Dear Chocolatier:

[jain]

Thanks so much for writing for me! Some of my prompts are longer than others this year, but rest assured that I'd be equally delighted to receive any one of my requested ships. You can browse my general kinks and squicks post and my fic exchanges tag if you want more details. I like anything from G-rated fluff to plotty fic to hardcore porn, as long as the story contains some sort of character and/or relationship development. I hope you have lots of fun, and I look forward to seeing what you create!

My signup requests are all for fic, but I'm happy to receive art as a treat. (General art likes: clothing porn, especially pretty 19th/early 20th century dresses and nice suits; nudity/sex scenes; snowy landscapes; candlelight and firelight; magic.)


Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells

Ember/Moon
I'm a fan of consort/consort ships in general and this one in particular. Both of them are insecure in their own ways; both are impressively competent, also in their own ways; they start out wary (mostly Ember) and resentful (mostly Moon) of each other but grow to be allies and even friends; their personalities are almost diametrically opposed, but they really understand and appreciate each other despite their differences. An exploration of their relationship at any point in the journey from strangers to allies-turned-lovers would be great. Angst with a happy ending is a huge plus for this ship.


Iskryne Series - Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette

Grimolfr/Hrolleif
Grimolfr and Hrolleif are the ultimate power couple, and I'd love to see more about their leadership of Franangford before Isolfr joins them: the day-to-day details of running a wolfheall, Franangford's relationship with neighboring towns and settlements and/or with other wolfhealls, troll fighting in the days when it's not an all-out war but just a dangerous and unceasing grind.

Alternatively, I'm very interested in the friends-to-lovers progression of their relationship, particularly Hrolleif's later assurance to Isolfr that a relationship didn't have to begin perfectly, because wolfcarls can be taught.


The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge

Leda Hunter/Jane Vellet
I'm very fond of both women and their upstairs-downstairs romance, and I'd be interested in seeing that at any stage of the relationship: How did they initially become interested in each other, and how did their courtship progress? What do they do during their secret rendezvous? Do they ever move beyond those rendezvous to build a life together?

I'm also intrigued by Miss Hunter's comment that "a woman like [her] makes enemies." Both she and Mrs. Vellet responded with extraordinary calmness and competence when the Sunderlys were in danger. What personal experiences were they drawing on then? Have either or both of them encountered their own supernatural horrors, or have all their bad experiences been strictly mundane?


Lynes and Mathey Series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott

Cordelia Frost/Original Female Character
Miss Frost is hands down my favorite character in this series: competent, intelligent, highly sensible, and not quite what people expect her to be. Based on things she's said in the books, I don't think Miss Frost had a female lover in university, but I'd be interested in first time fic in which she becomes romantically involved with a friend from her club, or with one of Julian's or Ned's clients, or perhaps with a woman whom Miss Frost and/or Ned consults on a case.


The Magnus Archives

Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
My absolute favorite part of canon is the two largely unrelated personal journeys Jon is on, in which he's becoming a better person--allowing himself to care for his assistants and to love Martin, recognizing that he has to be able to trust people and ask them for help when he needs it, empathizing more with people in general, etc.--even as he's losing some part of his humanity. Anything exploring the tension between those two journeys would be fantastic.

I'd also be interested in canon divergence AUs for this fandom, though canon-compliant fic would be equally wonderful. Specific canon divergence prompts: a Leitner makes them do it anytime before MAG 159; Martin stops distancing himself from Jon everyone as soon as he's discovered the truth about the Extinction; Jon quits the Magnus Institute after hearing Eric Delano's statement.


Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

Wanda Vitkus/Original Female Character
One of my favorite things about Spinning Silver is the way Wanda and her brothers learn from the Mandelstams how to love each other and be a real family. I also adore the magical little house in the woods, and Wanda's determination that "if anyone came to the house at all--if anyone came to the house who was hungry and in trouble--we would let them stay." Perhaps a young woman in need finds them and she and Wanda fall in love. Or perhaps Wanda meets someone on a rare visit to town (a cousin of Miryem's? a shop assistant or market woman?).

Please let the Mandelstams and Wanda's brothers be accepting of Wanda's romance! They don't have to be perfectly happy/comfortable with it (though it's absolutely all right if they are), but I can't imagine them having a worse reaction than that. Their family is already more than a bit unconventional, after all. :-)


The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian

Lady Montbray/Anne Sutherland
Word of God is that Charlotte and Anne are together, but I honestly couldn't tell just by reading the book if they were a couple or if I was indulging in wishful thinking. Accordingly, pretty much anything that shows their relationship more explicitly would be my jam. How they got together (were they conducting an affair under Montbray's nose or did they wait until he'd been shipped off?), any of the events of The Soldier's Scoundrel from their perspective, what happens to them post-canon? And if you're writing post-canon fic, then Oliver catching a clue at some point would be awesome.