Chocolate Box 2020

Dear Author,

Thanks for writing for me! I'm hearteating here and on AO3. Below are my likes and DNW, and then fandom-specific prompts and ideas. I'm looking forward to whatever you produce, and I hope you have fun with your assignment. Don't be afraid to get self-indulgent, either! I love reading stories where it's clear the author is just having the time of their life.

 

General/Narrative Likes: monsters; magical realism; larger-than-life characters/scenarios; canon-divergent AUs; non-mundane AUs; future-fic; adventure; character studies; need vs want vs have; missing scenes; ethical dilemmas; friendship; found/made family; competence; cooking; dream sequences (that aren’t the entire fic); banter; fight sequences; introspection; worldbuilding; time travel; loyalty (to people or to causes); casefic

 

Ship-related Likes: Complicated feelings; bad at feelings; friends-to-lovers; enemies-to-lovers; slow burn; awkward flirting; fake relationships turned real; intimacy; sensory details; handholding; pining; forehead-touching

 

Smut Stuff: intercrural; orgasm delay/denial; multiple orgasms; overstimulation; awkward sex; hand kink; oral; messy sex; nonpenetrative sex; bloodplay; manhandling; hair kink; power dynamics; laughter during sex; body worship; consent issues due to outside forces; eye contact during sex

Art Likes: Bright colors, black and white, stark contrasts, stylization, weird composition, comics, intimate moments, any AUs I mentioned

 

DNW: Pregnancy; body horror or body modification beyond canon-levels; A/B/O; incest; major character death (permanent); infidelity/cheating as a focus or plot point; medical kink; underage (15 and under); hopeless endings; mundane AUs; issuefic, cannibalism ft discussion of different cuts of meat


Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Gimli/Legolas (fic or art)

I've loved Gimli/Legolas for years- reluctant travel partners-to-friends-to-just two dudes sailing off into the sunset together is such a good dynamic. My love for them is broad, which means you can use pretty much whatever interpretation you like best and I will also enjoy it! The downside of that is I am struggling to come up with prompts, but I will do my best! I guess I'm less interested in "meet the family" type fic, so that's some sort of boundary.

•  Pining! That old staple- pining while they're on the quest! Pining while they visit the Caves and the Forest! Pining, maybe, even on the ship to the West, for maximum "oh boy how are you not getting this"ness?
•  Outsider POV could be really fun here, especially another elf or dwarf who can tell what Legolas or Gimli feels but struggles with seeing if the other reciprocates, due to cultural differences.
•  Anything post-Fellowship, where Legolas has heard the sea and is always restless, and they visit each other far more often than possibly they should
•  Rule 63 for them both would also be great! Especially with how uncommon female dwarves are supposed to be.

For art- I'm not wedded to any visual interpretation of them, so whatever is fine- Jacksonverse appearance, Bakshi appearance, your own personal headcanon- all is good! For art, I'd love to see any quiet moments of them together during their post-Fellowship trip to Fangorn or the Glittering Caves. The two of them post-battle checking each other over. Smooches! Journey to the West

Tortall - Pierce
Alexander of Tirragen/Roger of Conte, Alexander/Roger/Thom of Trebond, Alexander/Thom (fic)

When I first read these, I loved Alanna and her adventures, and I was also deeply into Alexander's relationships with her and with Roger. And I still am deeply into them- the sexual undercurrent and the resentment and the loyalty! And add in Thom, who looks almost identical to Alanna, and you have a deeply messed up party.

I will take pretty much anything for these pairings! There's not a lot and I am desperate.

•  Corruption of the innocent! Roger corrupting Alex, or Alex corrupting Thom, or both Alex and Roger corrupting Thom is all good. Slow, insidious corruption, or the point of no return
•  Alex's Ordeal and/or the aftermath
•  What Alex thinks of Thom when Roger first brings him aboard
•  Sex magic?

The Lion in Winter
Geoffrey Plantagenet/Philip II (fic)

Geoffrey was my favorite character in the movie, and young Timothy Dalton was a huge babe, and history said they were pretty close for a while, so, naturally, I ship it. Geoffrey trying to manipulate everyone in sight and Phillip not doing a bad job of it himself makes for interesting possibilities. The couple that schemes together, stays together for a period of time until one of them dies tragically, I guess.

There are a number of fics out there already about Geoffrey swearing fealty to Philip and the two of them engaging in subtle scheming and one-upmanship, and also sex is involved and whoops feelings. I love these stories and would be delighted to read another one.

• Being self-indulgent for a moment- political hostage AU? Where Geoffrey is kind of the worst hostage, because Richard and Eleanor don’t really care about him, and this is a poke in the eye to both him and to France (“oh sure, we’ll give you a hostage…this spare son”). How would this change things? What awful bitterness and scheming would there be? How long has Geoff been in France, and does this affect Henry’s rebellion or Richard’s time in France?
• Missing scenes from the movie! Scheming, smooching, swordplay, talking about Eleanor and Alais and the whole messed up family situation…anything.
• Ghost story! After Geoffrey’s death, he decides to come back and haunt Philip. Or he doesn’t decide to, but finds his spirit is bound to Philip and they’re both kind of put out by it.

Killjoys
D'avin Jaqobis/Fancy Lee, D'avin Jaqobis & Jaqobis Kin Rit & Aneela & Delle Seyah Kendry (fic)

Killjoys ended this year, and while I was sad to see it go, I was happy with where it left off. I liked the visuals, the dialogue, and the wordbuilding. I loved how tropey and fun it can be, and it had some great emotional beats that feel like a punch in the gut. The characters are all larger-than-life, but it works with the feel of the show and the world.

I ship D'avin/Fancy, and I've requested fic about them enough times I'm just going to copy/paste their prompts. It's a good ship! And I'm also interested in the awkward family dynamic of Jaq's parents, with his two moms and his dad (and his dad's girlfriend, who is also kind of his aunt/half-sister).

• Fancy gets Hullenized again, and D'avin uses his power over the Green to de-Hullenize him again (From a distance? With his dick? Originally from a distance but, as things go on, D'avin's Magical DeHullenizing Dick makes an appearance? You decide!).
• Canon-divergent Red 17 fic, ft Fancy as a new Hullen and D'avin as a medical curiosity/prisoner, desperate for familiarity
• Fancy and D'avin go on a mission together. This could be canon-divergent, a 'missing mission,' or whatever else strikes you! Maybe they're trying to gather intelligence for the war, or maybe they're collecting a bounty, or maybe they stumbled onto something by accident and are now stuck together.
• Awkward family dinners with the Jaqobis-Kin Rits! Maybe it's a regular thing where they try and meet up once a month for Jaq, and he appreciates the sentiment but also help
• Conflicting advice from all Jaq's parents, and how he ultimately makes whatever his decision is
• Jaq brings home a partner
• Anything about this weird family, really

The Order
Lilith Bathory/Gabrielle Dupres, Lilith Bathory & Alyssa Drake, Lilith Bathory/Alyssa Drake (fic)

I'm a sucker for cheesy fantasy, and once you add werewolves into the mix? I will probably love it. And so it is with The Order, cheesy Netflix fantasy series about secret college societies. I liked a lot of the characters, but I absolutely love Lilith Bathory, the wonderfully named murder-happy werewolf, and I'd love to read more about her, especially with Gabrielle and/or Alyssa.

• Gabrielle/Lilith hatesex! The scenes between them made me really want enemies-with-benefits fic for them, where it's rough and nasty and basically another venue for them to work out their hatred for each other.
• Sexual tension between Gabrielle and Lilith during fights would also be good, or perhaps the Brotherhood captures Gabrielle and the tables are turned?
• Post S1 fic where Lilith hates Gabrielle but doesn't know why and things get weird
• I am also interested in what Lilith and Alyssa's friendship was like, pre-mindwipe. They told each other everything! They braided each others hair! Was Alyssa the one to mindwipe Lilith? What was that like?
• I am all about Alyssa and Lilith teaming up, either during their time in the Order or during the course of the show- there's a lot of baggage there, not to mention different approaches to problem-solving
• Lilith dunking on Kyle during the time Alyssa is dating him and Alyssa is annoyed but also amused
• Any of the above Alyssa & Lilith prompts, but with pining and/or romance and/or sex!
• Or go wild with tropes: fake dating, sex magic for ritual purposes, spell gone wrong, etc