Dear Author Letter (chocolateboxcomm 2016)
Dear Author,
First off, thank you so much for signing up for
chocolateboxcomm 2016, and for accepting this assignment. I am sure that I am going to love the story that you end up writing for me, and I do hope that you also have fun creating it.
General likes/dislikes:
I am not especially fussy about story style. I love everything from missing scenes that would fit between episodes/chapters of canon to elaborate alternate universes where only the characters remain the same, fluff to PWP, light humour to heavy dark!fic. Endings can be happy, hopeful, ambiguous, or tragic - whatever works best for the story. Genfic, het, femslash and slash are all fine. CROSSOVERS WELCOME! Even if I am not familiar with the fandom, I am happy to come across new fandoms fandom-first!
I dislike character bashing. No matter how much I like or dislike a character, I am much more interested in stories that explore their motivations rather than villainising them pointlessly.
If you lean toward the heavier ratings, I would prefer that you stay away from chan, necrophilia, scatplay and watersports. Everything else (including - but not limited to - non-con, dub-con, BDSM, infidelity, incest) is fair game. Graphic violence and graphic sexual situations are fine.
Optional Details are Optional:
If you are looking for inspiration or a place to start, here are some of the reasons I would like to read about the characters and relationships I have chosen, and a couple of vague story ideas/prompts. If you already know who and what you want to write about, please disregard this. It is intended in the spirit of helpfulness, not hindrance.
This list is sorted alphabetically, not in any order of preference.
1) Bath Tangle - Georgette Heyer: Ivo Barrasford/Serena Carlow.
This is one of my all-time favourite Georgette Heyer novels, and one of my favourite Heyer couples. I love the way that they argue and challenge each other. I love Serena's fierce independence, and that he loves her all the more for it. I love their tempers, and their sense of the ridiculous.
a) I would love to see something about their first engagement. The proposal, the fight that ended it, a snippet in between, maybe something from Serena's father's POV? Or an alternatee universe in which they found a way to make it work the first time.
b) Something showing Ivo's feelings and thoughts during the events of the book in more detail.
c) Something post-canon. Their happily-ever-after, or their wedding, or their first (or fifth!) serious fight after getting back together so dramatically and scandalously.
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series: Spike/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Spike/Buffy Summers, Harmony Kendall/Buffy Summers, Lilah Morgan/Buffy Summers, Illyria/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Illyria, Angel/Spike/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Angelus.
a) Spike/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Spike/Buffy Summers: The things I love about Buffy/Spike and Buffy/Faith are very much the same. Angst, anger, passion, the fine line between violent love and violent hatred, the strong similarities and stronger differences. Write anything (except my explicit DNWs), and I will love it unconditionally. I cannot get enough of these ships.
b) Harmony Kendall/Buffy Summers: Again, similarities and differences. Both started out as girly, self-centered princesses, they were very much unprepared to become a Vampire Slayer and a Vampire. I'd love to see anything exploring their very different emotional and/or physical strengths and weaknesses, and/or the vampire/slayer dynamic.
c) Lilah Morgan/Buffy Summers: I'd like to see anything about these two (very differently) powerful women with very different lives.
d) Illyria/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Illyria: I'd love to see how these very different women with their terrifyingly strong ancient powers would get along, with or without Spike in the mix. Did Illyria ever meet the demon that Buffy's powers came from?
e) Angel/Spike/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Angelus: Just make them work as a threesome. Or show all the ways that they don't work!
Gundam Wing: Chang Wufei/Treize Khushrenada, Chang Wufei/Treize Khushrenada/Zechs Merquise, Chang Wufei/Zechs Merquise, Dorothy Catalonia/Relena Peacecraft, Duo Maxwell & Quatre Raberba Winner, Duo Maxwell/Quatre Raberba Winner, Duo Maxwell/Zechs Merquise, Quatre Raberba Winner & Heero Yuy, Quatre Raberba Winner/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton & Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner/Heero Yuy.
a) Missing canon scene, post-canon, canon-AU, everyone lives!
b) Coffee shop!AU, band!AU, crossover or fusion with Harry Potter.
Supernatural: Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester, Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester. (For those who - like me - have trouble keeping track of minor Supernatural characters, Emily Jorgeson is the girl in 1.11 - Scarecrow, and Cassie Robinson is the girl in 1.13 - Route 666.)
a) Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester: I want a story where Emily stays with them after Scarecrow. Or a story where she gets into a new kind of Supernatural trouble and needs to be bailed out. Or a story where she's unable to forget what happened to her, becomes a hunter on her own, and meets up with the boys on a hunt a few years later.
b) Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester: Something pre-canon, where they were all cute and happy together. Or an AU in which Sam tells her about the family secret, and between them they somehow manage to save her life. Or she dies, somehow comes back as a demon, and everything is tragic and angsty.
c) Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester: The first time they met. Or the next time they meet. Or an AU in which she ends up going on the road with them after Route 666.
First off, thank you so much for signing up for
chocolateboxcomm 2016, and for accepting this assignment. I am sure that I am going to love the story that you end up writing for me, and I do hope that you also have fun creating it.
General likes/dislikes:
I am not especially fussy about story style. I love everything from missing scenes that would fit between episodes/chapters of canon to elaborate alternate universes where only the characters remain the same, fluff to PWP, light humour to heavy dark!fic. Endings can be happy, hopeful, ambiguous, or tragic - whatever works best for the story. Genfic, het, femslash and slash are all fine. CROSSOVERS WELCOME! Even if I am not familiar with the fandom, I am happy to come across new fandoms fandom-first!
I dislike character bashing. No matter how much I like or dislike a character, I am much more interested in stories that explore their motivations rather than villainising them pointlessly.
If you lean toward the heavier ratings, I would prefer that you stay away from chan, necrophilia, scatplay and watersports. Everything else (including - but not limited to - non-con, dub-con, BDSM, infidelity, incest) is fair game. Graphic violence and graphic sexual situations are fine.
Optional Details are Optional:
If you are looking for inspiration or a place to start, here are some of the reasons I would like to read about the characters and relationships I have chosen, and a couple of vague story ideas/prompts. If you already know who and what you want to write about, please disregard this. It is intended in the spirit of helpfulness, not hindrance.
This list is sorted alphabetically, not in any order of preference.
1) Bath Tangle - Georgette Heyer: Ivo Barrasford/Serena Carlow.
This is one of my all-time favourite Georgette Heyer novels, and one of my favourite Heyer couples. I love the way that they argue and challenge each other. I love Serena's fierce independence, and that he loves her all the more for it. I love their tempers, and their sense of the ridiculous.
a) I would love to see something about their first engagement. The proposal, the fight that ended it, a snippet in between, maybe something from Serena's father's POV? Or an alternatee universe in which they found a way to make it work the first time.
b) Something showing Ivo's feelings and thoughts during the events of the book in more detail.
c) Something post-canon. Their happily-ever-after, or their wedding, or their first (or fifth!) serious fight after getting back together so dramatically and scandalously.
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series: Spike/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Spike/Buffy Summers, Harmony Kendall/Buffy Summers, Lilah Morgan/Buffy Summers, Illyria/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Illyria, Angel/Spike/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Angelus.
a) Spike/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane/Spike/Buffy Summers: The things I love about Buffy/Spike and Buffy/Faith are very much the same. Angst, anger, passion, the fine line between violent love and violent hatred, the strong similarities and stronger differences. Write anything (except my explicit DNWs), and I will love it unconditionally. I cannot get enough of these ships.
b) Harmony Kendall/Buffy Summers: Again, similarities and differences. Both started out as girly, self-centered princesses, they were very much unprepared to become a Vampire Slayer and a Vampire. I'd love to see anything exploring their very different emotional and/or physical strengths and weaknesses, and/or the vampire/slayer dynamic.
c) Lilah Morgan/Buffy Summers: I'd like to see anything about these two (very differently) powerful women with very different lives.
d) Illyria/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Illyria: I'd love to see how these very different women with their terrifyingly strong ancient powers would get along, with or without Spike in the mix. Did Illyria ever meet the demon that Buffy's powers came from?
e) Angel/Spike/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers/Spike/Angelus: Just make them work as a threesome. Or show all the ways that they don't work!
Gundam Wing: Chang Wufei/Treize Khushrenada, Chang Wufei/Treize Khushrenada/Zechs Merquise, Chang Wufei/Zechs Merquise, Dorothy Catalonia/Relena Peacecraft, Duo Maxwell & Quatre Raberba Winner, Duo Maxwell/Quatre Raberba Winner, Duo Maxwell/Zechs Merquise, Quatre Raberba Winner & Heero Yuy, Quatre Raberba Winner/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton & Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner/Heero Yuy.
a) Missing canon scene, post-canon, canon-AU, everyone lives!
b) Coffee shop!AU, band!AU, crossover or fusion with Harry Potter.
Supernatural: Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester, Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester. (For those who - like me - have trouble keeping track of minor Supernatural characters, Emily Jorgeson is the girl in 1.11 - Scarecrow, and Cassie Robinson is the girl in 1.13 - Route 666.)
a) Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Dean Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson/Sam Winchester, Emily Jorgeson & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester: I want a story where Emily stays with them after Scarecrow. Or a story where she gets into a new kind of Supernatural trouble and needs to be bailed out. Or a story where she's unable to forget what happened to her, becomes a hunter on her own, and meets up with the boys on a hunt a few years later.
b) Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester: Something pre-canon, where they were all cute and happy together. Or an AU in which Sam tells her about the family secret, and between them they somehow manage to save her life. Or she dies, somehow comes back as a demon, and everything is tragic and angsty.
c) Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester: The first time they met. Or the next time they meet. Or an AU in which she ends up going on the road with them after Route 666.