Dear Chocolate Box Writer

[partypaprika]

Dear Chocolate Box writer,

Thank you for writing for me! I’ve included some thoughts below on my preferences and fandoms. Please don’t stress too much if you’re inspired to write something else (although I’d prefer if you didn’t delve into my DNWs). I’ve given some specific prompts, but feel to take a general theme from my general likes if that’s more inspiring!

 I'm not active on LJ/Dreamwidth anymore, although you're welcome to poke around here. I'm slightly active on tumblr and you can also check out my pinboard. I'm on ao3 as partypaprika.

 

 

General likes:

-Hurt/comfort
-Conflict
-Slow burn
-Pining and UST
-Sacrifices, especially if characters are making big sacrifices on behalf of someone that they care deeply about
-Angst (ideally ending in a HEA)
-Having dysfunctional relationships
-Enemies being forced (either directly or by circumstances) to work together
-Enemies to lovers
-Opposites attracting or coming to understand each other
-Marriages of convenience, fake dating, etc.
-People being thrown together in wildly unexpected situations
-Magical realism and magical powers
-Time travel, time loops, time do-overs etc.
-Modern royalty AUs
-Secret identities and identity porn
-Settings that have a sense of mystery: cemeteries, forests, abandoned temples etc.
-Epistolary and non-linear storytelling
-Canon divergence
-Mythology
-Hidden displays of affection

 

DNWs:

-Major character death
-Noncon
-Incest
-Painplay
-Torture
-Humiliation kink
-A/b/o
-Dom/sub
-Mpreg
-Knotting
-Coffee shop AUs
-High school AUs
-Unrequested poly ships

 

 

 

Hikaru no Go
Shindou Hikaru/Touya Akira

I love everything about Hikaru no Go and Hikaru and Akira. I love how much history they’ve shared and how o b s e s s e d they are with each other and go. I love how they (mis)communicate but also are there for each other when they really need the other one. I love how they’re each a champion for the other and they care so freaking much about each other. I have this vision of some rumor going out about either Akira or Hikaru and the other character is like…I know the perfect solution! We will pretend to have been dating to definitely prove that such thing didn’t happen. Or someone assumes that they’re dating and if they deny it, it’ll look worse (or like one of the characters dumped the other one), so they pretend to date to save face. And then…hijinks!

They are so obsessed and loyal to each other—I would absolutely love to see that explored more, especially if one of them self-sacrifices themself to try and protect the other.

I also love the idea of them connecting romantically online—maybe on a go forum? Or some other type of online situation where they’re interacting and just completely connecting (and then both of them are feeling guilty because they also have feelings for the other in real life).

Lastly, I am definitely down for angst with a happy ending for these two—they both have so much baggage. Does Hikaru have to reveal his secret about Sai to Akira in a way that leaves both of them hurting? Do they finally hook-up but think that the other person isn’t that into them? Does one of them date other people thinking that the other isn’t into them, and everyone that they date is a stand-in for the other? Fluff is also fine as well!



The Wilds
Shelby Goodkind/Toni Shalifoe

I love that these two are such opposites but also so complementary. Shelby is very focused on control and her outward expression of self and Toni is all about being herself, one hundred percent of herself, all the time, consequences be damned. I love how much Toni likes to try and rile Shelby up, but once they kiss, Toni does everything that she can to let Shelby set the pace and tone of their relationship and makes sure that Shelby knows that Toni supports her in whatever way that needs to be.

I also love the glimpses that we get of how the island has changed Shelby and Toni in the interviews and how Shelby has clearly changed in terms of looking for social and authority acceptance (and how the interviewers misread that).

 

I would love to get more of Toni and Shelby on the island, maybe sneaking away for some alone time with each other. I would also love to see Toni processing what’s going on after Shelby kisses her.

 

I would also love to see Toni and Shelby after the “interviews” are concluded. You can either go as deep as you want with the Dawn of Eve conspiracy (including a break out of the bunker)aca or you can look at how they are when life returns to “normal” (or as normal as one gets after an experience like they had on the island).

 

Generation Kill
Brad Colbert/Nate Fick

There's so much that I could say about these two. I love complete and utter trust between the two of them, in one of the highest stress situations imaginable. They're always on the same page and they always have each other's back, no matter what. It gets me right in heart, so much. SO MUCH. I would love to see the added element of attraction added--maybe it's completely the same, a seamless extension of that mutual understanding, or maybe they both have to now struggle with this additional element and the fear that it will screw up their current relationship.

I would also love to see Brad and Nate getting together after their return from Iraq, either pre or post the repeal of DADT. I feel like there's a lot of opportunity for pining here--maybe one of them thinking that the other doesn't reciprocating, being concerned about professional repercussions or trying to protect the other...(so many opportunities!). You could also have them going their separate ways after returning from Iraq and then reconnecting, years down the road.

I love the loyalty in their relationship and would love to see that explored. Do they have to marry each other to save one of their political careers or do they have to marry because one of them has been compromised in some other way? Has one of them been falsely accused of treason and now the other has to rescue them and clear their name? Does one of them have to protect the other from reputational injury, career injury or actual injury? I am there for all of it!

On the lighter side, I would definitely love to see one of the guys selflessly setting up the other on date after date even while pining the entire time.