Dear Chocolatier 2022

[anaisonfire]

Hello, creator! So exciting to have you here.
In the first section below I’ve listed my DNWs and general likes, and in the second the specific fandom requests with some thoughts on why I like that.
The likes and prompts are, of course, purely optional. I’ve included them as a way to show you a general direction of where my taste runs. Also, how much I have to say about a fandom/character/ship isn’t indicative of how much I want it - I’d be equally happy to receive a gift for any of the requests, I just had more thoughts for some while writing (and sometime all I have to say about a request is “!!!!! please :DD”). I’m easy to please, I promise!
That’s all! Happy creating! 🍫

General

DNW:
- noncon/rape (dubcon is fine)
- a/b/o / omegaverse
- D/s lifestyle
- torture porn
- permanent death of the requested characters unless it happens in canon (or they’re ghosts/undead of some kind)
- pregnancy
- anything to do with kids including having them, being turned into one, etc.
- underage sex (under 16)
- first person POV (unless it’s something like epistolary fic)
- unrequited love/pining
- cheating unless it’s canon
- non-canon serious illness (e.g. cancer)
- setting AUs

House of Ashes DNW:
- extensive focus on the Iraq War/real-life politics (mentions and references are fine as they're important to the characters, I just don’t want fic that’s all about it)

LIKES
Click on a section name to collapse it.

General Likes

+ worldbuilding
+ in-universe politics
+ language differences/barriers
+ character studies
+ characters being really, really good at using weapons
+ outsider POV of things happening
+ plotty stuff
+ case/mission fic
+ missing scenes
+ time travel/time loops (resolved or not)
+ hurt/comfort
+ canon divergence AU
+ fix-its
+ pairings wearing each other’s clothes
+ soulmate AUs (either played straight or subverted is cool; give requested ships different soulmates, if you want, play with the trope to your heart’s content)
+ established relationship
+ enemies to lovers
+ battle couples
+ me and you against the world
+ angst with happy ending
+ expected to die/be killed but lived, has to deal with that
+ canonical sad endings exploration
+ gallows humor
+ bittersweet ending/vibes

Smut Likes

+ emphasis on intimacy between characters
+ the inherent eroticism of helping someone put on armor (mutual helping as well)
+ 'you're the enemy but Damn you're hot'
+ one character finding the other’s scars hot
+ sex pollen/wizards* made them do it (*substitute wizards for whatever you want)
+ sex against walls, other non-bed surfaces
+ kneeling
+ hair pulling
+ competence kink
+ praise kink
+ strength kink
+ hand kink
+ biting
+ nipple play
+ breathplay (no actual suffocation, please)
+ gun play
+ knife play
+ edging
+ coming untouched

Fandoms

For easy navigation, I've put fandoms and the elaboration on/prompts for ships in their own details section. As above, click to collapse.

House of Ashes

So, 2 US Marines, a CIA agent, an Air Force Lieutenant and an Iraqi soldier fall into an ancient temple…
I love that this is a group of people that absolutely MUST work together to survive, but they all come with some sort of baggage and basically everyone has a conflict with someone else (that they choose to address at the most inappropriate time, hah). And they still manage to overcome it during the time of incredible stress!
Also in general, Eric’s leg only comes up with Rachel a couple times and never with anyone else, so I’d love to see it mentioned. Do the others know and it’s just not relevant? Do they stop to take a break and Eric rolls up his pant leg for reasons and someone does a double take? Obviously he’s perfectly able to run around without being impeded by having a prosthetic, but still.
As the fandom-specific DNW implies, I’d rather have a focus on the characters and the relationships rather than where they fit into the broader issues of the war, though of course those can be mentioned and referred to as they’re rather central to who the characters are and what they’re doing there.
I’d love to see some snapshots of them while they're still underground - feel free to make it so they take longer to get out than a single day!

Jason Kolchek/Salim Othman

The one ship I honestly didn’t see coming. I love the way they basically immediately fall into banter even though they don’t trust each other. And like, 10 minutes later they’re sharing their life stories. Ah, the forced closeness brought about by being hunted! I’d really love anything that explores or shows how quickly they become familiar and create a bond that has them both snapping at the agents interrogating them later.

Jason Kolchek/Nick Kay

Brothers in arms! That’s like catnip for me. I really like how they stick together throughout the game, even when they’re disagreeing. That conversation where Nick confronts Jason about the girl they got killed (and especially Jason’s response when he admits fault) basically solidified my love for these two.

Eric King/Nick Kay/Rachel King

Many interpersonal issues could’ve been resolved if Rachel had just said she’s keeping them both, and I feel like if there’s a place and circumstance that could make it possible, it’s being stuck in an ancient temple full of alien vampire zombie (or is it zombie vampires?). I like Eric/Nick but I’d also love it if they kept some kind of competitiveness between them re:Rachel (and Rachel being exasperated by it).

Eric King/Nick Kay

The opposite of the above. Rachel dumps them both and look, suddenly they’ve got something in common! They’re basically posturing at each other from the get-go so this could be very interesting, the transition from rivals to lovers (and maybe even friends!). I’d love to see how they end up together (and I’m fine with either them actually ending up in a relationship or just fucking, or keeping it ambigous).

Cyberpunk 2077

I’m partial to a V that’s actually into the whole go big or get dead deal that Night City is selling, even though he’s aware that it’s likely to kill him - though obviously, ymmv, so don’t feel obligated to lean into this if you don’t vibe with it. I tend to go for Corpo V but all lifepaths are cool. Likewise, (Don't Fear) The Reaper is my preferred ending, but regular The Sun is fine. Temperance is fine as well (that good, good angst!). Feel free to pull out the 'and then they miraculously found Johnny's body and V was no longer being erased’ card, too!
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!

Elizabeth Peralez/Jefferson Peralez/Male V

Many people thought that first limo conversation was the prelude to a threesome and by the time V got to their apartment and I saw the way they were standing and carrying themselves, I was definitely agreeing. Both of them just exude that kind of dominant energy, and I’d love to see them take V to bed (or couch, or other appropriate or inappropriate surface). I’d also love to see some paparazzi catch wind that the Mayor of NC and his wife are possibly involved with some edgerunner/Merc Legend, and oh my, look, a scandal! There’s also the mindfuck direction, what with the brainwashing by maybe-AIs. If V’s with them after realizing it, how does he rationalize it? Did he or did he not tell Jefferson what’s happening? Feel free to go all out on the angst on this.

Johnny Silverhand/Male V

I love the way they go from ‘can’t stand the sight of you, if I could I’d kill you’ to ‘would literally take a bullet for you and will die for you’ in, like, no time at all.
A non-exhaustive list of things I like: Johnny being tactile as hell and basically touching V all the time (either in a sexy manner or not; he’s a menace) while he’s incorporeal and V having to deal with that without making bystanders thinking he’s lost it; alternatively, Johnny having a body but still being ridiculously tactile even though people can definitely see him now; the inherent fucked-upness of Johnny overwriting V/V being overwritten and yet still them being in a relationship/fucking; fallout of when V let Johnny have a turn with the body and he went way beyond what V agreed to - V in canon just kind of sighs and accepts it as expected Johnny behavior, but he could have easily taken active offense and, well, I’m basically saying angry sex lol; for that matter, I do wonder when, exactly, V and/or Johnny realized they were for real falling for the other?; that ‘your first thought was sex, wasn’t it?’/‘you’re not my type and we’d just be jerking off’ dialogue… that’s it, that’s the prompt, I just like it a lot. And post-canon is just brimming with potential - Merc Legend V and Terrorist Rockstar Johnny Silverhand are probably the talk of the Afterlife. I admit I have a weakness for V being cool and lethal, and I feel like Johnny would appreciate that a lot.

Kerry Eurodyne/Male V

Almost a strangers to lovers story, except for the part where one of them is possessed by the other’s ex old bandmate slash terrorist. Joke aside, I really love the way the relationship happens in the game. Kerry goes from being stuck in his own head and basically using V as a Johnny-link to genuine appreciation of him and it’s really heartwarming. And I refuse to believe V didn’t have at least a tiny crush on Rock Legend Kerry Eurodyne at some point.

Kerry Eurodyne/Johnny Silverhand

I just love the long and messy history between Johnny and Kerry, and I’m especially partial to it having been some form of requited, though probably pretty messed up, and not just Kerry sadly pining away. In the flashbacks we see, all Kerry does is argue with Johnny, so I like to think they actually fought and were much more equal than Johnny implied when speaking to V. Johnny seems to have real issues with properly acknowledging that, yeah, he does care for Kerry, even though he went and found all this information about him while on that bender. Though I do feel like in 2077 Kerry is more hung up on the ideal of Johnny, rather than the actual person, if that makes sense.

Kerry Eurodyne/Johnny Silverhand/Male V

I ramble about the separate pairings in this above, so, how do all three of them fit together? Messily, one would assume. Though non-messy would be something to see, too!

Johnny Silverhand/Viktor Vektor

I’d love to see it. They’re basically total opposites - Viktor is steady and content with his life and Johnny is… not. Quiet life vs blaze of glory. Is it post-Temperance, grief-fuelled decision making pushing them together? Is it in some hypothetical post-canon where V and Johnny are both around in their own bodies and not dying? Or maybe even while Johnny’s still in V’s body (in this case, I’d prefer a male V and for him to not be completely opposed to it), somehow, for some reason? Implied/referenced/background V/Vik or V/Vik/Johnny most welcome if you so wish.
I don’t really have many specific thoughts and prompts, I’m just fascinated by whatever circumstances would allow for this to happen in any form. Go wild.

Dragon Age

I love this world, in all it’s slightly-miserable apocalyptic glory. I also like mages and magic, A Lot! (In that sense, I’d love a Mage Inquisitor though if you want to go with Not, that's perfectly fine too! Trevelyan is fascinating to me no matter what.)
And I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!

Solas & Dorian Pavus

Just… everything about these two together is extremely Relevant To My Interests. They’re both very good, very proud mages, but also very different. I think after a rocky start they’d eventually settle in some kind of mutually respectful, antagonistic-but-in-a-friendly way relationship. Possibly involving arguments on the Proper Way to do X and Y, had loudly in the rotunda so that everyone has to listen to their arcane arguments.

Dorian Pavus/Solas

In addition to the above, I’d love to see Solas be somewhat conflicted about starting, well, anything with Dorian. On one hand - a talented mage and a pretty man, on the other - Tevinter. And if going with something post-Trespasser, how does Dorian feel about the whole Dread Wolf bit? (In the latter scenario, I’d be fine with them not being currently or on-page together. I’d just prefer to not have “we are never ever ever getting back together” explicitly spelled out; keeping it ambiguous is fine.)
I’m also very okay with either a friends-with-benefits situation or them actually having a relationship.

Dorian Pavus/Cullen Rutherford

Proud Tevinter mage and ex-Templar that’s not quite let go of the Templar mindset is an extremely iddy concept. Their chess playing (not an innuendo, unless you want it to be) in canon was a delightful surprise and I’d love to know how they got there. Any kind of exploration of their own backgrounds in relation to the other or what clashes that may result in between them is most welcome.
Also I’m a-okay with references or dealings with Cullen’s lyrium addiction.

Cullen Rutherford/Male Trevelyan

I’m very into a Cullen that’s kind of, mostly, been into women in his life so far, but then - here comes Inquisitor Trevelyan and he’s got those shoulders and, oh, no, he’s hot. Maybe he doesn’t have a crisis about it or anything like that, but I think he’d be a bit flustered (well, more than he already is).
Also I’m a-okay with references or dealings with Cullen’s lyrium addiction.

Mass Effect

If I had to pick a favorite game of the trilogy it would have to be ME3, because of the character interactions and the way Shepard feels the most alive (ironically enough); but I also love ME1, where characters feel way more idealistic than they later become, and ME2 where it all seems to be crashing down but it's still bearable. I love the opening of ME2, especially the death scene - there's something very visceral about it, and the way silence is used works wonders.
I love the character arc of Shepard, how he goes over the course of the games from soldier taking everything in stride to visibly bowed down by all the responsibility on his shoulders. And still, until the end (and even past that, hah) he still stands up and does what must be done. I don't really care about origin/notoriety for Shep (or if he's custom or default), but recently I've been into the whole Butcher of Torfan thing.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!

Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard

Kaidan my beloved <3 I love, love, love Shepard and Kaidan's relationship; not just the canon ME3 romance, although old soldiers slow burn conclusion is perfect, but all through the 3 games: the easy camaraderie they have in ME1 from the first time we see them talk, through the pain of Horizon (note: I tend to think Kaidan had the right of it there), to the back and forth pushing at the start of ME3. I like the way Kaidan doesn't actively need Shep the way other crew/LI do and is willing to stick to his guns/morals even when it puts the two of them on opposite sides, and I like the role reversal thing they do in ME3, where Kaidan is all “You did what you had to” re: Cerberus, and Shepard is now the one questioning everything.

Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian

Garrus my beloved <3 I love how he basically drops his entire life when Shepard comes knocking. The transformation of ME1 Garrus who's just so clearly start struck by Shepard into ME2 Garrus who's much more world weary and grizzled, but still cracking jokes, to ME3 where he's advising the highest ranks of the Turian military and damn good at it, may just be one of my favorite in the trilogy and in games at all.
I like the way Garrus holds Shep's opinion/views in such a high esteem that he goes along with them even when it's not what he set out to do and seeks out Shep's approval even though he doesn't actually need it. Their dynamic is amazing no matter what angle you take at it, but I love the subtle differences between if Shepard is more Paragon or more Renegade.

Kaidan Alenko/Garrus Vakarian

The dynamic of Garrus ‘red tape is literally killing me’ Vakarian and Kaidan ‘cutting corners gets people killed’ Alenko is absolutely amazing, what can I say. For all that they rarely interact in-game, I’d like to think they by turns get along really well and really not (see: first sentence). They’re both good soldiers, but they approach it from two very different directions. I’d love just about any take on this ship tbh.

Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian

This is mostly me wanting a mashup of the previous three, to be honest. If you’re so inclined toward angst, I think Garrus and Kaidan would definitely be very pretty being sad about Shepard’s (presumed or not) death - any of them. Or just bond in general over Shepard’s… Shepardness.

Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic

If it comes up, I tend to like the characters light sided, and the agents Chiss and the Sith warriors Pureblood. And I live for that irony if Cipher Nine ended up turning coat and siding with the Republic at the end of the class story. Of course, these are all optional!
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!

Male Imperial Agent/Theron Shan

Spy/enemy spy! I just love the inherent dynamic. I like to think Agent and Theron would have respect for each other's work regardless of their enemy status (which might be against their respective organizations’ intentions), whether they meet as in canon, or somehow else.

Theron Shan/Male Sith Warrior

Spy/enemy guy who is the opposite of a spy! I love Theron being confused and turned on by the attention the Warrior’s paying him, maybe not trusting any of it but going with whatever's happening anyway.

Male Imperial Agent/Male Sith Warrior

I just think it would be great and/or hilarious. If the concept inspires you, go nuts.

Malavai Quinn/Male Sith Warrior

Look, as far as I’m concerned Quinn’s sexuality can be summed up as “yes, my lord”. I love how at first it seems their dynamic is just a regular lord/servant, before Quinn adds the dimension of failed betrayal to it. And speaking of that - that whole bit’s always read to me as Quinn being backed into a corner and having run out of better options because, really, droids? And he seems perfectly happy to then betray Baras and go with the Warrior 👀 (though that could be just that he’s alive, hah).

The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

As you might be able to tell, I like complicated relationships.
Any time period is fine, though I’m partial to the First Age, reincarnation in Valinor whenever (reembodiment; no adults as children/in child bodies please), and during their time in Mandos. I love the clash of the Oath of Feanor with… everything, and the whole tragedy of the Noldor. Themes of loyalty are especially delicious. Angst and compliance with canon events (i.e. traumatic death) absolutely okay. Anything from my general/sexy likes is welcome.
Also as a sort-of exception to my setting AUs DNW - I don’t really consider things like “Elves through history” or “Maglor in modern times” a setting AU, and in fact really love both tropes, so please feel free to do them if you so wish! I can never have enough :D
Feel free to go all out on the angst, this is the canon for it. Or you can focus on the happy/less horrible times, if you wish! I’ll love it either way. And go with whatever names you like, I just use the Sindarin versions here for ease.

Fëanor & Finarfin

Be it pre-Flight of the Noldor or way later whenever Fëanor gets out, these two’s relationship is just fascinating. Fëanor, who was King for all of five seconds before going out in a (somewhat pointless) blaze in opposition to Finarfin who went back from their quest for revenge against Morgoth and yet was the one to lead the Noldor of Valinor in the War of Wrath and actually win? I’d love to see what they have to say to each other.

Fëanor & Fingolfin

These two are so complicated at basically any time they exist together, although in vastly different ways, that I’d love just about anything with them. Can’t help but notice the similarities of them both dying fighting the enemy alone (though admittedly only Fingolfin got as far as Morgoth himself, which I’m sure Fëanor is very annoyed about).

Fëanor & Finarfin & Fingolfin

Yeah, just give me all the Finwion brothers interacting. I’m endlessly fascinated by them.

Celegorm & Curufin & Finrod

Disaster in Nargothrond! And practically anywhere these three are together, hah. I like to think they were friends all the way back in the Years of the Trees and were friends all the way to the messy, cruel end.

Celegorm/Curufin/Finrod

Disaster trio but even more fucked up! Yeah, I’d just like to see it. (Feel free to either make Celegorm/Curufin a thing or have them just have Finrod between them without actual brother incest, to your own taste.)

Curufin/Finrod

I like to think they were friends in their youth, and continued being friends even after coming to Beleriand, right up until their Oaths came into conflict. I wonder if Finrod really thought Curufin was going to do what he did or if in the end was still surprised by the betrayal?

Celegorm/Finrod

More complicated relationships! In addition to conflict and betrayal, this one has the hot blonds dimension added to it.

Finrod/Maglor

Finrod just cannot catch a break with these Fëanorians - though arguably Maglor is less bad than Curufin or Celegorm (only arguably though). I like the contrast of the one who went to his death more or less knowingly versus the one who survived.

Daeron/Maglor

There’s only two things great musicians like these two can do when they find themselves in the same place - fight or make out. And fighting would be spectacularly bad politics, at pretty much any time.
I don’t particularly care what version of Daeron you go with, I like them all.

Fingon/Maedhros

I just love them. Do feel free to go with tried-and-true plots and scenarios when it comes to these two, such as the rescue from Thangorodrim/the aftermath, Fingon coming up with convoluted reasons to go visiting Himring, Maedhros having actual reason to go to Hithlum but also he’s there for Fingon, etc. Or maybe lean all the way into the angst. I also love them planning the not-yet-named Nirnaeth and being so hopeful… but we all know how that one ends.

Celebrían/Elrond Peredhel/Ereinion Gil-galad

Love is in the air in the Second Age! I just love these three together. Anything with them would be delightful.

Naruto

Ninjas! Powerful and sometimes ridiculous ninjas! :D
I love to read canon-divergence stuff from the Founders era, especially of the Izuna lives or Madara stays in/returns to the village variety. There’s just so much room for interesting things to happen!
Just go with your heart, I love anything with these guys!

Senju Hashirama & Senju Tobirama

Brotherhood! Complicated by politics! I love that :D I’m not into the headcanon that Hashirama is a terrible brother, but I do like their relationship being complicated by Hashirama’s idealism and desire for a new and better world, while Tobirama is much more likely to follow his father and Clan Head (loyalty which later gets transferred to his brother when he takes over the position).

Senju Tobirama & Uchiha Madara

I just love whatever complicated relationship these two could potentially have. Especially in a world where Tobirama does kill Izuna, does Madara feel conflicted about making nice with his killer? Who probably doesn’t appear to overly regret killing him? (Whether Tobirama actually does or nor… up to you ;)).

Senju Hashirama/Uchiha Madara

I love everything about these two. Madara yelling for Hashirama across a whole battlefield and later pouting refusing to fight when he gets a clone and not the real deal are things that live rent free in my mind. Also I love it when the popular perception (of civilians, other shinobi, whatever) is that of the two, Madara is scarier - due to his… everything - but in reality, Hashirama is much more terrifying, despite - or because of - his idealism. (The flashback of what Hashirama says when killing Madara is *chef’s kiss*.) I bet Madara is also really into it.

Senju Hashirama/Uchiha Madara/Uzumaki Mito

Talk about power OT3. I love Mito and I’d love to know how this comes about.

Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Izuna

Everything about this ship is just great. Possibly the very definition of enemies to lovers. Izuna never dying or just getting seriously injured by Tobirama creates such interesting possibilities for them in the village. Or maybe even they somehow get together (for whatever definition of “get together” you want, I’m very okay with them just having a friends/enemies-with-benefits situation going) before the village happens?

Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara

Enemies to lovers is on my likes list for a reason, okay! I feel like Izuna, alive or dead, would be a big Thing™ between them, especially for Madara. (On the Senju side, Hashirama would probably be unbearable about Madara/Tobirama, if he ever finds out, lol.)

Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Shisui

I’m assuming some kind of time shenanigans for this one to be possible. Does Shisui go back in time or does Tobirama come forward? Both immediately create so many scenarios, especially depending on when exactly they drop in, I’m just grinning at the possibilities! :D

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen

This is just a delightful universe and I love Shikako. I also love other people reacting to Shikako, whenever she does anything Shikako-like. Time traveling Shikako is always delightful, too.
Obviously, feel free to pull/reference/etc other fics in the fandom, e.g. Gardens-verse. (If you’d like to know what fics I’ve read, they’re all in my ao3 bookmarks. Just put “Dreaming of Sunshine” in the Search within results field to find them.)

Haku & Nara Shikako

Their friendship is just so nice! Especially since it’s so unexpected to anyone else. I’d love more interactions between them.

Nara Shikako & Sai

Sai is such a good friend to Shikako and I love how she inspires him to start drawing away from Danzo so much earlier. I’d love more ANBU and/or ROOT shenanigans with these two (Shikako DID keep that mask he gave her), whether the funny kind or the more serious.

Nara Shikako & Tsunade

I 100% agree with Shikako, Tsunade is awesome. I love that in the absence of Naruto, Shikako’s kind of become her most troublesome ninja (well, maybe Sasuke is up there with her). I’d love it if you have them somehow working in the field together, be that through alternate universe or time travel hijinks, or just some bizarre circumstances in regular DoS canon.

Nara Shikako & Uchiha Shisui

I love all fics where these two meet or do anything together. *Insert Thor “ANOTHER!” gif here.*

Nara Shikako & Senju Tobirama

Same as above. Give me Shikako and her favorite Hokage (who may or may not be Hokage at the moment, and may or may not be very baffled by her) interacting or doing anything together at all! :D

Nara Shikako & Uchiha Izuna & Uchiha Madara & Uchiha Sasuke

Shikako and Uchihas is great. Especially when one of those Uchihas is Madara, who is very stress-inducing. I’d love to see anything with these four!