Chocolate Box 2021 Letter
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kay_obsessiveDear Chocolate Box Creator,
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! I really love all of these fandoms and relationships I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
My previous exchange letters can be found here and here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here. Other than that, I don’t have much of an online presence, but I will try to give you everything you need to know right here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence kink. Casually intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider POVs. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Weird domesticity. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Interesting worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences. Stylized designs. Limited color palettes.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con. Underage sex under 15 or so. Parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop-type AUs. Anything A/B/O, dom/sub world AU, soulmates, or soulbonds (canonical supernatural bonds and connections are fine).
Requests
Any prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it! I haven’t tried to separate out fic/art prompts, so feel free interpret anything in either direction.
Also as a general note, I am okay with pretty much any way of dealing with conflicting canon relationships except for unrequested poly – breakups, handwaves, infidelity, died off-screen, completely unmentioned, all fine.
Dishonored
Billie Lurk/Daud
This is one of those relationships that was basically tailor-made for me. Mentor/student, leader and their close subordinate who can get away things others can’t, age gap, complicated issues of trust and loyalty and betrayal and forgiveness – these are a few of my favorite things. I love everything about these two and their messy, complex history with each other.
I would love pretty much anything for these two – something from their Whaler days fighting and training and blowing off steam together, AUs where they meet up again earlier than in canon and have to sort their shit out without that time pressure helping them along, spending their last little bit of time together on the Dreadful Wale, AU endings to Death of the Outsider and its aftermath, fun with Fugue Feast, anything.
Billie Lurk & Daud’s Mother
I don’t know, I just think it’d be neat if they met. Billie is one of my favorite characters in the series, and Daud’s mother is so interesting even though we only hear about her second or third hand through books and journals. They’re both capable, ruthless survivors who are no strangers to starting a new life from nothing, and of course they have that commonality in their different connections to Daud. I think they would definitely have some interesting things to talk about.
We don’t know anything about what happened to Daud’s mother after he was taken from her as a child, and we know very little about what Billie did between games. Could Billie have met her in Serkonos after she had to leave Dunwall? Or somewhere else in the Isles? Maybe Daud’s mother outlives her son, and they meet sometime after Death of the Outsider. Was it coincidence, or did one look for the other for some reason? Do they ever figure out who the other is and who they know, or do they pass out of each other’s lives unaware of that connection they share?
Daud/Jessamine Kaldwin
So, this one is a little bit complicated, given that Daud’s hired killing of Jessamine is the inciting incident for the whole series, but I think there’s some interesting potential here. Daud has a clear respect for Jessamine, and her death affects him in a way none of his other victims has. And Jessamine gets the rare opportunity to assess her murderer after her death, and she finds herself a little conflicted about what he deserves, despite her justified anger. And before all of that, they were both prominent, powerful figures running different parts of the same city – who’s to say they never had any dealings with each other in all those years before the murder?
I’d just be interested in any kind of possible interaction between these two. Maybe pre-canon Jessamine had reason to hire an assassin, or she tried to get rid of the Whaler presence in her city, or they crossed paths in some other way while doing their jobs. Or maybe an AU where Daud decides not to go through with the assassination for whatever reason and they develop some kind of relationship in the aftermath. Fun with Fugue Feast is also welcome here.
Fruits Basket
Honda Tohru/Sohma Kyou/Sohma Momiji
I’ve been intrigued by the idea of this ship for a little while now. Obviously, Kyou and Momiji both love Tohru, and Tohru cares deeply for both of them, but Kyou and Momiji have an interesting dynamic, too. Momiji is one of the most openly friendly of the Sohmas toward Kyou, telling him that he’s going to stop giving up on the cat and pushing him to pursue Tohru, even though he’s a ‘rival’ for her affections. And Kyou is always fairly comfortable interacting with Momiji compared to some of the others, even if he does deliberately push Kyou’s buttons and annoy him sometimes. I think the three of them would probably balance each other out pretty nicely.
I’d be interested in seeing how the three of them might navigate a relationship together, especially post-series. How would Momiji be drawn into the established couple of Tohru and Kyou, since he never really thought he had a chance in canon? Or would the two of them break up for some reason and then all come together afterward? How would the other Sohmas react? Having them get together or have some awkward moments during the series would be interesting, too, especially while still dealing with the curse.
Honda Tohru/Sohma Momiji
I love both of these characters and their interactions with each other. They just have such a sweet relationship and are so great to each other, and I loved seeing that friendship and Momiji’s quiet feelings grow over the course of the series.
More quiet pining, Tohru developing feelings and not quite realizing it, or some shift to canon that lets them get together are all welcome here. Also one thing I really love about these two is how openly physically affectionate they are. In a series full of people who are (understandably) not big on touch, Momiji and Tohru are always holding hands and leaning on each other and even hugging even though it turns one of them into a rabbit. So I would love seeing more of that open affection here.
Manabe Kakeru/Sohma Yuki
I really love this relationship so much, especially how their friendship helps them both become better, more confident people. Kakeru pushes Yuki into showing his real personality and having more natural reactions, which is really important as he’s trying to break out of the manufactured, inoffensive, ‘princely’ personality he’s developed. And Yuki lets Kakeru know when he’s gone too far and helps him become more empathetic and understanding of other people’s feelings. Also they’re hilarious together, especially as Yuki becomes more comfortable and their interactions become more mutually teasing.
I’d be interested in seeing what happens post-series and how they stay in each other’s lives outside of the Student Council. I’d also like to see them interacting with each other’s families. Kakeru gets along well with Ayame and has had a few brief interactions with some of the other Sohmas, but I’d love to see more of that and to see how the Sohmas react to him. Kakeru’s family life isn’t quite as screwed up as Yuki’s, but it’s still pretty messy. How does Yuki fit in to a more mundane set of family issues? I’d also love to see what would have happened if Kakeru somehow found out about the curse before it was broken. How would he react to it? Would he be brought into the loop like Tohru? Would they try to keep his finding out a secret? Would there be another upsetting memory erasing scene? Or just more Student Council shenanigans would always be fun!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Olivier Mira Armstrong/Miles
I’m a sucker for leaders and their close subordinates; I love that kind of loyalty and trust, especially if it goes both ways as is clearly the case for Olivier and Miles. We don’t get a ton on their relationship in the series, but I love the glimpses we do get: Olivier explaining to Miles why she needs someone like him at her side, Miles saying that Olivier was the one to convince him he could make a difference from within the military, Olivier releasing Miles to help with the Ishval restoration at the end.
I’d love to see anything expanding on what we see in canon. How did Miles wind up working under Olivier at Briggs? What kinds of conflicts and tensions did they have before figuring each other out? Do they keep in touch while he’s working to rebuild Ishval, and does the relationship change at all now that he no longer reports directly to her? Does he wind up back at Briggs when he’s done? What happens if one or both of them retires down the line? Or just some quiet moments spent throughout their years together.
Psychonauts
Sasha Nein/Milla Vodello
Superstar Psychonauts Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello! They don’t actually have a ton of direct interaction in the games themselves, but I love the implied relationship between the two. They are psychic secret agents! They go on ridiculous missions together and fight crime - psychic crime! One of these missions involved being undercover in elaborate costumes at a fancy party! They have had at least one clichéd instance of falling down and landing on top of each other in a ~romantic~ pose! I eat this stuff up with a spoon.
Would just love to see more for these two – early days in the Psychonauts, training, first missions, first summer teaching at Whispering Rock. Time spent at the office between missions, attending office parties, interactions with co-workers, time spent off the clock together. Exploring each other’s mental worlds, learning each other’s darker histories. Or just more silly psychic spy adventures like we see in Milla’s memory vault.
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Finn, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Finn & Poe Dameron, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Poe Dameron, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Rose Tico, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey/Rose Tico
So redemptive deaths are cool and all, but they deprive me of my favorite part of a redemption arc – the former bad guy now having to awkwardly interact with all the people he’s been mostly trying to kill up until that point.
Handwave-y death fix-its or AUs where the redemption happens earlier/differently or they just all have to work together for some reason are all okay by me. Moments of grudging respect and trust, finding unexpected commonalities and having unexpected bonding moments, Rey trying to keep the peace and find some balance between her best friends and her it’s complicated maybe new boyfriend while also dealing with all her other stuff, anything like that would be great. And the Ben/Rey/Rose variant of this was just immediately appealing to me when I saw it in the tagset.
Leia Organa/Poe Dameron
I just adore how much he adores and respects her, both as a leader and as a person. And Leia obviously likes him a lot too and appreciates his talents and maybe lets him get away with a little more than she would someone else.
I’d just like to see more them. Some fun banter, some plausible deniability flirting where of course everyone knows they’re joking but if one of them actually made a move the other would totally reciprocate, some bonding/commiserating over their respective roles and responsibilities to the Resistance. Maybe something earlier on, with Poe going from awe and infatuation with Leia as a legend to genuine respect for her as an actual person and oops those feelings are stronger now. Or Leia surviving and the two of them navigating a peacetime existence together. Outsider POV with other Resistance members/allies/enemies speculating on them would also be fun.
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren & Leia Organa/Poe Dameron
Okay, I mostly just think this would be funny.
Basically combine everything about my Leia/Poe request with the post-redemption awkwardness Ben Solo stuff. I could go for either a handwave to keep Leia alive, and Ben is trying very hard to ignore that this relationship is a thing, or keeping her death and having it be either another reason for animosity between Poe and Ben or it becoming a strange source of connection with their shared grief being one of the few obvious things they have in common. And Ben still doesn’t want to know anything more about it, thank you.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for creating something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! I really love all of these fandoms and relationships I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
My previous exchange letters can be found here and here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here. Other than that, I don’t have much of an online presence, but I will try to give you everything you need to know right here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence kink. Casually intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider POVs. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Weird domesticity. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Interesting worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences. Stylized designs. Limited color palettes.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con. Underage sex under 15 or so. Parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop-type AUs. Anything A/B/O, dom/sub world AU, soulmates, or soulbonds (canonical supernatural bonds and connections are fine).
Requests
Any prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it! I haven’t tried to separate out fic/art prompts, so feel free interpret anything in either direction.
Also as a general note, I am okay with pretty much any way of dealing with conflicting canon relationships except for unrequested poly – breakups, handwaves, infidelity, died off-screen, completely unmentioned, all fine.
Dishonored
Billie Lurk/Daud
This is one of those relationships that was basically tailor-made for me. Mentor/student, leader and their close subordinate who can get away things others can’t, age gap, complicated issues of trust and loyalty and betrayal and forgiveness – these are a few of my favorite things. I love everything about these two and their messy, complex history with each other.
I would love pretty much anything for these two – something from their Whaler days fighting and training and blowing off steam together, AUs where they meet up again earlier than in canon and have to sort their shit out without that time pressure helping them along, spending their last little bit of time together on the Dreadful Wale, AU endings to Death of the Outsider and its aftermath, fun with Fugue Feast, anything.
Billie Lurk & Daud’s Mother
I don’t know, I just think it’d be neat if they met. Billie is one of my favorite characters in the series, and Daud’s mother is so interesting even though we only hear about her second or third hand through books and journals. They’re both capable, ruthless survivors who are no strangers to starting a new life from nothing, and of course they have that commonality in their different connections to Daud. I think they would definitely have some interesting things to talk about.
We don’t know anything about what happened to Daud’s mother after he was taken from her as a child, and we know very little about what Billie did between games. Could Billie have met her in Serkonos after she had to leave Dunwall? Or somewhere else in the Isles? Maybe Daud’s mother outlives her son, and they meet sometime after Death of the Outsider. Was it coincidence, or did one look for the other for some reason? Do they ever figure out who the other is and who they know, or do they pass out of each other’s lives unaware of that connection they share?
Daud/Jessamine Kaldwin
So, this one is a little bit complicated, given that Daud’s hired killing of Jessamine is the inciting incident for the whole series, but I think there’s some interesting potential here. Daud has a clear respect for Jessamine, and her death affects him in a way none of his other victims has. And Jessamine gets the rare opportunity to assess her murderer after her death, and she finds herself a little conflicted about what he deserves, despite her justified anger. And before all of that, they were both prominent, powerful figures running different parts of the same city – who’s to say they never had any dealings with each other in all those years before the murder?
I’d just be interested in any kind of possible interaction between these two. Maybe pre-canon Jessamine had reason to hire an assassin, or she tried to get rid of the Whaler presence in her city, or they crossed paths in some other way while doing their jobs. Or maybe an AU where Daud decides not to go through with the assassination for whatever reason and they develop some kind of relationship in the aftermath. Fun with Fugue Feast is also welcome here.
Fruits Basket
Honda Tohru/Sohma Kyou/Sohma Momiji
I’ve been intrigued by the idea of this ship for a little while now. Obviously, Kyou and Momiji both love Tohru, and Tohru cares deeply for both of them, but Kyou and Momiji have an interesting dynamic, too. Momiji is one of the most openly friendly of the Sohmas toward Kyou, telling him that he’s going to stop giving up on the cat and pushing him to pursue Tohru, even though he’s a ‘rival’ for her affections. And Kyou is always fairly comfortable interacting with Momiji compared to some of the others, even if he does deliberately push Kyou’s buttons and annoy him sometimes. I think the three of them would probably balance each other out pretty nicely.
I’d be interested in seeing how the three of them might navigate a relationship together, especially post-series. How would Momiji be drawn into the established couple of Tohru and Kyou, since he never really thought he had a chance in canon? Or would the two of them break up for some reason and then all come together afterward? How would the other Sohmas react? Having them get together or have some awkward moments during the series would be interesting, too, especially while still dealing with the curse.
Honda Tohru/Sohma Momiji
I love both of these characters and their interactions with each other. They just have such a sweet relationship and are so great to each other, and I loved seeing that friendship and Momiji’s quiet feelings grow over the course of the series.
More quiet pining, Tohru developing feelings and not quite realizing it, or some shift to canon that lets them get together are all welcome here. Also one thing I really love about these two is how openly physically affectionate they are. In a series full of people who are (understandably) not big on touch, Momiji and Tohru are always holding hands and leaning on each other and even hugging even though it turns one of them into a rabbit. So I would love seeing more of that open affection here.
Manabe Kakeru/Sohma Yuki
I really love this relationship so much, especially how their friendship helps them both become better, more confident people. Kakeru pushes Yuki into showing his real personality and having more natural reactions, which is really important as he’s trying to break out of the manufactured, inoffensive, ‘princely’ personality he’s developed. And Yuki lets Kakeru know when he’s gone too far and helps him become more empathetic and understanding of other people’s feelings. Also they’re hilarious together, especially as Yuki becomes more comfortable and their interactions become more mutually teasing.
I’d be interested in seeing what happens post-series and how they stay in each other’s lives outside of the Student Council. I’d also like to see them interacting with each other’s families. Kakeru gets along well with Ayame and has had a few brief interactions with some of the other Sohmas, but I’d love to see more of that and to see how the Sohmas react to him. Kakeru’s family life isn’t quite as screwed up as Yuki’s, but it’s still pretty messy. How does Yuki fit in to a more mundane set of family issues? I’d also love to see what would have happened if Kakeru somehow found out about the curse before it was broken. How would he react to it? Would he be brought into the loop like Tohru? Would they try to keep his finding out a secret? Would there be another upsetting memory erasing scene? Or just more Student Council shenanigans would always be fun!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Olivier Mira Armstrong/Miles
I’m a sucker for leaders and their close subordinates; I love that kind of loyalty and trust, especially if it goes both ways as is clearly the case for Olivier and Miles. We don’t get a ton on their relationship in the series, but I love the glimpses we do get: Olivier explaining to Miles why she needs someone like him at her side, Miles saying that Olivier was the one to convince him he could make a difference from within the military, Olivier releasing Miles to help with the Ishval restoration at the end.
I’d love to see anything expanding on what we see in canon. How did Miles wind up working under Olivier at Briggs? What kinds of conflicts and tensions did they have before figuring each other out? Do they keep in touch while he’s working to rebuild Ishval, and does the relationship change at all now that he no longer reports directly to her? Does he wind up back at Briggs when he’s done? What happens if one or both of them retires down the line? Or just some quiet moments spent throughout their years together.
Psychonauts
Sasha Nein/Milla Vodello
Superstar Psychonauts Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello! They don’t actually have a ton of direct interaction in the games themselves, but I love the implied relationship between the two. They are psychic secret agents! They go on ridiculous missions together and fight crime - psychic crime! One of these missions involved being undercover in elaborate costumes at a fancy party! They have had at least one clichéd instance of falling down and landing on top of each other in a ~romantic~ pose! I eat this stuff up with a spoon.
Would just love to see more for these two – early days in the Psychonauts, training, first missions, first summer teaching at Whispering Rock. Time spent at the office between missions, attending office parties, interactions with co-workers, time spent off the clock together. Exploring each other’s mental worlds, learning each other’s darker histories. Or just more silly psychic spy adventures like we see in Milla’s memory vault.
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Finn, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Finn & Poe Dameron, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Poe Dameron, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Rose Tico, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey/Rose Tico
So redemptive deaths are cool and all, but they deprive me of my favorite part of a redemption arc – the former bad guy now having to awkwardly interact with all the people he’s been mostly trying to kill up until that point.
Handwave-y death fix-its or AUs where the redemption happens earlier/differently or they just all have to work together for some reason are all okay by me. Moments of grudging respect and trust, finding unexpected commonalities and having unexpected bonding moments, Rey trying to keep the peace and find some balance between her best friends and her it’s complicated maybe new boyfriend while also dealing with all her other stuff, anything like that would be great. And the Ben/Rey/Rose variant of this was just immediately appealing to me when I saw it in the tagset.
Leia Organa/Poe Dameron
I just adore how much he adores and respects her, both as a leader and as a person. And Leia obviously likes him a lot too and appreciates his talents and maybe lets him get away with a little more than she would someone else.
I’d just like to see more them. Some fun banter, some plausible deniability flirting where of course everyone knows they’re joking but if one of them actually made a move the other would totally reciprocate, some bonding/commiserating over their respective roles and responsibilities to the Resistance. Maybe something earlier on, with Poe going from awe and infatuation with Leia as a legend to genuine respect for her as an actual person and oops those feelings are stronger now. Or Leia surviving and the two of them navigating a peacetime existence together. Outsider POV with other Resistance members/allies/enemies speculating on them would also be fun.
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren & Leia Organa/Poe Dameron
Okay, I mostly just think this would be funny.
Basically combine everything about my Leia/Poe request with the post-redemption awkwardness Ben Solo stuff. I could go for either a handwave to keep Leia alive, and Ben is trying very hard to ignore that this relationship is a thing, or keeping her death and having it be either another reason for animosity between Poe and Ben or it becoming a strange source of connection with their shared grief being one of the few obvious things they have in common. And Ben still doesn’t want to know anything more about it, thank you.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for creating something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
