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(Hi! Hi! This is my first Chocolate Box, so I'm floundering slightly, sorry! I might come back and tweak this slightly, but I think the core of it is Done now.)
General loves: I've got a lightly rotating list from yuletide that you can check out via the tags. For a challenge like this, where the emphasis is a little more on 'short and sweet' (in theory. Some of the letters I've seen have been wildly intimidating in length and scope, holy shit), I'm very here for, say, a sex/afterglow scene that showcases the characters, or something else utterly mundane to hang a vignette from (making a meal, sharpening a weapon, making something). I love Actual Drabbles (100 words! I will die on this hill! etc), 5 things (or as-many-or-as-few-as-you-like things) fics, basically you do not have to do a plot here, ever. Unless you want to. Feel free to grab a concept from another fandom/prompt here and apply it to whatever we matched on, too.
Things I love in my sex scenes: laughter and affections; consensual and enthusiastic: power play, pain play, boundary play; worship and adoration.
ART: This is the first time I've requested art specifically, so I'm floundering slightly on what makes a useful prompt. I love vibrant colours, digital art, watercolours, um. Things I like to see! Characters being happy and content together, or excited/pleased about [a thing]. I love detailed backgrounds, but ha, that seems like a mean thing when the fic expectations start as low as 300, so don't fret about that.
DNWs: Hmm, Character death, excessive violence, characters getting their hopes up and then getting those hopes dashed (basically, if you could describe a character as 'crestfallen' I'm going to be flinching. Yeah, I don't know why, either. I think it's a weird mutation of an embarrassment squick).
Mad Max
Furiosa/Max Rockatansky Capable/Nux (Mad Max) Cheedo the Fragile/The Dag (Mad Max) Furiosa/The Valkyrie (Mad Max)
I think everything I'm about to write here can apply to each couple in their own interesting ways, so let's try this.
God, all of these people are so ... not all of them are badass? But we only scratch the surface of their characters, and there's so much hinted at tantalising history and backstory. Having said that, where my mind immediately went where I saw these pairings was post-movie comfort fic. Or at least, post-movie "everyone's now got the opportunity to relax and take a breath (whether it’s in their nature to do that is up to your interpretation...).
Things I'm super into: how people's backstory/traumas/life experiences -- especially shared experiences, or maybe the gap of shared history, I'm thinking here of Furiosa/Valkyrie -- shape who they are now, and what they bring to their current relationship. I'm here for Max returning to the Citadel (undetermined time) later to see Furiosa, or like "Nux stumbled in from the desert, cleansed by fire", or "The Valkyrie lived and took up residence in the Citadel, she just did shut up that's why" type handwaviums.
I'm here for fics that focus entirely on your most loved pairing, or loved pairing with feature appearances by others, or any number of the above pairings at once.
I love: comfort, tokens of affection, physical intimacy (however gruffly your pairing might show any of these), snuggling, scars and generally imperfect, human bodies; fics that remember Furiosa only has one hand and her adaptations to/impacts on her life of that.
General questions if you're looking for some to answer: what's the Citadel like with Furiosa and the women* in charge? How's the garden growing? What's life like down on the ground?
*There's a Tumblr post that I love that talks about how they were called the Wives by other people. To the outside world they call themselves the Widows -- those who survived and lived beyond Immortan Joe. Between themselves they refer to themselves as the Sisters. I also subscribe pretty hard to the headcanon that the reason only Cheedo and The Dag had been forced into chastity belts was because Joe caught them having sex.
Alliance-Union - C. J. Cherryh
Justin Warrick/Grant ALX-972
I loved Cyteen and Regenesis, but I'm craving Justin/Grant fic to round out the experience for me. The fact that their relationship is canon delights my soul, and those little touches (the horrifying note under Justin's pillow; the delightful moments in the morning after Justin gets back from Playns etc) has left me craving so much more of it. (See above for stuff I love about intimacy) They were under so much pressure for so long and I'd love to see how they helped each other through. I'm happy for there to be explicit sex, fade to black, or no sex at all. Take it where ever you're comfortable :)
Catlin AC-7892 II & Florian AF-9979 II
Catlin AC-7892 II & Ariane Emory II & Florian AF-9979 II
Catlin AC-7892 II/Ariane Emory II/Florian AF-9979 II
Catlin AC-7892 II/Florian AF-9979 II
I went sort of nuts on these pairings and/or relationships *wry wince*
I adore how unbelievably competent they all are at their various skillsets. I keep flashing to Caitlin's orders in Regenesis to allow herself to be arrested, and to wait 15 minutes. The whole tape culture is creepy/awesome.
With the Caitlin and Florian without Ari for example -- do they have secret desires? I don't mean sex necessarily, although that's totally a place you could take it, but things they've seen citizens having that they quietly want, despite the tapes. Are there patches in the tapes where something else is coming through?
I could see either of the relationship combos going someplace kind of dark. Not that the characters would be seeing it as such, because wow is Ari (for all that I admire her genius) kinda fucked up, because the adults in her life intentionally messed her up to replicate Emory, obviously.
But there's such an inherent power imbalance in the azi/citizen relationship to start with (yes, it applies with Grant and Justin but but HANDWAVE) also Ari is essentially their employer, regardless of the fact that they were literally born for it. That is... deliciously dark to me, actually, in this fandom specifically. I can see Caitlin/Florian as consensual-enough within their context. But Caitlin/Florian/Ari, when the two Azi are literally primed to be on some level craving and soothed by the approval of their citizen... deliciously dark, even if it's only us readers who are seeing it as such.
Caitlin & Florian & Ari, on the other hand. Do they have downtime? Do they have it together? I'm flashing to young Ari explaining to them they didn't have to be On Duty in the resturant (from memory), and later Caitlin learning to dance by mimicing people at the party and being phenomenally good at it because she can control each and every muscle individually. I like the idea of them enjoying themselves, or enjoying doing [hobby, task, thing].
Leverage
Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer (Leverage)
I love all three of them SO MUCH. Things that jump to mind: little ways they say I love you. Alec is probably the most emotionally articulate of all of them, but that doesn't mean he can say it to his hitter and his thief, for example. Or the boys noticing that Parker isn't okay, even if she can't say it, and figuring out ways of making her feel cared for.
Parker hanging off things is always delightful, as is Eliot gruffly making people eat (really delicious) things he's made, and Hardison being a know-it-all but also the most emotionally astute of all of them. Sex-fun-time-wise, I'm very here for Hardison and Eliot worshipping Parker in bed, AND/or Hardison and Eliot languidly fucking after while Parker watches, satiated.
Sophie Devereaux/Nathan Ford (Leverage)
So I've been rewatching the show from the start, with the commentaries on. And WATCHING Nate's face when Sophie says "I always knew you had it in you (I always knew you loved me, is the spoken subtext say the creators there)." Couple that with how freaking hot Sophie is when she takes charge, and also how clearly he loves her and speaks to her in The Wedding Job, and I am abruptly picturing Nate as secretly the most subby guy to Sophie's domme I think I've ever see.
Um. If that doesn't float your boat: where are they post season 5? Together? Seperated by countries because Reasons but still very in love?
Original work
Blacksmith/Her Wife
Oh man. The blacksmith makes all the best, most reliable swords for the toughest soldiers in the dale; heaven help anyone who wanted to speak too loudly against the blacksmith's wedding. (I'm realising I'm pretty okay with homophobia in this story within the context of "Oh, sweetie. Observe that you're out-opinioned and out-sworded by a considerable margin, here. Hush and run along, now.") I'm' here for queer pagan handfastings (and maybe witchy rituals and blessings and general worship) existing maybe slightly uneasily alongside christian religion. I'm very here for a muscled, strong woman who as a girl stubborned herself into an apprenticeship and turned out to be excellent at it [rather than a girl who had many brothers/a father who wanted a son tropes, etc etc]. Who is her wife? How did they meet? What is her wife really good at that the blacksmith is all thumbs at? Also here for any number of different home comforts after a long day at the forge. Sexual, cooking, massage, being read to, etc etc.
Captain of an All-Female Pirate Ship/Sentient Female Figurehead of Said Ship
Worldbuilding, holy shit. [Um, please do romanticise the hell out of these pirates and pirate life, I'm here for swashbuckling and weirdly good hygeine, less of the gross realities of living on a wooden vessel 100s of years ago, basically.] Are all ships sentient? Is this one special? I'm wildly into, like, the entire ship is one entity, so when the Captain touches the wall or speaks to the ship in her cabin, the figurehead knows it, for example even if the figurehead can only speak from the front of the ship. Does the ship help select the Captain's crew? Or does the ship come 'alive' later, after all the crew is long settled in? Is an all-female crew common here, or an outlier? [side note: I'm definitely here for a loyal, friendly crew, rather than mutinies] I'm mildly struggling to see an actual consummated relationship here, but I can see the entire crew seeing the infatuation blossoming, and grinning to themselves and not saying a word.
General loves: I've got a lightly rotating list from yuletide that you can check out via the tags. For a challenge like this, where the emphasis is a little more on 'short and sweet' (in theory. Some of the letters I've seen have been wildly intimidating in length and scope, holy shit), I'm very here for, say, a sex/afterglow scene that showcases the characters, or something else utterly mundane to hang a vignette from (making a meal, sharpening a weapon, making something). I love Actual Drabbles (100 words! I will die on this hill! etc), 5 things (or as-many-or-as-few-as-you-like things) fics, basically you do not have to do a plot here, ever. Unless you want to. Feel free to grab a concept from another fandom/prompt here and apply it to whatever we matched on, too.
Things I love in my sex scenes: laughter and affections; consensual and enthusiastic: power play, pain play, boundary play; worship and adoration.
ART: This is the first time I've requested art specifically, so I'm floundering slightly on what makes a useful prompt. I love vibrant colours, digital art, watercolours, um. Things I like to see! Characters being happy and content together, or excited/pleased about [a thing]. I love detailed backgrounds, but ha, that seems like a mean thing when the fic expectations start as low as 300, so don't fret about that.
DNWs: Hmm, Character death, excessive violence, characters getting their hopes up and then getting those hopes dashed (basically, if you could describe a character as 'crestfallen' I'm going to be flinching. Yeah, I don't know why, either. I think it's a weird mutation of an embarrassment squick).
Mad Max
Furiosa/Max Rockatansky Capable/Nux (Mad Max) Cheedo the Fragile/The Dag (Mad Max) Furiosa/The Valkyrie (Mad Max)
I think everything I'm about to write here can apply to each couple in their own interesting ways, so let's try this.
God, all of these people are so ... not all of them are badass? But we only scratch the surface of their characters, and there's so much hinted at tantalising history and backstory. Having said that, where my mind immediately went where I saw these pairings was post-movie comfort fic. Or at least, post-movie "everyone's now got the opportunity to relax and take a breath (whether it’s in their nature to do that is up to your interpretation...).
Things I'm super into: how people's backstory/traumas/life experiences -- especially shared experiences, or maybe the gap of shared history, I'm thinking here of Furiosa/Valkyrie -- shape who they are now, and what they bring to their current relationship. I'm here for Max returning to the Citadel (undetermined time) later to see Furiosa, or like "Nux stumbled in from the desert, cleansed by fire", or "The Valkyrie lived and took up residence in the Citadel, she just did shut up that's why" type handwaviums.
I'm here for fics that focus entirely on your most loved pairing, or loved pairing with feature appearances by others, or any number of the above pairings at once.
I love: comfort, tokens of affection, physical intimacy (however gruffly your pairing might show any of these), snuggling, scars and generally imperfect, human bodies; fics that remember Furiosa only has one hand and her adaptations to/impacts on her life of that.
General questions if you're looking for some to answer: what's the Citadel like with Furiosa and the women* in charge? How's the garden growing? What's life like down on the ground?
*There's a Tumblr post that I love that talks about how they were called the Wives by other people. To the outside world they call themselves the Widows -- those who survived and lived beyond Immortan Joe. Between themselves they refer to themselves as the Sisters. I also subscribe pretty hard to the headcanon that the reason only Cheedo and The Dag had been forced into chastity belts was because Joe caught them having sex.
Alliance-Union - C. J. Cherryh
Justin Warrick/Grant ALX-972
I loved Cyteen and Regenesis, but I'm craving Justin/Grant fic to round out the experience for me. The fact that their relationship is canon delights my soul, and those little touches (the horrifying note under Justin's pillow; the delightful moments in the morning after Justin gets back from Playns etc) has left me craving so much more of it. (See above for stuff I love about intimacy) They were under so much pressure for so long and I'd love to see how they helped each other through. I'm happy for there to be explicit sex, fade to black, or no sex at all. Take it where ever you're comfortable :)
Catlin AC-7892 II & Florian AF-9979 II
Catlin AC-7892 II & Ariane Emory II & Florian AF-9979 II
Catlin AC-7892 II/Ariane Emory II/Florian AF-9979 II
Catlin AC-7892 II/Florian AF-9979 II
I went sort of nuts on these pairings and/or relationships *wry wince*
I adore how unbelievably competent they all are at their various skillsets. I keep flashing to Caitlin's orders in Regenesis to allow herself to be arrested, and to wait 15 minutes. The whole tape culture is creepy/awesome.
With the Caitlin and Florian without Ari for example -- do they have secret desires? I don't mean sex necessarily, although that's totally a place you could take it, but things they've seen citizens having that they quietly want, despite the tapes. Are there patches in the tapes where something else is coming through?
I could see either of the relationship combos going someplace kind of dark. Not that the characters would be seeing it as such, because wow is Ari (for all that I admire her genius) kinda fucked up, because the adults in her life intentionally messed her up to replicate Emory, obviously.
But there's such an inherent power imbalance in the azi/citizen relationship to start with (yes, it applies with Grant and Justin but but HANDWAVE) also Ari is essentially their employer, regardless of the fact that they were literally born for it. That is... deliciously dark to me, actually, in this fandom specifically. I can see Caitlin/Florian as consensual-enough within their context. But Caitlin/Florian/Ari, when the two Azi are literally primed to be on some level craving and soothed by the approval of their citizen... deliciously dark, even if it's only us readers who are seeing it as such.
Caitlin & Florian & Ari, on the other hand. Do they have downtime? Do they have it together? I'm flashing to young Ari explaining to them they didn't have to be On Duty in the resturant (from memory), and later Caitlin learning to dance by mimicing people at the party and being phenomenally good at it because she can control each and every muscle individually. I like the idea of them enjoying themselves, or enjoying doing [hobby, task, thing].
Leverage
Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer (Leverage)
I love all three of them SO MUCH. Things that jump to mind: little ways they say I love you. Alec is probably the most emotionally articulate of all of them, but that doesn't mean he can say it to his hitter and his thief, for example. Or the boys noticing that Parker isn't okay, even if she can't say it, and figuring out ways of making her feel cared for.
Parker hanging off things is always delightful, as is Eliot gruffly making people eat (really delicious) things he's made, and Hardison being a know-it-all but also the most emotionally astute of all of them. Sex-fun-time-wise, I'm very here for Hardison and Eliot worshipping Parker in bed, AND/or Hardison and Eliot languidly fucking after while Parker watches, satiated.
Sophie Devereaux/Nathan Ford (Leverage)
So I've been rewatching the show from the start, with the commentaries on. And WATCHING Nate's face when Sophie says "I always knew you had it in you (I always knew you loved me, is the spoken subtext say the creators there)." Couple that with how freaking hot Sophie is when she takes charge, and also how clearly he loves her and speaks to her in The Wedding Job, and I am abruptly picturing Nate as secretly the most subby guy to Sophie's domme I think I've ever see.
Um. If that doesn't float your boat: where are they post season 5? Together? Seperated by countries because Reasons but still very in love?
Original work
Blacksmith/Her Wife
Oh man. The blacksmith makes all the best, most reliable swords for the toughest soldiers in the dale; heaven help anyone who wanted to speak too loudly against the blacksmith's wedding. (I'm realising I'm pretty okay with homophobia in this story within the context of "Oh, sweetie. Observe that you're out-opinioned and out-sworded by a considerable margin, here. Hush and run along, now.") I'm' here for queer pagan handfastings (and maybe witchy rituals and blessings and general worship) existing maybe slightly uneasily alongside christian religion. I'm very here for a muscled, strong woman who as a girl stubborned herself into an apprenticeship and turned out to be excellent at it [rather than a girl who had many brothers/a father who wanted a son tropes, etc etc]. Who is her wife? How did they meet? What is her wife really good at that the blacksmith is all thumbs at? Also here for any number of different home comforts after a long day at the forge. Sexual, cooking, massage, being read to, etc etc.
Captain of an All-Female Pirate Ship/Sentient Female Figurehead of Said Ship
Worldbuilding, holy shit. [Um, please do romanticise the hell out of these pirates and pirate life, I'm here for swashbuckling and weirdly good hygeine, less of the gross realities of living on a wooden vessel 100s of years ago, basically.] Are all ships sentient? Is this one special? I'm wildly into, like, the entire ship is one entity, so when the Captain touches the wall or speaks to the ship in her cabin, the figurehead knows it, for example even if the figurehead can only speak from the front of the ship. Does the ship help select the Captain's crew? Or does the ship come 'alive' later, after all the crew is long settled in? Is an all-female crew common here, or an outlier? [side note: I'm definitely here for a loyal, friendly crew, rather than mutinies] I'm mildly struggling to see an actual consummated relationship here, but I can see the entire crew seeing the infatuation blossoming, and grinning to themselves and not saying a word.