Treats for pinch hitters.

[casemod]

We couldn't run the exchange without our pinch hitters!

If you're a pinch hitter who isn't signed up as a participant in 2025's round who would like to put yourself forward for a gift, please drop yourself on this post with your request(s)!

We have a couple of guidelines:

• Please use the tagset to select fandoms and pairings ("/", "&", and "Solo") that were accepted for this round.


• Treats for pinch hitters do not need to meet our minimum requirement for a completed gift. That means it can be a scene/snippet from solving a case rather than a case being solved from beginning to end. (One panel for art will be accepted. Podfic that records a drabble will be accepted. Fic that's a total of 500, 1,000, etc. words will be accepted.)


• Prompts or links to letters (past or one specifically for this exchange) are optional and are very welcome.


• Please list any DNWs in your comment.


• Please do not reveal who you are pinch hitting for in your comment.


• You can find our full guidelines in our rules post.


• If you have a question regarding a pinch hitter's request, please email gumshoeagency@gmail.com with your questions.

I've provided a suggested format to post below, although you're welcome to post however you like as long as the information you provide is useful for a potential treater.

AO3 username: Please ensure you let us know your AO3 so you can receive a gift!
Fandom:
Mediums: (Comic, fic, podfic, a combo, or all)
Characters/Relationships: What are you requesting from the requested fandom?
Likes: These are optional. You can put prompts here so potential treaters know what kind of casefic you'd like to receive.
Do Not Wants:
Letter Link: If you have one.

<b>AO3 username:</b> <user name="USERNAME HERE" site="archiveofourown.org"> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Mediums:</b> <b>Characters/Relationships:</b> <b>Likes:</b> <b>Do Not Wants:</b> <b>Letter Link:</b>

You're welcome to repeat this as many times as you like. Anon comments are allowed on this post.

Please note we do not guarantee gifts for pinch hitters, but please still consider dropping yourself onto this post. If you're interested in pinch hitting, please check out our available pinch hits.

Thank you again for participating, and I hope you have a good time being a part of our first round!

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Treats for Pinch Hitters

[krzeslicko]

Hi! I'm Krzeslicko, and I'd be glad for either art or fic :)
If you feel like writing something more, and we share a fandom, I'd be glad to receive anything!

AO3 username: Krzeslicko
Case fic likes:
Mission fic | Murder mystery | Heist (both trying to plan a heist, doing it, or trying to stop someone) | Unconventional mysteries | genre or trope subversions | whodunnits | howdunnits | howcatchems | investigating something silly in a serious way
General Likes:
Touch starved, yearning, fleeting touches| Hurt with comfort | Happy/hopeful endings | Gen fics | Found family, friendship and genuine affection, queerplatonic relationships, characters who like to be around each other | Character study | POV outsider | Mystery and suspense, eldritch horror | Arranged Marriage or marriage of Convenience, with platonic relationships | Smart characters | Expanding on canon | Plot-heavy stories and worldbuilding | Complicated relationships and politics | Banter and humour
General Do Not Wants:
As a general rule - I'd like to avoid anything that would require an AO3 warning (unless stated otherwise).
Cheating/Infidelity | Food and Eating Disorders (mentions are fine) | Eye trauma and detailed descriptions/depictions of gore | Explicit smut | Topics related to suicide, self-harm, characters being actively suicidal | A/B/O and Mpreg | Pregnancy and related topics/kinks | Kids (mentions of kids are fine, fics with focus of the caretaker are fine, kids over the age of 12 are usually fine) | Unrequested identity headcanons | Incest | First-person POV, epistolary, poems, text-based or social media posts | Degradation/humiliation | Terminal illness | Reader Insert | Scat, watersports, sounding | BDSM, Dom/sub etc. | Modern AUs (coffeeshop, flowershop, office, university, highschool etc.) | Cakeverse | Cults (unless canon typical) | Age Regression and age play | Insta love | Drug use (please no alcohol, hard/soft drugs, smoking) unless mentioned in passing and plot-relevant | No comfort when hurt is psychological | Miscommunication when the focus of the story


1. The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Fandom:
Mediums:Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
ART | Perihelion & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
ART | Perihelion/Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
Solo: SecUnit | Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
Amena & Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
Amena & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
Dr. Gurathin & Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries)
Dr. Mensah & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
Murderbot & PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries)
Murderbot & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
Fandom Likes:
IMPORTANT - I HAVE ONLY READ THE FIRST 5 BOOKS, PLEASE NO SPOILERS <3
Aroace MB | Exploration of bonds and complicated relationships | "Mother Hen" (gender neutral) MB | Love the canon, feel free to play with it as you wish | Murderbot being a BAMF | Murderbot character study | MB past (and angst coming from that) | Fluffy coda between the novels | Team as family
Fandom Do Not Wants:
While I appreciate the books, please avoid 1st person POV |


2.
Fandom: Link Click
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Cheng Xiaoshi & Lu Guang & Qiao Ling (Link Click)
Cheng Xiaoshi/Lu Guang (Link Click)
Fandom Likes:
I like the 'case of the week' aspect of the story, as well as the more nuanced time shenanigans
Fandom Do Not Wants:
Shipping anyone other with CX than LG and vice versa. Background relationships are ok.

3.
Fandom:Detective Conan
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Hattori Heiji & Kuroba Kaito (Detective Conan)
Kudou Shinichi & Kuroba Kaito (Detective Conan)
Fandom Likes:
I like the dynamic between them, their sort of silly shenanigans, but appreciate the more serious stuff too.
Fandom Do Not Wants:
Ai/Shinichi or Shinichi/anyone from the Detective Boys


4.
Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)
Fandom Likes:
Love their dynamic | Solving cases together | Domestic Phoenix/Miles | Angst potential | Like most of the characters too :) | Silly villains
Fandom Do Not Wants:
Going into detail about Kristoph | Shipping Phoenix with Maya or Mia | Phoenix depicted as an idiot


5.
Fandom:Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Kaz Brekker & Jesper Fahey & Inej Ghafa & Matthias Helvar & Wylan Van Eck & Nina Zenik (SoC)
Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (SOC)
Solo: Inej Ghafa (SOC)
Solo: The Crows (SoC)
Fandom Likes:
Kaz being a mastermind (but having his shortcomings, too) | Inej being a badass | My favourite character is Kaz and then Inej, but feel free to write about other characters! All crows have their opportunity for some delicious hurt :) | Headcanon - Being a grisha has a price they have to pay | Kaz/Inej and yearning :) | Heists and crimes :) | Banter |
Fandom Do Not Wants:
Describing Inej's time in the Menagerie | Jesper-bashing | Kaz-bashing | Kaz being without fault and having all his ideas pan out without a hitch | emotionless Inej


6.
Fandom:DCU (Comics)
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne (DCU Comics)
Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne (DCU)
Crime Alley | Park Row Residents & Jason Todd (DCU (Comics))
Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne (DCU (Comics))
Solo: Bruce Wayne (DCU)
Solo: Dick Grayson (DCU Comics)
Solo: Jason Todd (DCU (Comics))
Solo: Tim Drake (DCU Comics)
Tim Drake & Jason Todd (DCU Comics)
Fandom Likes:
Team as family | I love Dick, Tim and Jason the most, closely followed by Alfred, Bruce and Damian. The rest of the fam is a nice addition, but I'm not too pressed if they're not in the story | Dick and the aftermath as Birdwatcher | Feel free to do any AU or canon divergence | I'll leave it up to you if you want Bruce to be an asshole and a bad parent or not. As long as it makes sense story-wise, I don't mind either | Tim being a smart cookie | using detective reasoning to solve cases | Tim and his absentee parents | Jason and his relationship with humanity | Dick and his martyr syndrome (with at least a hopeful ending) | Bruce and Alfred, with Alfred bossing everyone around | Alfred being a badass |
Fandom Do Not Wants:
Romantic relationships between the bats | 'Parentifying' Dick | Going into details about Dick's history with assault |


7.
Fandom:Crossover Fandom
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) & Jason Todd (DCU)
Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) & Tim Drake (DCU)
Edwin Payne (Doom Patrol TV) & Charles Rowland (Doom Patrol TV) & Edwin Payne (DBD TV) & Charles Rowland (DBD TV)
Edwin Payne (Doom Patrol TV)/Charles Rowland (Doom Patrol TV) & Edwin Payne (DBD TV) & Charles Rowland (DBD TV)
Fandom Likes:
DP + DCU - Danny has a potential to be either a nuisance to bats, or their greatest ally | Ghost King Danny | Cryptid Danny |
DBD + DBD - it's an interesting concept, since these are the same characters and yet not!
Fandom Do Not Wants:
DP + DCU - shipping Danny with the Bats | Danny as Dami's twin |
DBD + DBD - depicting Charles as an idiot


8.
Fandom: Original Work
Mediums: Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Amateur Female Detective/Professional Female Thief (OW)
Female Art Thief & Female Jewellery Thief (OW)
Female Criminology Student/Female English Student Who Loves Mysteries (OW)
Female Detective/Female Thief (OW)
Female Investigator Given to Comically Misconstrued Conclusions/Her Long-Suffering Female Colleague (OW)
Female Mage/Her BFF Female Assassin (OW)
Female Private Detective/Femme Fatale (OW)
Painter Who Mysteriously Dies Before Unveiling A Painting & Fake Medium Investigating An Unrelated Case (OW)
Solo: Female Veteran Battle Android turned Private Investigator (OW)
Solo: Genre-Savvy Female Detective in the Wrong Genre (OW)
Solo: Female Assassin (OW)
Solo: Noir Detective (OW)



9.
Fandom:Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Alphonse Elric & Edward Elric (FMA:B&M)
Edward Elric & Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga)
Maes Hughes & Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga)
Riza Hawkeye & Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga)
Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga)
Mediums:Comic, Fanfic
Characters/Relationships:
Fandom Likes:
Ed being a little shit TM | Ed & Al being bros | Ed being Roy's reluctant ally | Roy & Riza pining | Roy being smitten with Riza | Riza being a badass | Ed being a badass | Al being a smart cookie and a badass | Roy being a wet cat (but also a badass) |
Fandom Do Not Wants:
Wouldn't enjoy reading about Ed and Al being fathers | Ships with Ed and Al

[selfindulgentkitten]

AO3 username: selfindulgentkitten
Fandom: Dungeon Meshi
Mediums: fic/art/podfic
Characters/Relationships: Marcille Donato/Falin Touden, Marcille Donato & Senshi
Likes: I'm happy to see anything you do with this, if you decide to!
Do Not Wants: animal harm/death

Fandom: Demon Slayer
Mediums: fic/art/podfic
Characters/Relationships: Shinobu/Mitsuri
Likes: I'm happy to see anything you want to do with this, if you decide to!
Do Not Wants: animal harm/death

Fandom: Talentless Nana
Mediums: fic/art/podfic
Characters/Relationships: solo: Nana
Likes: I'm happy to see anything you want to do with this, if you decide to!
Do Not Wants: animal harm/death

Fandom: Toji no Miko
Mediums: fic/art/podfic
Characters/Relationships: Kohagura Ellen/Mashiko Kaoru
Likes: I'm happy to see anything you want to do with this, if you decide to!
Do Not Wants: animal harm/death

[gasogene]

AO3 username: gasogene

General Likes: Friendship, fluff, humour, happy endings

General Do Not Wants: Major Character Death, noncon, dubcon, infidelity, omegaverse, gore, scat, watersports, underage sex, era-changing AUs

Mediums: Fic

Fandom 1: Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Characters/Relationships: Arthur Hastings & Felicity Lemon & Hercule Poirot (Poirot TV), Arthur Hastings & Felicity Lemon & James Japp & Hercule Poirot (Poirot TV), Arthur Hastings & Hercule Poirot (Poirot TV)
Likes: Mysteries in the more lighthearted earlier style where Poirot, Hastings, and Miss Lemon (along with Japp when he’s around) work as a team, although something that could be from a later series but with the gang back together would be lovely as well.


Fandom 2: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)
Characters/Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson (Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)), Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)),

Likes: Mysteries where Holmes and Watson have basically equal “screen time” and their relationship (whether romantic or platonic) is highlighted in some way

Fandom 3: Murder She Wrote
Characters/Relationships: Solo: Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote)

Likes: Mysteries that happen in Cabot Cove, especially if they involve Jessica’s history in and knowledge of the town