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Chocolate Box 2019
Dec. 11th, 2018 04:35 pmDear Chocolate Box Author,
Thank you so much for writing for me! I had a ton of fun with Chocolate Box last year and I'm happy to be back. I'm sticking with almost all Yuletide fandoms this year, and I'll be absolutely thrilled with fic for any of them! I've received delightful stories for some of these pairings and some are nonexistent, and I'm always happy with more of them.
Stuff I love:
Thank you so much for writing for me! I had a ton of fun with Chocolate Box last year and I'm happy to be back. I'm sticking with almost all Yuletide fandoms this year, and I'll be absolutely thrilled with fic for any of them! I've received delightful stories for some of these pairings and some are nonexistent, and I'm always happy with more of them.
Stuff I love:
- Shipping! I am a ridiculous shipper at heart, so my favorite thing would be ship fic for the pairings I request; I love sexual tension, slow burn, pining, and lots of other stuff. Porn or no porn are both great--it's the ship more than the smut I'm into. I also love characters falling for others that they never would have expected, as is probably obvious from my ships. I love pining and hurt/comfort and cuddling to avoid hypothermia and all those wonderful fanfic tropes. Shippy pre-relationship stuff is also great!
- Identity porn! As defined by Fanlore, it's focusing on people who have secret identities which focus on the consequences of using multiple personas". So Character A is in disguise, interacting with Character B, who may or may not know who Character A really is, and there may be kissing. This has obvious implications for shapeshifters and characters with masks/secret identities (bonus points if it's hero/villain), but anywhere you can fit it in I will love it.
- Bad guys turning good! I love villains who discover that their worldview is wrong, especially by getting to know one of the good guys. I also love villains who aren't entirely bad, and good guys who can learn from them too.
- Dramatic reunions! Considering practically all of my requests include at least one character that canonically dies, well... I love seeing characters brought back from the dead (or not actually dead, or whatever plot device works) reunited with someone who's been mourning them. I really love if the living person had feelings for the other and regrets never confessing them.
- Other characters! I adore everyone in these canons and would love to see any of them who fit into the story.
- Lots of story types--adventure, what-ifs, canon continuations, everyone is mysteriously alive somehow, etc. Both happy and bittersweet/sad fics are great, as long as the angst isn't from the pairing's relationship not working out.
- Your own prompts! I throw out a few specific story prompts for each pairing, but I will be thrilled to read any ideas you have!
- Interactive fiction! This is mostly relevant for Yuletide, but I figured I'd throw it in here in case anyone wants an excuse to write some. Character death, AU, and other pairings are fine for different endings in IF.
DNWs:
- Non-con or commonly squicky stuff like scat. Dub-con is great.
- Character bashing, including canon love interests.
- PWP--porn along with other stuff is great, but I'm more interested in the character interactions. (For treats, go wild!)
- Non-canon major character death.
- AUs of the setting instead of plot (mundane AUs, everyone is ponies, etc.)
- Unrequited love (one or both parties incorrectly thinking it's unrequited is great) & shooting down pairings I requested
- Established relationship fic. This isn't as set in stone as the others, but I love seeing my OTPs get together!
