In Your Shoes

Foreword

Collection Foreword: Naturally, because we are inserting the reader into the AoT/SnK universe, some out-of-character content and circumstances are to be expected. I will generally try to keep the character as close to their demonstrated personalities as I can, excepting any specifics you request. Request details will largely if not wholly override canon in order to create the story. Aside from writing exceptions, I will still try to continue extrapolating their personalities into whatever situations you request. This may lengthen the time to fill the request if it is with a character I am less familiar with and/or uses unique or otherwise esoteric presumptions.

Each chapter will be prefaced with the basic request details, such as appearing characters, temporal setting, and changes/details to character behavior, the environment, and the like. Requested users/names WILL NOT be stated, the only exception specifically being requested to be publicized by the requester for whatever reasons of their choosing. I'll guarantee any request to be a minimum of ~2,300 words. Any more will be happenstance. I *think* these will generally be shorter than my character x character collections. Time will tell.

If I get past ~12 standing requests at any one time, I may start to consolidate/collapse them in the interest of time spent. So, 2-3 requests may be filled by a single chapter so long as the requests are compatible with one another.

To request: Simply write to me with the minimum details given below - you can do this by leaving a comment/review on this story, or any other of my anthologies, (but specify in that case) on either my fanfiction.net or my archiveofourown.org accounts (same account name for both platforms: everyempirefalls). You may also PM me via FF.net ~everyempirefalls or via PM on Tumblr @evryempirefalls if you prefer (which I advise if you want full confidentiality).

PLEASE INCLUDE THE MINIMUM 5 DETAILS IN ANY REQUEST YOU SEND ME:
1) The character(s) you want to be written with (Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Levi, et cetera),
2) which narrative perspective (1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person),
3) the narrative tense (past, present, or future), the type (contemporaneous, recollection, et cetera), and narrative technique (omniscient, unreliable, stream-of-consciousness, et cetera),
4) what point in time the setting takes place (AoT canon, Modern AU, et cetera),
5) any 'no go' zones for your requests (i.e. triggers).

If you are unfamiliar or uncertain with any of these terms, don't stress! Simply leave a ? in the places for what you are unfamiliar or uncertain with. We can discuss the details you are looking for and I can adapt and inform you however necessary (which is also part of why I suggest you use PMs) 😊

Beyond the 5 minimum details, details are at your discretion (so long as the Rules apply) or may be left to me to create. If for any reason you are unsure if your request errs on a rule, ask me. Unless you are requesting incest or underage-adult sex, you are free to message me and ask/discuss your idea even if it ebbs against my rules below! Likewise, I am also open to 'writing challenges' or otherwise obscure or rare formats.

Fair warning: 2nd person is a natural medium for me. As is 1st person stream-of-consciousness. Other variations are less easygoing for me. But that is also me in my head, so you be the judge as I get more posts online. And tell me, please. 😊

Rules: ALL CHARACTERS ARE ASSUMED TO BE ADULTS with their most up-to-date personalities or their traits upon character death, unless specifically requested otherwise. I will not write any underage x adult parings. Only exception being a very minor age difference such as a 17.5 w/ 18-year-old.

I will not write any incest (not that it should be much of an issue for Character x Reader, anyways – though, this still applies to non C x R requests you may have for me, too).

I write heterosexual couples (least, for the time being). This is simply a pragmatic matter for me – I am hetero myself and that is what I am most familiar with; I am unsure I could do you/the characters justice by writing LGBTQ+ genders, most particularly in any non-sexual contact as I am sure there are subtleties to the relationship dynamics that I am unfamiliar with. Maybe I am over/under estimating things, though.

Any non-consensual sex will be assumed to be consensual non-consent unless explicitly requested (and will be noted in the forward with a T/W); i.e. 'standing/persistent consent' where the couple has previously discussed scenarios or circumstances where implicit or explicit consent is assumed without the need for conversational or body-language confirmation. The same applies for any forms of physical harm (consensual, known mutually, and is ultimately respectful of all involved parties).

All that said, happy reading!