Chocolate Box 2018

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Chocolate Box Letter



General things! This is just broad-view stuff; I'll note where applicable in specific sections if canons/ships can ignore something.

In General: I’m really happy with anything! And by anything, I really do mean just about anything; it’s hard to find something that I absolutely don’t like hard stop. I’m good with all ratings, from G to NC-17, and while there are a bunch of ships requested, I'm okay with anything from pining and getting together to established relationships taking the backseat to a larger plot event. As this is a more lax exchange, please feel free to mix up styles or try something new! Changing PoV of the same situation? Snapshot scenes? Epistolary? Are all amazing, so please feel free to experiment if that's where the mood takes you! I also love all genres: fluff, action/adventure, hurt/comfort, canon, AU, pre/post-series, crossovers; if you have something in mind already, I’ll probably love it! I do prefer things to end on a happy or hopeful note, but I would never pass on or ask against angst and drama or even character injury.


Some tropes I adore that are relevant (non-comprehensive):
- hurt/comfort and whump
- alternate PoVs of scenes
- pre-canon backstory
- curtainfic/established relationship
- casefic
- fake relationship/arranged marriage/accidentally married/accidental confessions
- found family
- enemies/rivals to lovers (also friends to lovers)
- secret relationships/friendships
- reincarnation/fated/soulbonds
- trapped somewhere together
- loyalty
- magically bonded together (either physically or telepathically)
- redemption and corruption (obv doesn't have to be in the same story, but I am good with either route!)
- road trips
- the 90s anime onsen episode

My DNWs are very few, but just in case: pregnancy/kids, miscommunication/misunderstanding as the central source of tension, non-canonical pronouns, and suicidal thoughts/actions from characters further than canon would go.

Really Optional Details That Are Entirely Optional (okay let’s just call them kinks): If you wanted to go a M/E route, and are comfortable writing any of the following, I really enjoy size difference, blindfolds, orgasm denial, sex pollen, messy/sloppy sex, intercrual, oral, semi-public sex (like in a closet or alley), sensory deprivation, breathplay, toys (especially hidden vibes), marking/possessiveness, body worship, slow, drawn-out sex that can really tie in with the aforementioned body worship, or awkward first times. I also like a lot of things that generally have to be requested and that most people aren’t comfortable with so they are Extra Optional: dubcon, vore/gore, tentacles and xenophilia, oviposition, cum inflation, a/b/o, bloodplay, threesomes/moresomes, double penetration, and collars.

Also, past letters are fair game to check if I've requested a fandom before if you need more guidance, since I tend to skip around on what details I give where.

Fate
Requested ships: Karna/Arjuna, Sakura/Medusa, Sakura & Alter

Karna/Arjuna
The Fate system is so open to so many possibilities, and I love all the different scenarios you could build with these two. From their original legend to all the different types of interactions and situations in Fate/Extra/Extella/Grand Order, there are so many interesting situations. I love the semi-rivals yet technically family vibe, especially with how hard both of them tend to work against it. As with most of my Fate requests, the CEs also give an interesting jumping-off point for various AUs and other setups!

Sakura/Medusa
Let's face it, Heaven's Feel should've ended with Medusa and Sakura together. They're much more interesting as a couple than Sakura and Shirou, and really, both of them need a life free from men making bad decisions. I love Medusa's dedication to and protectiveness of Sakura, especially when paired with Sakura's own loyalty.

Sakura & Alter
Really I just love the dynamic here and the point Sakura is at when she has Alter is so interesting from an introspective point for both of them. I'd love something set during Heaven's Feel, but if you wanted to finagle something with them at Chaldea/in the Grand Order-verse, please feel free!

Shades of Magic
Requested ships: Kell/Holland, Kell/Rhy, Kell & Rhy

I love the world of this canon so, so much, and even though the series ended, there's still so much room for exploration.

Kell/Holland - flip sides of the coin as Antari acquired by the monarch. Okay, no I really just still want all of the fic of what could've happened while Kell was in White London with the collar on and under Holland's control before Osaron pulled the body possession trick. Or Holland teaching Kell Antari spells or tricks, since Kell clearly didn't know all of them. What could've it been like if the Danes hadn't taken over and Red and White London had a more congenial relationship? I am also Very Mad that both of them had their Antari magic compromised by the end, so alternates or fix-it would be very welcome.

Kell/Rhy (and Kell & Rhy) - That soulbond is still so ripe for plundering, and the possibility for Kell to have stayed behind and be on of Rhy's advisors still isn't a completely closed door for the future. Also the bit about Kell letting any chance of finding out his backstory go was such a cop-out, but while I am a sucker for the "who you were doesn't matter, you are who you are" bit, what if Rhy stumbled over old records or similar that gave clearer hints as to where Kell came from and how he ended up at the castle?

The Penumbra Podcast
Requested ships: Juno/Peter

This whole podcast is just trope city for things I love, so it was exceedingly hard to narrow down exactly what I wanted for this, but in the end, I had to come back to what caught my eye in the first place: Juno and Nureyev and their disillusioned PI and master thief dynamic in their retrofuturistic noir setting. I love everything about the Juno Steel stories: the setting, the characters, the way Juno clearly loves Hyperion City even though it's failed him so many times. And then introduce a master thief into the dynamic, who can don and shed identities and play any sort of game with the best of them. I love the dynamic and ship of a PI and the thief they're on the trail of anyway, and this was just a perfect representation of that trope in all the ways that delight me.

I'd love to see anything filling in visits Peter might've had during Season 1, before the final events started to slot into place. Maybe he drops in to "help" out at the agency, and no one knows whether or not he's actually helping or not until the case is actually done. Or Peter drags Juno out for a night on the town. Or into a heist! Or a heist that Juno doesn't know is a heist until it's too late and they're already in someone's mansion and if he leaves, he's going to set off the alarm because Nureyev has the alarm codes and floorplans. I'm also good for some good old fashioned pining while season 2 is going on, since we know neither has forgotten the other. Really, I'd be happy with just about anything here!

Persona 5
Requested ships: Iwai/Akira, Haru/Makoto, Akechi/Akira

General things that can apply to all pairings
- Shadows Made Them Do It - utilize any condition inflicted by shadows as you will! Especially given the conditions inflicted in the final battle based on the seven sins, there's a lot to play with here.
- Trapped In Mementos - for some reason, they're in Mementos on their own, either facing an uncomfortable truth about one or the other, or just in general danger.
- Tooling Around Tokyo - weekend expedition dates! There are so many fun places you can take your confidants, but also places that you just go on your own, utilize how you'd like!

In general, I am good with all genres or takes on the above or anything else - fluff is always sweet, but this is not a sweet game by any stretch of the imagination, so bittersweet and angst is totally fine too.

Akechi/Akira: I am a complete and utter sucker for the flip side of a coin and "what if" potentials. The fact that both of them are supposed to be Tricksters and are set up as basically the two boiled-down aspects of trickster gods is such trope catnip for me. I think Akechi had a lot of potential that wasn't explored by the game and was bitterly disappointed that the fallout of his role in Shido's palace isn't really able to be explored by the game and that he never gets to learn his role in the game. He's not blameless by any stretch of the imagination, and I actually like him cynical and nihilistic and trying to draw that out of Joker, who has also been ill-treated by the world. I think they left an intriguing door open by saying that he's disappeared in real life and hiding his death behind a wall. I'd love anything set at any time - before November, during November, during either period of hiding, or after the end of the game, taking any assumption about his status that you'd like.

Haru/Makoto: Third year ladies! I just love these two apart and together - I love how competent and badass both of them are, especially when you take into account how sheltered they both really are. They'll be a force to be reckoned with in the future, that's for sure. The entire party props each other up in so many different ways, and


Iwai/Akira: I think it is a CRYING SHAME that the non-party confidants don't get better integrated into the main story. They go to all this trouble to have Sae comment on it and have the confidants admit they know by rank 10, and then, nothing. I know the gameplay reasons for it, but I would love to see it more integrated regardless. When did Iwai start to become suspicious? His worry when Akira disappeared (any time you'd like). The fact that Akira is part of the Iwai clan now! I love that Akira's dialogue options have a very definite code-switch when it comes to interacting with Iwai - it'd be interesting for Iwai to eventually meet Akira's friends, either as normal friends or as Phantom Thieves and someone to call out the facade, in one direction or the other. Also Kaoru definitely knows you're dating his dad.

Haikyuu!!
Requested ships: Ushijima/Oikawa, Kiyoko/Yachi, AkaBokuKuroTsuki (wtf self)

Yuri!! on Ice
Requested ships: Yuuri/Victor, Minami/Yuri, Lilia/Minako, Phichit/Chris, Yuuri & Yuri

Original Works
Requested ships:
Male Dragon Shapeshifter/Male Dragon Rider
Male Selkie/Original Male Character
Female Pirate/Female Naval Officer
Eldritch Horror/Male Sacrifice
Female Squid Selkie/Fisherwoman
Archaeologist Studying an Ancient Temple/Snake Deity they Disturb
Male Trickster God/Male Reincarnated God of Death