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Dear Chocolate Box Writer
Jan. 4th, 2019 15:50Hello, person with common interests!
Whether you're completely new to me or we've bumped into each other the past, hi! I've done exchanges for years but thought I'd start this year with a blank slate, so to speak, and I won't be c&p'ing my older letters. This means my DNW list might look different, as does my likes list etc.
My likes haven't really changed, though, so if something you see gives you an idea and that particular prompt/comment isn't here, then yes, assume I still want it. It could be that I've gotten a treat for that prompt and feel satisfied enough to leave it out, but I will always adore more. ALWAYS.
From my sign-up:
DNW: Unrequested rape/noncon between pairing characters, character death, terminal illness, hopeless endings, porn without feelings, D/s, daddy kink, sex in public, sex featuring under 16s, pregnancy, children as the focus, weddings, acquiring pets, AUs that change the setting dramatically (modern/historical, coffeeshop, genderbend etc.), only aliens/sex pollen/mind control made them do it, meta, crossovers, unrequested poly or other relationships on the side, deliberate humiliation of a character by others
Notes about these:
Character death: There are canons where death is canonical (The Terror, for example) and I'm fine with a fic acknowledging death and loss, but ideally all my ships make it through the fic alive, or magically resurrect or whatever you think they should do in order to be less dead. I'm also sappy enough to like an afterlife fic. :) Laugh all you want, I don't care.
Other relationships on the side: In some cases there are canonical spouses, partners and families. Please don't create a poly relationship when I don't ask for it. I also don't want these characters happily cheating on anyone behind their back. You can, however, handwave their situation away by including a divorce or another sort of break-up (but don't just kill them or turn them into villains if they're not that in canon). Or set it early enough that they're not involved with anyone yet. If the infidelity is canonical then I'm better with it, but I prefer them coming to an agreement about an open relationship or anything similar.
Rating: Everything from G to E as long as it's shippy. I mean, I requested pairings only, so I think it's not awful of me to say that I wouldn't be happy with pure gen in this exchange. :) Otherwise I do enjoy friendship fics as well, so add in all the friends you want!
Length: I know the limit is 300 so obviously I don't demand longer than that. Just make it one 300-word thing instead of three unrelated 100-word drabbles, please? But I'm also into longfic, so there's absolutely no reason to worry about whether a fic is too short at 300 or too long at whatever k. If it's more than 299 words it'll be fine, though if it's, idk, 100k, I'm going to have to take a moment to get back to you for comments. :D
Bulletproof likes and general prompts:
(This list really can go with any fandom ever. I like other things as well but with these you really can't go wrong.)
Porn likes: Anything vanilla is always ok, but also blindfolds, a bit of tying up or holding wrists, teasing and mild painplay (except genitalia, please). Everything from frottage to handjobs to penetration, or just coming before they even really begin. Fine with rimming. Condoms optional. Lube or anything to replace it not optional. :D Unless specified I'm fine with either one being the top/bottom. I prefer touching and random interjections and pleads to long conversations during sex, and I'd like you to keep pet names like baby, love or honey to the absolute minimum.
FANDOMS UNDER THE CUT:
ANNE WITH AN E [Cole MacKenzie/Mr. Phillips ** Billy Andrews/Cole MacKenzie ** Gilbert Blythe/Sebastian "Bash" Lacroix]
BABYLON 5 [Alfred Bester/Michael Garibaldi ** Michael Garibaldi/Jeffrey Sinclair]
BON COP BAD COP (2006) [David Bouchard/Martin Ward]
DARK MATTER (TV) [John Anders/Three ** One/Three ** Six/Three]
DOWNTON ABBEY [Thomas Barrow/Edward Courtenay ** Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent ** Thomas Barrow/Tom Branson]
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (2012) [Charlie/Patrick]
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE [Julian Bashir/Miles O’Brien]
STARGATE (AMT but both are SGU) [David Telford/Everett Young ** Nicholas Rush/Everett Young]
THE TERROR [Francis Crozier/James Fitzjames ** Francis Crozier/Thomas Jopson]
THE X-FILES [Alex Krycek/Fox Mulder]
You can ignore any of these prompts and write your own ideas. Just take a peek at the canon-specific DNWs (for some canons, not all) before you continue, ok? Or if there's a part of a prompt you like but it's not quite right, tweak it to your liking. These are all ships I crave so I'll take any 300-word piece you're inspired to write. Really.
( Fandoms with prompts and thoughts )
Whether you're completely new to me or we've bumped into each other the past, hi! I've done exchanges for years but thought I'd start this year with a blank slate, so to speak, and I won't be c&p'ing my older letters. This means my DNW list might look different, as does my likes list etc.
My likes haven't really changed, though, so if something you see gives you an idea and that particular prompt/comment isn't here, then yes, assume I still want it. It could be that I've gotten a treat for that prompt and feel satisfied enough to leave it out, but I will always adore more. ALWAYS.
From my sign-up:
DNW: Unrequested rape/noncon between pairing characters, character death, terminal illness, hopeless endings, porn without feelings, D/s, daddy kink, sex in public, sex featuring under 16s, pregnancy, children as the focus, weddings, acquiring pets, AUs that change the setting dramatically (modern/historical, coffeeshop, genderbend etc.), only aliens/sex pollen/mind control made them do it, meta, crossovers, unrequested poly or other relationships on the side, deliberate humiliation of a character by others
Notes about these:
Character death: There are canons where death is canonical (The Terror, for example) and I'm fine with a fic acknowledging death and loss, but ideally all my ships make it through the fic alive, or magically resurrect or whatever you think they should do in order to be less dead. I'm also sappy enough to like an afterlife fic. :) Laugh all you want, I don't care.
Other relationships on the side: In some cases there are canonical spouses, partners and families. Please don't create a poly relationship when I don't ask for it. I also don't want these characters happily cheating on anyone behind their back. You can, however, handwave their situation away by including a divorce or another sort of break-up (but don't just kill them or turn them into villains if they're not that in canon). Or set it early enough that they're not involved with anyone yet. If the infidelity is canonical then I'm better with it, but I prefer them coming to an agreement about an open relationship or anything similar.
Rating: Everything from G to E as long as it's shippy. I mean, I requested pairings only, so I think it's not awful of me to say that I wouldn't be happy with pure gen in this exchange. :) Otherwise I do enjoy friendship fics as well, so add in all the friends you want!
Length: I know the limit is 300 so obviously I don't demand longer than that. Just make it one 300-word thing instead of three unrelated 100-word drabbles, please? But I'm also into longfic, so there's absolutely no reason to worry about whether a fic is too short at 300 or too long at whatever k. If it's more than 299 words it'll be fine, though if it's, idk, 100k, I'm going to have to take a moment to get back to you for comments. :D
Bulletproof likes and general prompts:
(This list really can go with any fandom ever. I like other things as well but with these you really can't go wrong.)
- Canon-divergent AUs, forks in the road, what if X instead of Y, fix-its for unhappy endings
- Angst and (mutual) pining
- Hurt/comfort of any type and level, from minor wound tending to handling mind control situations, torture and PTSD
- Internalized homophobia when it fits the canon (esp. if eventually learned/taught out of)
- Having to share a space (anything from a single tiny sleeping bag to space shuttles to snowed-in cabins to whatever else you can think of - it's the 'I can't run away and ignore/hide my feelings oh no' that I adore)
- Enemies/rivals having to work together and making a truce, temporary or otherwise
- All the touching! From the tiniest of accidental (or "accidental") brushes to carrying someone wounded and having to unclothe them, helping out with difficult clothes/gear, dancing etc. Face, neck, wrists and lower back are a surefire way to make me go *boom*
- Undercover jobs from the sweetest "we have to fake being a couple" to the most painful "I must watch you get beaten up and can't do anything" (having to hurt the other doesn't work the same as having to watch, though I'd take both)
- Time travel tropes of any kind in canons where it happens or is plausible: Groundhog day, traveling to the past/future and getting (temporarily) stuck there, time moving slower/faster than it does for others in a certain space, messages through time, altering history or future
- First times (touches, dates, kisses, sex, arguments, anything first really)
- Porn with feelings (friends: being able to express how they feel, enemies/rivals: realizing that oh no, it's more than simple lust)
Porn likes: Anything vanilla is always ok, but also blindfolds, a bit of tying up or holding wrists, teasing and mild painplay (except genitalia, please). Everything from frottage to handjobs to penetration, or just coming before they even really begin. Fine with rimming. Condoms optional. Lube or anything to replace it not optional. :D Unless specified I'm fine with either one being the top/bottom. I prefer touching and random interjections and pleads to long conversations during sex, and I'd like you to keep pet names like baby, love or honey to the absolute minimum.
FANDOMS UNDER THE CUT:
ANNE WITH AN E [Cole MacKenzie/Mr. Phillips ** Billy Andrews/Cole MacKenzie ** Gilbert Blythe/Sebastian "Bash" Lacroix]
BABYLON 5 [Alfred Bester/Michael Garibaldi ** Michael Garibaldi/Jeffrey Sinclair]
BON COP BAD COP (2006) [David Bouchard/Martin Ward]
DARK MATTER (TV) [John Anders/Three ** One/Three ** Six/Three]
DOWNTON ABBEY [Thomas Barrow/Edward Courtenay ** Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent ** Thomas Barrow/Tom Branson]
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (2012) [Charlie/Patrick]
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE [Julian Bashir/Miles O’Brien]
STARGATE (AMT but both are SGU) [David Telford/Everett Young ** Nicholas Rush/Everett Young]
THE TERROR [Francis Crozier/James Fitzjames ** Francis Crozier/Thomas Jopson]
THE X-FILES [Alex Krycek/Fox Mulder]
You can ignore any of these prompts and write your own ideas. Just take a peek at the canon-specific DNWs (for some canons, not all) before you continue, ok? Or if there's a part of a prompt you like but it's not quite right, tweak it to your liking. These are all ships I crave so I'll take any 300-word piece you're inspired to write. Really.
( Fandoms with prompts and thoughts )
