plus, well... Kururuko. As I said above, Donatello's type when it comes to girls seems to be "cute but mean (and maybe fictional and/or a robot)" and Kururuko fits that way too well; it could be really fun if he had some "I am NOT sure how to feel about this" moments meeting her/finding out it's Kururu, lol.
But basically? Donatello seems like he could be Mutsumi's type, a least in some ways due to his close friendship with Kururu; it would be fun if Mutsumi was Donatello's type as well as it turns out; interactions with them could be really fun with or without Kururu; and adding Kururu himself into the mix could also be a blast in a lot of ways!
(As an extra note: 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 anime Kururu's personality, and prefer anime Saburo Mutsumi to manga Hojo Mutsumi -- in personality and mostly in history as well as in name -- 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 being raised by aliens, which was pretty blatantly intended to be revealed in the anime eventually as well...)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
Unfortunately, I have not requested this ship in exchanges before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- N/A, really!
- the two canons just taking place in the same universe and playing around with what that might mean
- slight canon AUs to make crossovers work
- two universes colliding or one group ending up in the other group's universe (if they can visit each other after it's fixed; I just don't want them cut off from each other or everyone they know)
- the idea of the ROTTMNT crew thinking the Keronians are mutants or yokai at first and the Keroro Gunsou cast thinking that the turtles (and Shredder, Draxum, etc. if they show up) are other invading aliens at first
- initial clashes when the groups first meet that turn into alliances and friendships
- meeting somewhere in the middle on canon-typical humor as well as more serious situations, and these two shows actually feeling a bit similar in some of those regards (though not all)
- the turtles kind of but not really having "counterparts" among the Platoon and maybe being trained/getting in a vague "mentors" situation
- Mutsumi's appreciation of Weird and Chaotic Shit
- Kururu being dubious about participating or bonding with Donnie at first if he's included
- Donnie's habit of getting crushes on "girls that are cute and mean" (and potentially also specifically fictional/robots) whether it's a "he's actually gay" thing and/or a "Kururuko is 100% his type and he does NOT know how to feel about that" thing
- as the above implies, exploration of sexuality stuff!
- Kururuko just in general
- "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" wrt the Reality Pen/Kururu's other inventions
- non-canon background ships I'm good with are Dororo/Kururu (if not OT3), Koyuki/Natsumi, Fuyuki/Momoka, Alisa/Fuyuki, Chiruyo/Momoka, Asami/Mois, Garuru/Pururu, Tororo/Zoruru, Mekeke/Putata, Hypno/Warren, April/Casey (Foot Recruit version), Splinter/Big Mama, and/or Splinter/Draxum, if any of them show up
- I'm fine with keeping both/all of them in their canon bodies, or having one or both of the non-humans humanized (specifically them winding up in human bodies somehow rather than always being human-like... maybe a Kururu invention or via magic?), whichever you'd rather go with!
- THAT MANGA REVEAL THAT MUTSUMI WAS RAISED BY ALIENS... could it possibly even mean he's not fully human anymore somehow, maybe due to being raised by aliens or growing up on another planet?
- NAMING CONVENTIONS! nicknames and endearments and honorifics! honestly, whether they're in Japan/speaking Japanese or not, I'm amused by the idea of the Keroro Platoon specifically still using honorifics and maybe even their usual sentence enders (like Kururu's occasional "da ze")! would Donatello call Mutsumi "Mutsumi" or "Saburo"? would he use any honorifics if they're in Japan speaking Japanese? given the way Mutsumi addresses most others, he might not use honorifics for the turtles even in Japanese, but if he did it'd probably just be -kun for all of them! or would he use their nicknames at any point? it seems like Kururu would probably just call Donatello "Donatello" or "Donatello Hamato," but I love that in the anime he calls Mutsumi "Saburo" and would also love to see what circumstances he might call him "Mutsumi," too... and he's called Tamama "Tama-chan" and Keroro "Kekero-kun" before, so would he ever bust out "Donnie-kun" as himself or Kururuko?
- if you're interested, I could like transmasc headcanons for either/any/both of these characters! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good (though I'd prefer you leave Pururu, Koyuki, and Natsumi as girls, whether cis or trans!). and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
Crossover Fandom
Dororo (Keroro Gunsou)/Prowl (Transformers Animated)
This ship really has my heart and has for like a decade. I'm not even kidding, either! If I had to explain the appeal of them, to me, it would be that... Okay, they're not even close to being the same person. But they have so much in common that I think it would actually surprise both of them when they start to really realize just how much.
Both of them come from heavily militarized planets. While Cybertron seems to have plenty of civilians, Ultra Magnus is the Magnus and Supreme Commander of the Autobots, leader of the Cybertron Elite Guard, and seemingly in charge on Cybertron as chairman of the Autobot High Council until grievously injured, and Sentinel Prime was upgraded to Sentinel Magnus to take over all of those roles; Keron on the other hand seems like it might be a fully militarized society with even elementary schoolers going to military-led academies and most if not all of the civilians we see being children or former soldiers. Cybertron had the draft and a military that has done some bad shit; Keron has obligatory enlistment and a military system that experiments on, clones, and mindwipes its own soldiers. Cybertronians are likely known as invaders and dangerous warmongers due at least to the Decepticons, while Keronians are actually invaders.
And it's not just their planets and militaries, but aspects of their personal characters as well. Both Prowl and Dororo are somewhat removed from their teams, preferring calmer things and their own ways, while still caring deeply for their friends. Both of them changed a lot after coming to Earth, quickly falling in love with the planet and its nature and striving to be more peaceable and centered and zen. Both seem to adore and deeply respect Earth's animals and have come to value and want to protect life in general. Neither are the most tech-inclined, with Prowl opposing Bumblebee's tech obsession outright and Dororo both disliking humans' dependence on cell phones (anime) and having a wooden computer somehow (manga). Both became close friends, practically family, with an Earth girl (though in Sari's case she wound up not being human). Both are incredibly impressive, well-trained ninja who have a deep respect for their ninja teachings!
Of course, they have some major differences as well that I find equally fascinating. Dororo can be easy to rope into the outright insanity of the Keroro Platoon's plans, while Prowl is often more aloof. Prowl only recently became friends with the others, while Dororo was childhood friends with Keroro and Giroro (and Pururu). Prowl can be more outright immature and irritable, and was a bit of a punk before; Dororo was sickly and was outright traumatized by his childhood friendship with Keroro specifically, and can be ridiculous and a bit cartoonishly violent (given that his series has elements of slapstick comedy). Prowl was a ninja back on Cybertron, while Dororo became a ninja after coming to Earth and used to be an assassin. And of course, Prowl came with Optimus and company to Earth by total accident and humanity knows they're there, while Dororo came with the Keroro Platoon to invade "Pekopon" and only select humans are allowed to know they exist.
Basically, they have some neat differences that could provide interesting elements to their interactions while also having so many unique things in common that I can easily seeing them click surprisingly well -- maybe even surprising to themselves. And I really love the idea of them warming to one another quickly and finding someone who's a lot like them. (And I also like the idea of Prowl getting to bond some with Koyuki if you'd like to include her, but obviously you don't need to!)
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for this ship once before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- N/A, really!
- the two canons just taking place in the same universe and playing around with what that might mean
- slight canon AUs to make crossovers work
- two universes colliding or one group ending up in the other group's universe (if they can visit each other after it's fixed; I just don't want them cut off from each other or everyone they know)
- the idea that if they're both canon in the same universe maybe Cybertronians and Keronians are uneasy about each other (or even outright enemies) because they've just heard the worst stories about each other...
- both teams mostly getting along after a false start or two anyway!
- meeting somewhere in the middle on canon-typical humor as well as more serious situations; either or both are good!
- how much these two specifically have in common! mostly peaceful, trying-to-zen, nature-loving ninjas that fell in love with Earth early on and all things considered would rather stay... they're also both a bit more distant from their teams but care about them, as well as caring about life in general. it's just neat to me and I really think they'd click.
- I really like the idea of remembering Dororo either coming easily to Prowl like it seems to for Koyuki, or for him making an active effort to remember him
- Koyuki being family to Dororo now, whether like a daughter to him, like a younger sister, or something neither of them could put a specific name on but that doesn't matter
- some bonding between Prowl and Koyuki too if you wanted to include that!
- non-canon background ships I'm good with are Kururu/Mutsumi, Koyuki/Natsumi, Fuyuki/Momoka, Alisa/Fuyuki, Chiruyo/Momoka, Asami/Mois, Garuru/Pururu, Tororo/Zoruru, Mekeke/Putata, Bulkhead/Bumblebee, Bumblebee/Sari, Lockdown/Swindle, Blitzwing/Lugnut, Jetfire/Jetstorm, and/or Sari/any of the non-adult girls from Keroro Gunsou, if any of them show up
- I'm fine with keeping both of them in their canon bodies, or having one or both of them humanized (specifically them winding up in human bodies somehow rather than always being human-like... maybe a Kururu and/or even Sumdac invention?), or even putting Dororo in a human-looking robot body to blend in! whichever you'd rather go with!
- NAMING CONVENTIONS! nicknames and endearments and honorifics! honestly, whether they're in Japan/speaking Japanese or not, I'm amused by the idea of the Keroro Platoon specifically still using honorifics and maybe even their usual sentence enders (like Dororo's "de gozaru"); Dororo seems to default to calling most people -dono, so him going from Prowl-dono to Prowl-kun or even simply Prowl could be meaningful! Prowl seems to simply call people by name, but if they are speaking Japanese, would he use any honorifics? which ones? would he call Dororo by his rank (Heichou or Lance Corporal) often, or at all?
- if you're interested, I could like transmasc headcanons for either/both of these characters, especially Prowl! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good (though I'd prefer you leave Pururu, Koyuki, and Natsumi as girls, whether cis or trans!). and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
Balan Wonderworld
Attilio Caccini/Haoyu Chang
[If you don't actually own the game, you can find the following videos on YouTube:
Chapter 4 - Haoyu's stage + boss fight
Chapter 9 - Attilio's stage + boss fight
All Cutscenes - Pertinent parts are at 14:27-18:51 (Haoyu's cutscenes, which are already included in his above video), 30:51-33:41 (Attilio's cutscenes, which are already included in his above video), and 43:53-1:00:14 (the Final Boss through the various ending credits cutscenes)
Watching all three vidoes all the way through would take about 2 hours and 23 minutes, but only watching the two stage videos + ending part of the All Cutscenes video would take about 1 hour and 38 minutes, and watching only the pertinent cutscenes would take about 24 minutes but obviously wouldn't let you see/intepret their stages. Just go with whatever works for you!]
(NOTE: I have not read Balan Wonderworld's tie-in novel Maestro of Mystery, Theatre of Wonders and would honestly prefer characterization, storyline details, etc. to be solely taken from the game rather than using anything from the novel. I realize this is a bit of a strange ask due to how the game is, but I personally feel like interpreting the characters through the lense of their cutscene "performances" and details in their stages is a big part of the fun of the game!)
This ship is going to be hard to explain, especially since, well, I'm only drawing from the game itself and not the tie-in novel. I just found these two characters really charming, while not being particularly drawn to Attilio's canonical romance. Just as things are presented in the game, Attilio and Haoyu don't really ever meet and they don't have that much in common. I find their personalities very different in a way I feel could easily be complimentary, though.
Haoyu is more exuberant and (at least sometimes) impulsive, but Attilio literally has a job he seems to enjoy as a clown and seems to like to make other people happy, so both could easily have a mischievous streak in some way or another. And Haoyu's stage involves him tossing himself forward and into a brick wall again and again, figuratively speaking, even though he's getting hurt every time, while Attilio seems to suffer from the opposite problem of freezing up and being anxious and torn about possibilities, needing to find the courage to actually make a decision and take a chance on something despite the risks. They both have robot costumes/performers in their stages (Laser Launcher and Pounding Robot, and arguably Iron Panda), and they both have costumes/performers relating to flight or free-ish movement through the skies as well (Soaring Sheep and Aero Acrobat, and Rail Runner and Merry Ghost). Haoyu's level also has Happy Horn, which is a performer.
I also find it interesting that the credits scene implies that some of the characters were pulled into Wonderworld from years apart; depending on how you interpret it, Haoyu might have actually been pulled from 10 years before Attilio (like Cass was) or somewhere in the middle (so like 5 years), so it's very possible Haoyu was younger than Attilio in Wonderworld when they briefly saw each other but is older now. Nothing really needs to be done with this if you don't feel like it, it could be that Haoyu was like 17 and is 22 now and Attilio is 21 or something and it doesn't make much difference, but it could be played with in some neat ways.
TL;DR, I feel like they could get along well and also counterbalance each other and open the other up to new experiences, if and when they met. Both of them being outgoing and maybe mischievous in some ways, and Attilio being more cautious while Haoyu can sometimes rush ahead, seem like they could make for particularly fun dynamics.
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
Unfortunately, I have not requested this ship in exchanges before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- smut with either character under 16
- infidelity (just have them not with any of the other characters when they're together; maybe Attilio and Cass tried a date or two but just stayed friends, or maybe they never ended up dating but just became friends?)
- the weird time shenanigans implied by the credits sequence, whether Haoyu's 10 years behind Attilio or 5 years
- Wonderworld as drama therapy
- the neat metaphorical ways the stages can be interpreted, and how much the whole thing was like stage performances
- THE DANCING, I won't even lie I think the dancing especially at the end after Lance is beaten is very cute
- noncanon background pairings I actually enjoy if they happen to come up: Balan/Lance, Cass/Yuri, Fiona/Sana, Iben/Sana, Eis/Iben/Sana, Lucy/Sana, Fiona/Lucy, Cal/Jose, and/or Bruce/Cal, if any of them show up
- NAMING CONVENTIONS, NICKNAMES, PET NAMES. And also language in general, if done right! Attilio is Italian and Haoyu is Chinese; do either of them come from families that still use those languages a lot? Even if not, do their families call them by certain nicknames (Attilino or Tio, Yuyu or A-yu, for examples)? Is Haoyu the type to shorten someone's name (Atti or Lio?); would Attilio ever use "bello" or "darling"? You don't have to play with this, but have fun with it if you like!
- if you're interested, I could like transmasc headcanons for either/both of these characters, especially Haoyu! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good (though I'd prefer you leave Cass, Lucy, and Sana as girls, whether cis or trans!). and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog
Dororo/Kururu
[Where you can find the series: Here or here!
Most Pertinent Episodes:
S1 E9A - introducing Kururu
S1 E13 - introducing Dororo, rescuing him, and working together!
S1 E14 - the Platoon works on a plan for the first time with Dororo... dammit Kururu
S1 E28B - shows Kururu's personality + how he's "allergic" to cute/sweet/pure things (and people); Dororo only has a smallish part
S1 E40 - this just shows how chaotic the Platoon as a whole can get, Dororo being forgotten, and Kururu actually not liking being unpopular
S1 E47A - "Kururuko" helps the rest of the Platoon (including Dororo, this time! bad idea) make Hinamatsuri "more interesting"
S1 E49A - Dororo's not in this one, but Kururu shocks everyone by not being a jerk... for a bit, maybe
S1 E51 - the Platoon "leaves forever" (only not)
S2 E64B - Keroro's been a dick to Dororo since childhood, also Kururu's a genius
S2 E68B - Kururu's not really in this one; Dororo re-meets a dog, though!
S2 E82A - Dororo's not in this one; "Kururuko" enters a competition to "meet 623"
S2 E83B - Kururu accidentally gets turned into a baby!
S2 E98B - Kururu's not in this one; Dororo first meeting Koyuki
S2 E101 - the Garuru Platoon invades; this episode and the next two are a three-parter, plotty and actually kinda serious
S2 E102 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S2 E103 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S3 E134B - Dororo's not in this one, but Kururu and Fuyuki go to Akihabara and it has some fun stuff in it
S3 E135B - Dororo and Kururu work together in this one to fuck with Keroro and it's great
S3 E153 - first of a more serious two-parter; the Platoon disappears
S3 E154 - second of the more serious two-parter; Dororo helps save the day
S4 E155 - this just shows the Platoon including both them being. ridiculous. songs and also resonance.
S4 E161 - the Platoon is attacked by an outside group; Kururu and Dororo (and Mutsumi) help stop them
S4 165A - Kururu's just great in this one; Dororo's minor but they interact?
S4 171B - Dororo's not in this one, but it shows a bit more of Kururu's personality and way of doing things!
S4 E189 - Kururu's not really in this one, but Dororo has to face his old assassin teacher in what seems to be a fight to the death!
S4 E199 - Dororo's minor in this one, but Kururuko becomes an idol!
MOVIE 3 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel - again plotty and kinda serious
S5 E214 - Dororo's not in this one much, but Kururu quits temporarily for the dumbest reason and it's great
S5 E229 - B story focuses on Kururu (and Mutsumi) but A story sets up context; plotty and kinda serious when it gets to that point, has Dororo jump in to help Kururu a bit and more firmly establishes their friendship than most episodes
MOVIE 4 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors - again, plotty and kinda serious, has some nice scenes with both and a cute moment at the end
S6 E259 - Kururu's not in this one, but we get to see Dororo and Koyuki revisit their old ninja village
S6 E260 - flashback to the Platoon's first time meeting and working together!
S6 E284 - the Platoon gets taken over by an asshole, they turn on Dororo, Dororo ends up having to save all their asses, also Kururu's a genius
S6 E307 - has some cute moments for the characters separately and shows that they'll all be together in the future
MOVIE 5 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island - again, plotty and kinda serious; has some cute moments with both of them
S7 E312A - Dororo vs. Zeroro (his own past self!) with some good moments from Kururu
S7 E318A - no one's ever seen Dororo's mouth (he eats, drinks, sleeps, etc. with it on and always has) and it seems to be a bit embarrassing and very personal for him!
S7 E319 - there's a hacker in the base and this part has great moments with both of them; Dororo's not in the second half but Kururu is bright and also has a soft spot!
S7 E320A - literally just the Platoon using bishounen robots to invade if you want to see them as those (Dororo looks like Trowa and Kururu looks like Zechs)
S7 E336A - Kururu's barely in this one but it has Dororo vs. Zoruru again!
S7 E356A - the Platoon turns into dragons again to save Keron; has at least one or two neat moments for them both
S7 E357 - fun situation where Keron decides to take over the invasion, and it shows how attached all the Platoon's gotten to Earth
Watch just whichever ones you feel like, tbh!]
(I've watched most of Keroro Gunso, and I think I've seen every episode that has a focus on either of these two, or at least most of them; 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 the characterizations in the anime on the whole, but feel free to incorporate details from the manga to spice things up because I do love it too!)
My love for this ship isn't 100% about their canon interactions, honestly; those are fairly few, somewhat far between, and the two don't seem all that close necessarily. However, they do have some interactions and little details about them that make me feel like they have the potential to grow closer or could have done so in the background of the series! From the start, Dororo being in actual legit trouble did seem to worry the entire Keroro Platoon, including Kururu, and whenever any of the Platoon are in real trouble Dororo often abruptly swoops in to save the day. But more than that...
Even all the way back in Season 3, in the second half of Episode 135, Dororo and Kururu unexpectedly bond a bit over Keroro not valuing a single grain of rice (weirdos) and team up to fuck with him over it to teach him a lesson! Near the end of Season 5, Episode 229, Dororo realizes something's wrong and knocks Keroro and Giroro the fuck out so that Kururu can help/save Mutsumi, and his little speech about how sometimes someone gets caught up in something they can't explain but you try your best to do everything you can to help them as a friend applies to him and Kururu in that moment as much as Kururu and Mutsumi! (Who I also ship, so that got me.) At the end of the fourth movie, when Kururu gets knocked over it's Dororo who tries to help him up, and in the fifth movie it's shown that Kururu and Mutsumi are playing shogi on a rooftop when it's usually Dororo and Mutsumi doing that (so they apparently all three have that in common, or Kururu learned!). In the first part of Episode 312 in Season 7, Kururu seems to become concerned and realize something's wrong at the same moment as Giroro, who's known Dororo a lot longer, and twigs onto what's really happening at the same time as Koyuki, who's the closest person to him. And by the second-to-last episode (and what feels like more of a series finale than the actual finale, honestly), Episode 357 of Season 7, the entire Platoon devotes themselves to being the Earth Defense Force -- actually calling it "Earth" as well, rather than Pekopon, which only Dororo had ever done before -- all of them, including Kururu, catching up to Dororo's devotion in that regard. And honestly, just the little detail that Kururu is the only person in the entire series Dororo has ever said the name of without any honorific attached fascinates me a little by itself!
So there are some neat moments every so often, even if they're few and far between, and ones that can even be read as a progression of either regard or closeness or both if one wants to! But I also really like them in a more general sense for the possibilities on top of their actual interactions. They could have a very interesting dynamic if they did get closer! Kururu is "the biggest jerk in the universe" who cares about other people more than he seems to want to and definitely more than he likes to let on, while Dororo is a sweetheart dedicated to peace and protection, with a soft heart, who can be ruthless at times and used to be the Keron Army's top assassin. Kururu goes out of his way to be a jerk seemingly more for the sake of it than anything else, while Dororo is dedicated to being fair, honorable, and (usually) kind. Dororo is traumatized by being forgotten and mistreated, while in the early episodes the closest thing to a "trauma switch" Kururu seems to have (despite his purposeful jerkishness!) is being called out as unpopular and actually disliked. Kururu seems outright allergic to sweet and cute things and people, especially Mois, but seems unbothered by Dororo as well as Mutsumi. For their own very different reasons, they're the two Platoon members most likely to go "nah, not interested" and just peace out of participating in a mission, or to decide they want to do their own thing. And just for more minor things, Kururu's eyes are always covered up by his glasses and Dororo's never seen without his mask, and Dororo is the nature-oriented while Kururu is more tech-oriented (though Dororo seems to appreciate Kururu's skills despite that). Basically, I could actually see them coming to appreciate each other, especially if Dororo saw under Kururu's jerk exterior and decided he was worth being patient and trying for closeness.
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for this ship once before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- Kururu flipping Dororo's trauma switch on purpose
- non-canon background pairings I'm good with are Koyuki/Natsumi, Fuyuki/Momoka, Alisa/Fuyuki, Fuyuki/Mutsumi, Chiruyo/Momoka, Asami/Mois, Garuru/Pururu, Tororo/Zoruru, and/or Mekeke/Putata, if any of them show up
- I'm also into Dororo/Kururu/Mutsumi, either as a full OT3 or poly with either Kururu in the center, but it's obviously not necessary!
- I'm also equally happy with the Platoon in their usual Keronian bodies, or in human bodies due to one of Kururu's inventions or something! or in human-looking robots! any would be good, so go with whatever you feel like...
- Kururu's dorky taste in music and his love of curry everything (and the fact that he's yellow because of bathing in curry...)
- how Kururu blatantly does care about his teammates and being liked more than he lets on
- how sometimes these two really do seem to get along better than expected
- the opposites-attract sorta feeling I get from them (nature and tech, huge jerk of a genius inventor and calm sweetheart of an ex-assassin ninja...)
- NAMING CONVENTIONS! honorifics and even nicknames! Kururu always calls Dororo either Dororo-senpai or Dororo Heichou (Lance Corporal Dororo), but Dororo seems to call Kururu either Kururu-dono (like he does for everybody) or just Kururu, which he doesn't for anyone else. why? Kururu sometimes (rarely) busts out a cute thing to call one of the other Platoon members for no obvious reason (like calling Keroro Kekero-kun once), and oddly they seem to do the same for him sometimes (Keroro calling him Ki-chan and Tamama calling him Kinkin once), so I don't even think it's out of the question for them to call each other -kun at some point (or even Doro-kun/Kuru-kun or something else similar!)... or just switch entirely to names without honorifics?
- if you're interested, I could like transmasc headcanons for either/both of these characters! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good (though I'd prefer you leave Pururu, Koyuki, Natsumi as girls, whether cis or trans!). and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
Keroro Gunsou | Sgt. Frog
Kururu/Saburo Mutsumi
[Where you can find the series: Here or here!
Most Pertinent Episodes:
S1 E9A - introducing both characters
S1 E28B - Mutsumi's not in this one, but shows Kururu's personality + how he's "allergic" to cute/sweet/pure things (and people)
S1 E47A - Mutsumi's not in this one, but "Kururuko" helps the rest of the platoon make Hinamatsuri "more interesting"
S1 E49A - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu shocks everyone by not being a jerk... for a bit, maybe
S1 E51 - the Platoon "leaves forever" (only not)
S2 E82A - 623 hosts a competition to let one fan meet him face-to-face; "Kururuko" enters
S2 E83B - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu accidentally gets turned into a baby!
S2 E101 - the Garuru Platoon invades; this episode and the next two are a three-parter, plotty and actually kinda serious
S2 E102 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S2 E103 - the Garuru Platoon invades; three-parter continued
S3 E112 - Kururu and Mutsumi first meet, and Mutsumi winds up with Kururu's reality pen
S3 E134B - Mutsumi's not really in this one, but Kururu and Fuyuki go to Akihabara and it has some fun stuff in it
S4 E161 - the Platoon is attacked by an outside group; Mutsumi shows up to help
S4 165A - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu is just great in it
S4 171B - Mutsumi's not in this one, but it shows a bit more of Kururu's personality and way of doing things!
S4 E199 - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururuko becomes an idol!
MOVIE 3 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel - again plotty and kinda serious, some fun shippy scenes
S5 E214 - Mutsumi's not in this one, but Kururu quits the Platoon temporarily for the dumbest reason and it's great
S5 E229 - B story focuses on them but A story sets up context; plotty and kinda serious when it gets to that point and VERY SHIPPY including the credits
MOVIE 4 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors - again, plotty and kinda serious, has some nice scenes with both
S5 E237 - part of a story arc with the Platoon on another world; Kururu encourages the version of Mutsumi of that world
S5 E240A - this one's convoluted and dumb (complimentary) but there's a sauna sequence and the two of them working together on something... interesting
S6 E298B - Kururu's not in it; Mutsumi regularly uses the reality pen to check in on himself in alternate dimensions
S6 E307 - has some cute moments for the characters separately and shows that they'll all be together in the future
MOVIE 5 - Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island - plotty and kinda serious; has a cute scene near the beginning with both of them
S7 E320A - Mutsumi's not in it; literally just the Platoon using bishounen robots to invade if you want to see Kururu as one of those (he looks like Zechs)
S7 E354B - Kururu helps Mutsumi fake being a Venusian and keep broadcasting as 623 without risking his identity
S7 E357 - fun situation where Kururu invites Mutsumi to visit Keron, things go bad, and it shows how attached all the Platoon's gotten to Earth
Watch just whichever ones you feel like, tbh!]
(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 -- in personality and mostly in history as well as in name -- 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; he always seems delighted to get involved in their antics! 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, kinda cool but kinda dorky teen is his BFF.
When they first meet, Mutsumi spends the whole time metaphorically pulling pigtails because he's decided he 100% wants this alien in his life; he blushes when Kururu gives him the Reality Pen! When the Keronians are all dimension hopping and they meet an alternate universe version of Mutsumi, Kururu pep talks him. Whenever Kururu's in trouble, he seems to know exactly how to get Mutsumi to come help. 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. When given the opportunity to invite the humans they care about to visit Keron, Kururu immediately does, Keroro knows he has without being told, and Kururu's the one who investigates the whole invitation and sounds the alarms on it being a trap. At one point, Mutsumi and Kururu go to a sauna together and Mutsumi agrees to make a steamy video for him, because why not? Mutsumi asked Kururu to teach him how to resonate, which is something Platoons do together but can also canonically be romantic!
These two do not seem like they would work, and yet they absolutely do, know they do, and embrace it. It's wonderful. I don't even have more to say, I just love how all-in they are on each other... not even "despite themselves," per se, because they don't seem to resist it at all after Kururu's reluctance on that first day!
Prompt Ideas
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If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for them in exchanges a few times before!
Canon-Specific DNWs
- N/A, really!
- non-canon background pairings I'm good with are Koyuki/Natsumi, Fuyuki/Momoka, Alisa/Fuyuki, Chiruyo/Momoka, Asami/Mois, Garuru/Pururu, Tororo/Zoruru, and/or Mekeke/Putata, if any of them show up
- I'm also into Dororo/Kururu/Mutsumi, either as a full OT3 or poly with either Kururu or Mutsumi in the center, but it's obviously not necessary!
- I'm also equally happy with the Platoon in their usual Keronian bodies, or in human bodies due to one of Kururu's inventions or something! or in human-looking robots, or even Mutsumi in a Keronian body! any would be good...
- the way these two seem so different but just Vibe, with that whole "on the same wavelength" thing
- how effortlessly Mutsumi seems to be able to make Kururu act uncharacteristically...
- including how easily Kururu just gave Mutsumi an uber-powerful, uber-rare reality pen, TWICE
- and tbh, also vice-versa? Mutsumi is distant and secretive and mysterious to literally everyone except, it seems, Kururu!
- how into the alien and alien-invasion (and maybe alien-experimentation?) stuff Mutsumi is; he wants excitement!!
- all those alternate universe versions of him!
- THAT MANGA REVEAL THAT HE WAS RAISED BY ALIENS... could it possibly even mean he's not fully human anymore somehow, maybe due to being raised by aliens or growing up on another planet?
- those stupid haikus and his dorky fashion sense
- Kururu's dorky taste in music and his love of curry everything (and the fact that he's yellow because of bathing in curry...)
- how Kururu blatantly does care about his teammates and being liked more than he lets on
- the idea of Mutsumi learning how to resonate with Kururu's help, just because (especially since it can be, like, a relationship thing as well as a team bonding/agreement thing)
- listen, I like that they just call each other by name (and that Mutsumi calls him by "Kururuko" 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 but that they might like it despite it also being painfully ridiculous tbh
- if you're interested, I could like transmasc headcanons for either/both of these characters! trans headcanons for any other characters that show up are also 100% good (though I'd prefer you leave Pururu, Koyuki, and Natsumi as girls, whether cis or trans!). and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
The Last Halloween (Webcomic)
Eugene Otto/Robert
[Where you can find the comic: Here!
Book 1 is by far the most pertinent; that's 7 chapters/about 114 pages.
The exact pages with Robert talking about his backstory with Eugene Otto are here and here, but it's well worth reading the whole thing, for more context about Robert's character and also just in general!]
Quite frankly, 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!
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for this ship several times now!
- Shipoween 2019 (Eugene Otto/Robert)
- Shipoween 2020
- Soul-2-Soul 2021
- My Automagic trickortreatex2022 signup!
- Playlist Exchange 2022
- implications that Robert and Gene never loved each other, especially that Robert never loved Gene
- shutting the door completely on the idea of a)Robert ever getting an afterlife b)these Robert and Gene ever making up (it not happening in the fic is fine, ofc, just no "this is impossible/will never happen/could never happen")
- trans headcanons of any kind for Gene specifically
- Halloween, spooky, and outright horror stuff works especially well for this canon!
- Ringley's dad/Mona's parent as a background ship is super cool; feel free to give them names (and/or surnames) or not
- Robert and Gene meeting again in the afterlife
- resurrections and ghosts when it comes to either/both of those two
- AU where Robert never killed Gene
- AU where Gene shows up to haunt Robert as a ghost
- AU where Gene is a kid during the canon time period and he and Robert meet then (or where the monster apocalypse happened back when Gene was alive)
- really complicated relationship between those two
- forgiveness, second chances, trying again somehow
- anything set during Robert and Gene's long relationship
- possessiveness/protectiveness of either towards the other tbh
- monster desire to take their human's life sublimating into desire to have all of their human's attention and affection and maybe also sublimating into attraction/sexual desire
- "Certain humans look certain ways to us -- appetizing, you could say. Or perhaps appealing or attractive." UM YES PLEASE??
- nonhuman characters being ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about gender! 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! other characters being trans if they're included could also be fun and I encourage it. and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
- nicknames! pet names! names in general! Robert seems to call Eugene Otto "Gene," and Gene not only calls him Robert but gave him his first name (his full name was Robert Eugene Otto but after Robert came into the picture he insisted the doll was Robert now and he would be Gene from then on)... what might make Robert call Gene "Eugene"? would he accept "Rob" or any other nickname from Gene, maybe, but from no one else? and if you could sell me on an endearment/pet name being used by either I would love it!
- for horror stuff specifically, if you go that route, feel free to kill off OCs but not any canon characters that didn't die in canon; psychological and cosmic horror, but body horror can be great, as can ghosts and other monsters, isolated horror, and characters just telling scary stories, and I'm fine for gore and injury for this particular canon, and even perma-death if it involves an afterlife situation for Robert and Gene or Gene haunting Robert as a ghost...
- ...I am also open to unusual takes on smut if you do include any, since Robert is a living doll that is also really a monster rather than an actual doll; how might he actually sexually interact with Gene, and especially vice-versa? does Robert not have genitalia but have some other erogenous places, and/or not get aroused or orgasm like humans but still have something sort of analagous, or does he pick up on others' feelings and emotions in a sort of psychic-ish stimulation? or feel free to go full unusual xeno; I do not mind and would be into it!
The Last Halloween (Webcomic)
Dr. Fugue/Robert
[Where you can find the comic: Here!
Book 1 is by far the most pertinent; that's 7 chapters/about 114 pages.]
For Dr. Fugue/Robert, this takes a little bit of explaining, since their interactions are minor and not particularly significant. But the more I thought about them individually, I liked what their slight interplay does say about them and how the shapes of their arcs kinda work together.
Doctor Fugue is undead, a doctor and supernatural (mad) scientist, a Victorian-ish ghost. One who haunts the church and can't leave. He employs what he thinks of as a little group of undead children to help him graverob bodies for his raising-the-dead experiments (as well as upgrading/replacing Jangles's various bits). He's a big faker; Robert flat-out says he's not a good doctor, which is proven very correct when Mona comes back. He not only hands a ten year old a magic weapon he knows nothing about and sends her and the other "kids" out with completely incorrect information, he's apparently sent multiple "group[s] of untrained misfits to their deaths without actually nowing what was going on," to the point that Charon's chewed him out about it at least once before. Fugue shoves a magic sickle into Mona's hands and pushes her out the door with a few undead "child" chaperones during the Apocalypse so that she can go take care of it; this is a whole bunch of terrible decisions all in a clump, made worse by him not understanding the situation and actually sending them on a wild goose chase in the end. Mona has to chop up and even kill multiple monsters, nearly dying more than once and actually losing an arm to the ordeal, something she makes clear to Fugue that she'll never forgive him for (which he finds fair). His whole arc seems to involve him getting a huge dose of guilt for once in his unlife, realizing just how badly he fucked this little group up, seeming to have a change of heart about the "playing Dr. Frankenstein" thing and trying in some small ways to start to make amends.
Robert, on the other hand, is posing as an undead, a doll cursed to life by voodoo. Until he tells Mona and Shirley, literally no one in the group including Fugue knows that he's a monster, not undead at all, and is also immortal (or what they call immortal) due to killing his human several decades prior; he claims to be an undead to avoid the attention of the Phagocyte. He's around 117 years old, if not a bit older, and he's often the closest thing the group has to a straight-man; he keeps his own secrets, even when it would be really helpful to share, because he rarely feels invested in others, and he doesn't tend to personally lend much of a hand, especially not to save people. He's calm and soft-spoken, good with normal human adults, and very calmly makes threats when called for as well (and sometimes even commits violence against his undead "friends," such as sewing Ringley's mouth shut, though they don't seem to mind). He, and let me state this again, killed his own human, Gene, decades before the canon starts, and tells the story at one point about how they had been one another's dearest friends and Robert had ruined Gene's entire life thoroughly until Gene had asked Robert to kill him. He says that it was and is his nature. He shows that this may not be as true as he thought.
Robert goes along on the save-the-world quest to keep everyone on track and give them even a tiny chance, but he saves Mona's life once and then tells her he'll never do it again so she'd better learn to save herself. Mona does learn, however, despite him keeping a lot of information back and outright lying at times, and he becomes more attached and invested in the outcome of their mission. It even gets to the point that he eventually fully opens up, becomes somewhat more reassuring (and even open to affectionate touch, which was Not a thing for him at first), sort of steps into a mentor role to Mona, and promptly sacrifices his own life to give her a fighting chance. His own arc involves him actually becoming attached to the situation and its people for once, to the point of purposefully sacrificing his life to give Mona a chance to survive and succeed (on what is, unbeknownst to them, a fool's errand), even admitting his own origins and past and coming face-to-face with the fact, for the first time, that maybe his nature as a monster is something he can choose to act counter to.
...So Fugue sends Mona, Robert, and the others off on a pointless quest that gets one of them killed and nearly kills two more of them, and is having to live with that fuck-up (figuratively speaking). He's obviously hit pretty hard by Robert's death and Mona's hatred of him, and comes to regret his choices and the results they had on the others, actually swearing off using corpses to make more undead for a while as he decides to use one of the fresh corpses to save Shirley's life instead. And by the end of Book One Fugue still hasn't even been made aware that Robert was a monster the whole time and has sort of... fused with the magic sickle that's supernaturally bonded to Mona. Overall, the canon, or at least Book 1, is a very interesting set of characters and relationships who are all affected and shaken badly by the general situation but also by the lies told and secrets kept, primarily by Fugue but also arguably by Robert, and the two of them together really intrigues me.
Prompt Ideas
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Links to Previous Letters
If you want more ideas for prompts, I've asked for this ship a few times now!
- My Automagic trickortreatex2022 signup! (some slight Fugue and Robert and Mona stuff)
- Playlist Exchange 2022 (Fugue/Robert as well as with Mona)
- Candy Heart Exchange 2023 (just Fugue/Robert)
- Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2023 (Fugue/Robert as well as with Mona or Shirley)
- a strong focus on Fugue's sexism (I'd prefer for him to be capable of at least a bit of growth there; bringing it up somewhat in the context of internalized homophobia is fine)
- Fugue being entirely unrepentant post Book 1, actually
- Mona easily and completely forgiving Fugue unless otherwise requested
- implications that Robert and Gene never loved each other, especially that Robert never loved Gene, if that character comes up
- Halloween, spooky, and outright horror stuff works especially well for this canon!
- Ringley's dad/Mona's parent as a background ship is super cool; feel free to give them names (and/or surnames) or not
- Fugue helping Mona resurrect Robert (probably partly out of guilt)
- AU where Robert didn't die against Ba'al
- forgiveness, second chances, trying again somehow
- post-canon (or post-Book 1) fic in general
- Robert still being alive in Mona's sickle and being able to be brought back and/or show up as a ghost that way
- the sickle thing, if that idea is used, meaning that Mona is now immortal and also not aging (oops)
- Fugue finding out super belatedly that Robert is a monster, like possibly even 1-3 years after Book 1 (but less time than that is also good)
- protectiveness of any of the requested characters towards any of the others
- Fugue eventually being forgiven, at least mostly, at least by most of the characters
- Mona softening a bit on Fugue but still not forgiving him (like, noticing he's trying hard and maybe feeling sorry for him, maybe he makes her feel more tired than angry now)
- nonhuman characters, particularly monsters, being ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about gender
- trans headcanons in general! like I said, I like to imagine especially monster (rather than undead) 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! Fugue figuring out some odd gender stuff himself could also be interesting (nonbinary?), but maybe he was also a trans man all the way back when he was alive and mad scienced himself a transition, or his ghost shows up as the way he sees himself? (just not a trans woman for him, please!) other characters being trans if they're included could also be fun and I encourage it. and of course trans headcanons aren't obligatory!
- nicknames! pet names! names in general! Fugue just calls Robert by name, and I don't think he would accept a nickname (from anyone but Gene) frankly, and he calls Fugue "Doctor Fugue" pretty constantly. what might make him shorten that to Fugue? or does Fugue have a first name (or can he not recall)? and of course Mona and Shirley are just called Mona and Shirley; under what circumstances might a nickname be used on them? (or come from them? would Robert be fine with Mona calling him a nickname?) and if you could sell me on an endearment being used by either Fugue or Robert I would LOVE it!
- for horror stuff specifically, if you go that route, feel free to kill off OCs but not any canon characters that didn't die in canon; psychological and cosmic horror, but body horror can be great, as can ghosts and other monsters, isolated horror, and characters just telling scary stories, and I'm fine for gore and injury for this particular canon, though not exactly perma-death (obviously Dr. Fugue is perma-dead, but like, also a ghost about it, and ghosts don't count for me)
- ...I am also open to unusual takes on smut if you do include any, since Robert is a living doll and Fugue is a ghost; how might either of them sexually interact with a human or with each other? can Fugue still get aroused and/or orgasm? how/why? does Robert not have genitalia but have some other erogenous places, and/or not get aroused or orgasm like humans but still have something sort of analagous, or does he pick up on others' feelings and emotions in a sort of psychic-ish stimulation? or feel free to go full unusual xeno; I do not mind and would be into it!
- ...finally I also just want to note that I love invisible people (or, well... ghosts, as Robert points out, but Fugue's still invisible besides his clothes and bandages!). and also Fugue's all leg. legs for days. I like these things.