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yuletide exchange 2017

Hi there!

This is AO3 user intimacies. I'm super excited for this exchange, and I hope you are, too! What's most important to me is that you, dear gifter, have fun with whatever you choose to create–if you had fun writing it, then I'll have fun reading it.

So, I'm just going to outline some general likes/dislikes to bounce off from if you'd like, as well as my list of requests for ease of reference. I'm totally fine with NSFW stuff too, if that's the path you wanna follow (and if you don't wanna, that's super cool too)! The only thing I ask is that you please respect my 'dislikes/do not wants' list, and I look forward to seeing what you create C:

Thanks for reading, & have a lovely day ♥

[SFW] likes:

experimental or unconventional writing style or structure
ambiguous or open relationships and endings
the idea of distance, physical or otherwise
dreams
light imagery, flower allusions/language
found family & caretaking
power dynamics/loyalty
POV outsider......also somewhat partial to POV first person, honestly.
[if applicable to fandom] social media
curtain fic! the in-betweens, the slice of life, the everyday before The Days
magical realism, temporal shenanigans

[SFW] dislikes:

major character death that isn't canonical
characters outright saying "i love you"
angst for the sake of angst or unexplained/unjustified angst (unresolved or unhappy endings are fine, however. I enjoy having my heart broken on the regular, why do I lack self-preservation instincts, etc etc)
jealousy/infidelity that isn't canonical and/or is used as a plot device
on the subject of AU's: love 'em, but not very fond of coffeeshop, cafe, or highschool/college AUs (unless they're actually working/studying in these places, which....wouldn't be an AU, actually.)

requests, per fandom:

(gen or shippy or anything in between is fine, unless otherwise specified!)

1. Dorohedoro

Noi, Shin

I'm honestly so drawn to Noi and Shin's relationship, and how they're so important to each other, they'd take a bullet for the other without flinching–but at the same time, constantly let the other walk into danger because they understand and trust and know what makes the other person tick that well? Any prompts I can think of are mainly canon-verse, but honestly, I'd be super interested at what an AU might make of their dynamic, so it's all up to you!

2. Night World - L.J. Smith

Ash Redfern, Blaise Harman*

I love....emotionally repressed characters that can't help letting their feelings bleed through anyway (if not in the healthiest ways). Something that explores their characters, or delves into–or deliberately walks around–things they won't acknowledge to themselves would be really lovely!

* Please no romance between Ash and Blaise, please! Including only one or both of them in a gift is cool either way, though.

3. Chang Ge Xing | Song of the Long March

Ashina Sun, Mujin

Ashina and Mujin are a leader-and-second dynamic I'm very fond of! The way Mujin defers to Ashina without pause on the battlefield, but Ashina leaving everything else up to however Mujin says is....a lot. So is the fact that he's The Ideal Right Hand Man in public, but more of an exasperated-but-fond brother in private. They've grown up together, and even before their troops or superiors, they're loyal to each other :")

Honestly, I'd be eternally grateful for any content of the two of them whatsoever, gen or romo or somewhere in between. That said, I also don't mind if you wanted to include Chang Ge into the mix, considering Ashina's truly unsubtle pining, lol. Absolutely not required, though!!! Just trying to cover my bases. So long as the focus is still on Ashina or Mujin (or both), anything goes.

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fandom growth exchange 2017

experimental or unconventional writing style or structure
ambiguous or open relationships and endings
the idea of distance, physical or otherwise
dreams
light imagery, flower allusions/language
found family & caretaking
power dynamics/loyalty
POV outsider......also somewhat partial to POV first person, honestly.
[if applicable to fandom] social media
curtain fic! the in-betweens, the slice of life, the everyday before The Days
magical realism, temporal shenanigans

[SFW] dislikes:

major character death that isn't canonical
characters outright saying "i love you"
angst for the sake of angst or unexplained/unjustified angst (unresolved or unhappy endings are fine, however. I enjoy having my heart broken on the regular, why do I lack self-preservation instincts, etc etc)
jealousy/infidelity that isn't canonical and/or is used as a plot device
on the subject of AU's: love 'em, but not very fond of coffeeshop, cafe, or highschool/college AUs (unless they're actually working/studying in these places, which....wouldn't be an AU, actually.) Please no conventional soulmate AUs either, please!*

* subverting or diverging from playing the trope straight are–well. I'm Really Into these things.

[NSFW] likes:

oral sex, teasing/edging/overstimulation, orgasm delay, breathplay (with hands only, though), powerplay (D/s, pet play, roleplay), hickies, praise kink, dirty talk.......hands
friends to benefits (whether or not it develops into romance)

[NSFW] dislikes:

daddy kink, watersports, rape/non-con, mpreg

requests, per fandom:

(gen or shippy or anything in between is fine, unless otherwise specified!)

BIRDMEN - 田辺イェロウ | Tanabe Yellow

Karasuma Eishi/Takayama Sou

Leader/second-in-command dynamics fascinate me, but what I'm most taken with about Karasuma and Takayama is how they are constantly exchanging authority/responsibility with each other. For all that Takayama is the catalyst and frontline for the bird club, he believes in and has faith that Karasuma's their leader–yet at the same time, he eggs Karasuma on, and has no qualms with challenging or outright going against Karasuma's opinion when their opinions clash (or, you know, Takayama doesn't let Karasuma in on whatever he's thinking. Which in itself is....very good.).

Meanwhile, Karasuma is pragmatic without being cynical, for all that he tries to seem like one. He wants friends but can't stand the idea of setting himself up for disappointment; he dislikes leadership but constantly seeks out and takes care of his companions. Karasuma initially appears to be the more logic-driven between the two of them, but when it comes down to it, Karasuma's loyalty stems from attachment and affection, whereas Takayama's stems from–charisma? Potential? Who even knows, really. But they stand out to each other, a back-and-forth magnetism that carries their whole group forward, and that's the constant. ~~Also the interview with Tanabe about how their characters were conceptualised to complement each other, thank you for my life FOREVER.~~

Arthur C Phoenix/Robin Howard

Arthur/Robin, on the other hand, is this precisely painful brand of requited-but-never-manifested. Arthur is bright and charming but his gentleness around Robin was really lovely. Robin is drawn towards him even as she skirts away from the group–she's uncertain of herself but not of Arthur, and Arthur lets himself show weakness with her, to them they're only each other, nothing more or less.

The way Robin shuts herself away after Arthur's death really gets to me, because it's not any less impersonal than she was before, only this time she's walled her own feelings away, too: Arthur only ever wanted her to be herself, and that was enough, but now he's gone and she doesn't want to be just herself, anymore, because how could that ever be enough? Robin's current state is simultaneously haunted by what will never be, and resigned to what–who–she must now be.

Yuri!!! on ICE (Anime)

Lilia Baranovskaya/Okukawa Minako

Okay, so, the similarities between these two ladies is arresting, especially in light of how differently their decisions diverged from each other. Lilia's the former prima of the Bolshoi ballet and Minako the recipient of a Benois de la Danse but where Lilia presumably remains within the fold of dance, prestigious and so deliberately put-together, Minako no longer travels the world and runs a bar in her hometown because she barely has any students to teach, anymore.

I'm intrigued by what they were, or might've been to each other once, and where they could stand now. Both of them are mentor figures to figure skaters, too, and the contrasts are really interesting to observe: Lilia agreed to teach Yuri (the rising protege of her ex-husband) ballet because Yuri wants to win, because Yuri will re-invent himself as many times as necessary, because Lilia nurtures beauty and Yuri holds himself like art; Minako taught Yuuri (the son of her longtime friend and former fellow dancer) dance since he was a child, and watched him grow up between dance and skating, one love to another, following after his idol/ideal Viktor, while never quite allowing himself to accept and believe the love and support he is constantly surrounded by, because he cannot quite believe in himself.

Lilia and Minako have walked close but never quite shared circles for years and years, and any point at which they do (or don't) intersect feel so, so full of potential to me.

长歌行 | Cháng Gē Xíng | Song of the Long March

Ashina Sun & Mujin

Ashina and Mujin's faith in each other before and above everyone else–superiors, the men under their jurisdiction–gets me really, really hard. I enjoy the contrast between Ashina as this incredibly competent warrior and strategist, but in almost every other context he defaults to Mujin's opinion, when Mujin's role is technically second-in-command. And how none of this is obvious in public, but in private it's like watching best friends or incredibly close brothers ;___;

I think one of the most telling moments about their relationship is how Mujin covered Ashina's absence when Ashina went on his soul-searching trip in search of his birth family for "no longer than 6 months, or I'll kill you myself before the Khan ever finds you," but when the Khan did send a man after Ashina, Mujin totally went out to kill him (putting himself at risk for treason) to keep Ashina safe.

(Except Ashina returns as Mujin's chasing him, and Ashina knocks out the guy without knowing anything except that if Mujin was out to get him, that was reason enough to take someone out, god.)

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Jack Atlas/Fudou Yusei/Crow Hogan, Jack Atlas/Fudou Yusei/Crow Hogan/Izayoi Aki, Jack Atlas/Fudou Yusei/Crow Hogan/Kiryu Kyousuke, Jack Atlas/Crow Hogan

Or: Kizuna in various permutations, adding or subtracting friends. I live for the knowledge that Jack/Yusei/Crow grew up together but even when they drifted apart they never grew apart, they're constantly returning to each other, moving forward parallel to or beside each other.

I'm curious how Aki would factor into their dynamic, how she fits into their group but is obviously most close to Yusei, and isn't that similar to how Kiryu was, too? Not like Team Satisfaction ended particularly well, and Aki isn't Kiryu but the ripples that remain in Kiryu's absence are interesting to think about. Or even the days when Kiryu was around, and everything appeared within reach, however naively.

Then, of course, Jack and Crow, duellists at heart (Yusei is a duellist, too, but there's a difference between excelling at something and wanting, needing to keep going at something). The banter that's never without affection, or exasperation, and the way they operate on the same wavelength that is similar to, but not exactly the same as, the way the function when they're with Yusei.

신의 탑 | Tower of God

Sachi Faker

I wish I had something more comprehensive to say than 'I saw Sachi and immediately thirsted' but. That's exactly all I have to say, oops. The difference between how he's known as this dangerous ticket stealer, one of the strongest D-class regulars, against how he is around people he knows, just a man who made a mistake once and returns to the train year in & out trying to atone for it.

Anything that explores his time in the Tower away from Hell Train squad, like when he first encounters Hockney, would be really interesting! Or even his adventures with Hell Train squad, before-/during-/after- the incident with Hoaquin.

....Or, you know. There's something to be said about a beautiful man with dubiously forbidden magic that manifests as rose vines, thorns included. You know.

Anak Zahard Sr./Garam Zahard, Eurasia Enne Zahard/Garam Zahard

I'm super partial to the princess politics in the tower! The doomed but enduring affection Garam keeps for Anak Sr., enough to take her child under her wing after Anak's passing, even though staying with Garam would've kept Anak Sr. by Garam's side, instead. How Garam is wistful but never resentful, alone but never quite lonely, is lovely and sad and I'd love to see more about it.

Daniel Hatchid/Roen Yuia, Evan Edrok/Ha Yuri Zahard, Ha Jinsung/Koon Aguero Agnes

Daniel/Roen is another requited-but-never-manifested, because I evidently don't love myself I suppose. There's something simultaneously sweet and Bonnie-and-Clyde-esque about the fact that what finally bridged the distance between them is what separated them, in the end. Daniel wanted to protect Roen more than he cared for maintaining the status quo, a sentiment that lasts and lasts, even after Roen sacrificed herself because she felt the same.

The loyalty to each other that surpasses the belonging in Hell Train squad ;____;

('Thank you, Daniel–right now, I'm so in love that I'm not afraid of death.' / 'I don't hate you for saving me, I hate you for stopping me from dying with her.' / 'Thank you, and I love you, too....That's the first thing I ever wanted to tell you, if you cam back.'

Evan Edrok/Ha Yuri Zahard, Ha Jinsung/Koon Aguero Agnes

Evan and Yuri are–I find them intriguing. Like, they work together because Yuri needs a guide and Evan is one of the best, but. Everyone enters the tower because they want something, but whatever that something is, Evan can't remember it anymore, yet Yuri still looks at him and sees the same person she's always known, always climbed the tower with. And Yuri drives Evan up the wall, he's constantly warning her against questionable life choices, but even when he's not obliged to–and is, in fact, obligated to report some of her actions–he doesn't only go along with her, but actively advises and assists her. Their dynamic functions around the assumption that they never say, but trust in: they will stick together.

Okay, there is technically no reason to slot Jinsung/Koon in the same bullet point but quite frankly 85% of my Jinsung/Koon wishlist is fucky mentorship, porn optional. Jinsung holds none of the devotion and esteem for Koon that he has for Baam, but there is a recognition there, of sorts. These two competent, coldly logical individuals drawn to a bright, bright person. However, where Jinsung has come to terms with what he wants and what he's willing to do to obtain that, Koon isn't, and the gap in experience and self-acceptance is startling, potentially devastating and always filled with potential. Also, y'know, I think about [Jinsung voice] didn't your father ever teach you manners? and then [Koon voice] Sorry, I'm an abandoned child, so I was never educated......like. Please, god, educate him.

ボールルームへようこそ | Ballroom e Youkoso

Hiyama Chinatsu/Koumoto Akira

The buildup and breakdown of Akira and Chinatsu's friendship is heartbreaking in how relatable and easy to envision it is. Chinatsu as this new, beautiful girl in Akira's class who never considers why they shouldn't be friends, why Akira wouldn't love dance, or dancing with Chinatsu. But that's exactly it–Akira doesn't love dance, but she loves Chinatsu, and even while they're looking at each other they're also looking past each other. Holding on for keeps but in a way that's stifling, and in the fallout they take it out on each other because how do you rationalise selfish reasons behind hanging on to someone when you care about that someone just as badly?

Perhaps in another world, or in another time, they'll be something kinder to and for each other. You see hints of it, too, in their banter and the way they look at each other even now and–but not understand, not yet, but they could, and that isn't nothing.

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CHOCOLATE BOX EXCHANGE 2017: Dear Creator

hi there!

this is ao3 user intimacies, and firstly: thank you for writing for me this exchange, dear stranger! i admittedly have a tendency to ramble, but i'll do my best to keep this letter short & sweet.

for ease of reference, i'll list some general things i enjoy receiving, as well things i'd prefer not to receive, and then some fandom-specific thoughts or prompts, if you find that sort of thing helpful; no pressure to adhere to any of my prompts, though--so long as there aren't any of my Do Not Wants, feel free to go wild! the most important thing to me is that you have fun with whatever you choose to write, and if you have fun then i'm sure i'll enjoy it, too c:

so let's get into it!

general likes & loves:

introspection, character and/or relationship studies
canon-verse fic: from pre- or -post canon, to the canon-divergent, or even the 'missing scenes'-style of things
found family; caretaking
playing around with the idea of dreams, or time
experimental narrative styles & structures
flowers! i love flower anything, from the imagery to the flower language to simply the flowers themselves
ambiguous/open endings ouo
i......have a thing for hands. i just, really like hands LMAO
unless otherwise stated, i don't mind relationships as either romantic or platonic or anything in between!

i'd rather not receive (Do Not Wants):

angst for the sake of angst. i don't mind if things get sad, just please don't kill someone off or write in anything drastic for the sake of the ~angst~ factor
jealousy and/or infidelity as a plot device
porn without plot. porn is fine if you wanted to include it, but i'd rather it not be the entirety of a thing

AU's: a quick sidenote

i love AU's, so please don't feel obliged to stick to canon if you'd rather not c:
if you do go for an AU, i'm not especially fond of coffeeshop/cafe AUs, nor soulmate AUs (in the sense that soulmates are the predestined, be all/end all for each other. anything the plays around or subverts this is all good, though!)
AU's i'm especially fond of: magical realism; cyberpunk; heist/yakuza/mafia; urban fantasy; historical....i'm happy to read almost anything that isn't the aforementioned bullet point!

requested fandoms & relationships:

1. ballroom e youkoso

hiyama chinatsu/koumoto akira

my childhood friends turned almost lovers turned spurned & resentful rivals ;___; i'm constantly in pieces over the gradual build up & breakdown of their relationship, and how it was in a very large way brought on by the two of them reaching for similar but not the same dreams (chinatsu's dream of dancing, where akira was her partner; akira's love for chinatsu, who was her partner in dance) and, in clinging on so as not to lose said dreams, they ended up repelling each other instead.

it's both saddening & fascinating to consider what might've happened if they'd communicated their wishes a little clearer, or how they'd interact should their paths converge again in the near or distant future, away from the context of dance. or even the possibilities of their relationship in an alternate universe, and whether the cards would sway the same or hold their place.

2. birdmen

karasuma eishi &/ takayama sou

i love.......birdmen. no lies i will gladly & gratefully consume any content for this tiny fandom & wonderful series. what pulls me toward karasuma & takayama's relationship, however, is the incredible magnetism that draws one to the other.

karasuma is pragmatic and cynical yet somehow above all desperate to make--not friends, exactly--but connections with others, the kind of intimacy with someone that is more meaningful than a surface schoolmate dynamic. meanwhile, takayama is an enigma to karasuma in the way he feels this need to save as many people as he can, while retaining a degree of distance from the world. kind towards, but not one with everyone else.

anything that explores their strange hyperawareness of each other would be especially lovely!!

3. yuri on ice

katsuki yuuri &/ yuri plisetsky
katsuki yuuri/victor nikiforov/yuri plisetsky
lilia baranovskaya/okukawa minako
lilia baranovskaya & yuri plisetsky

*laughs nervously* i have. a lot of feelings for yuri on ice & its many characters, but especially for yuri plisetsky. and so, most of these requests revolve around the different people around him and how they might interact off-stage (lilia & yuri, yuuri & yuri) or in a more romantic context (yuuri/yuri, yuuri/victor/yuri). feel free to age yuri up if you're more comfortable with that, too, by the way!

just?? the way yuri's persona is built as someone who is ambitious and skilled, confident and self-aware but despite that, performs his best when he's thinking about other people, or if it's for someone else's sake: he started skating professionally to financially support his family; lilia mentioning his agape routine shows yuri's dicovery of what kinds of love can sustain a person. i love the conflict between what he says or does and what he means, the tiny discord meant to keep others from his inner thoughts...

i'm really curious about what goes down post-episode 12, and how yuuri's decision not to retire & victor's decision to return to competitive skating (with both of them subsequently moving to st. petersburg) might affect the status quo of yuri's life, in the public & personal spheres!

with respect to lilia/minako: i can't stop thinking about how they're both probably around the same age, and were probably active and dancing at around the same time, too. what would their interactions have been like, back then? how would they interact now, as people who once roamed the same circles, and even today have rather similar roles as ballet dancers to successful figure skaters.

the effects of distance & time & similar steps in life, and how those ripples would show is something i'd be really, really interested to see c:

4. daiya no ace

kuramochi youichi &/ miyuki kazuya

ah, where even to begin? kuramochi & miyuki's dynamic is by far my favourite in all of daiya: the way two people deal with similar issues in different ways (exclusion in middle school due to talent & passion / stepping away from the idea of emotional closeness v. taking care of others in order to forego attention to one's personal thoughts & space) not only get slotted together in the same team & class by the powers that be but also just. continue that proximity to each other, even when it's not enforced ("they're always together, don't they have any other friends?").

i love that, for all his posturing & teasing, kuramochi knows miyuki pretty well, and that miyuki lets him, even commenting that kuramochi is surprisingly good at looking out for others. they play off of each other so easily, and it's so intriguing thinking about the disconnect between their interactions & their emotions, and how that develops over time, if they grow together or apart, still held together by that thread of shared affinities, & 3 years spent learning how to act around each other, if not precisely learning the other themself, as honest as it can be.

i realise i've just been.....rambling, i'm sorry, but i really don't have any specific prompts for these two. their dynamic floats itself, and i love seeing it in any & every time, world or place c:

5. sangatsu no lion | march comes in like a lion

kiriyama rei & souya touji
kiriyama rei & kawamoto hina

the parallels between rei & souya are only briefly touched upon for a few chapters in the manga, but the synergy between the two of them when they played shogi & how that translates (or doesn't) away from the game is fascinating to think about! especially when the people around them note them as similar in their effect on their surroundings & the people around them, if not quite in their demeanour and mannerisms.

on the other hand, i love the warmth and awkward-yet-sincere caretaking in rei & hina's relationship! they care about each other a lot and always try their best to show that care, and the developing depth of their feelings for each other as well as the lengths they'd go for the other because of it is such an uplifting, endearing thing to behold c: feel free to include any of the other kawamoto family members, too--their dynamic is as much a shared bond with the rest of that family as it is also evolving into a similar-but-different bond with just the two of them!

6. chang ge xing | song of the long march

ashina sun & mujin

i don't ship these two romantically, but i'm so fond of the depth of their bond & belief in the other, and how clearly it shows in the way they act around others as well as the way they act just with each other. absolutely anything at all about them would be lovely!

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Yuletide 2016: Dear Creator

hi, hello, dear gifter this yuletide!

let me preface this letter with an apology for getting this letter out so late.... but, it's my hope that this letter is even slightly useful to you all the same c:

anyway, i'll outline some things i really enjoy receiving, as well as things i'd prefer not to see. that said, the most important thing to me is that you're creating something you enjoy, too, so i only ask you not include any of the things i'd prefer not to see--thanks so much in advance, and i look forward to seeing what you create!

OH, and before i forget: you don't have to include both characters i requested for my fandoms if you don't want to. following this vein, feel free to add any characters unspecified if you'd like to!

things i love:

introspection, character and/or relationship studies
canon-verse fic! whether pre- or post-canon, canon-divergent, or kind of 'missing scenes' -type things
playing with the idea of dreams, or time
flowers!!!!! i love flower anything, really
gen! i like shippy and gen equally, so whatever you wanna roll with works for me: shippy or gen or anything in between.
ambiguous relationships; found family; friends with benefits--dynamics where some form of intimacy is involved, if not so easily expressed.

*AUs sidenote:

AUs are super sweet!! the main thing with me about AUs is, if you do choose this path, please no: cafe/coffee shop, A/B/O, or soulmates AUs (in the sense that soulmates are ~predestined~ for each other; it's the lack of perceived choice that i'm not so hot for, i guess). other than that, feel free to go wild!
some AU ideas: historical, 25 lives/reincarnation, heist/robbers, cyberpunk... most everything is A-OK!

things i'd rather not receive:

pwp. nsfw is fine, i'd just rather it not be the entirety of the thing c:
(non-canonical) character death for any of my requested fandoms. this doesn't apply to reincarnation-type things though, in which death is kinda...hard to avoid? lol
over-westernisation, or western concepts that don't really apply if set in canon-verse, e.g.: prom in japan, or having a driver's license that isn't for a moped or motorcycle at 16. it's mostly the little things, so like, please don't stress or anything aaa

... and that's about everything! i wish you much inspiration and a lot of fun with creating!! c:

***quick update: requested fandoms & characters, for ease of reference!

DAYS (anime & manga) | mizuki hisahito, indou kaoru
mystic messenger (video game) | 707/luciel choi, unknown/saeran choi
ookiku furikabutte/big windup! | haruna motoki, akimaru kyouhei
BIRDMEN | karasuma eishi, takayama sou
bungou stray dogs | nakahara chuuya, dazai osamu

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trick or treat ex: dear creator

HI HELLO firstly i am...... so sorry this is so late FBKSDBKGDFJBGJB but like!!!! this is ao3 user commovente and hello, dear gifter, and thank you so much for making something for me!!!!! i'm very excited to see what you've created c: i like a lot of things, haha, so whatever you'll have fun with, i'm sure i'll like receiving, too. here are just some general things i like & would prefer not to receive, though, if you find that helpful!

likes:
♢ anything canon compliant or set in canonverse including, but not limited to: pre-/post-canon scenes, "missing" scenes, slice of life
♢ character studies, relationship studies
♢ for AUs: i'm so not picky when it comes to AUs, you can go for almost anything here: modern, more realistic AUs; magical realism or supernatural elements AUs; multiverse or reincarnation AUs; japanese history or mythology AUs.... it's all good : ))
♢ ambiguous relationships or (if shippy) slowburn -- i love all the feelings jazz, and tend to gravitate to subtler, softer kinds of romantic development over meet-cutes
♢ the idea of distance, whether physical or otherwise
♢ flowers!! include anything at all to do with flowers & i'll probably love you forever, honestly. i love flower imagery or symbolism or the actual flowers themselves
♢ found families and/or caretaking

i'd rather not receive:
♢ if possible, i'd really appreciate if you could avoid non-canonical death or career-threatening injuries(if applicable to the fandom!). which is to say, please don't just kill a character for angst and angst alone? if that makes sense.....
♢ jealousy as a plot device, or including any kind of infidelity
♢ when it comes to AUs: no coffee/cafe AUs, please! they're really the only kind i can never get v excited for, to my constant confusion
♢ over-westernisation (e.g.: characters going to denny's or other franchises that... aren't in japan lmao)
♢ if you're including nsfw or sexual content: please no noncon/dubcon, or a/b/o, or adult/minor situations! everything else is game for me : ))

request 1: DAYS
(requested characters: mizuki, indou, ubukata)

if you can somehow combine these three into a situation somehow i'll probably love you forever, tbh. that said though, this request was more along the lines of: indou / or & indou; ubukata anything, with/without the other two, which seems..... a lot more doable?? orz orz i really just want more content for my soccer favourites i'm not picky at all and will accept anything and everything lmao;;

request 2: daiya no ace | ace of diamond
(requested characters: miyuki, kuramochi, mei, mukai, toujou, okumura, akamatsu)

one of the things i love the most about daiya is how interconnected the cast is with each other, and the similarities between characters who've never or rarely interacted with each other, and how those might play out if they did get that opportunity to be around each other. to make a long story short, lmao, you could pick any of these characters and/or mix and match them and i'd be interested in seeing how it turns out..... but if it's useful, some of my favourite dynamics (gen or shippy) are:

- miyuki, kuramochi
- okumura, akamatsu
- mukai, toujou
- honestly miyuki with........any of the other characters. orz

request 3: song of the long march | choukakou
(requested characters: mujin, ashina sun, li chang ge)

really the only thing i gotta mention here is i don't really ship mujin romantically with either sun or chang ge; but other than that, i'd be happy to get anything for choukakou, it's such a small fandom content-wise, but the series is near & dear to my heart c":

request 4: ookiku furikabutte | big windup!!
(requested characters: haruna, akimaru)

gen or shippy or anything in between is a-ok with these two! i'm just really invested and intrigued in the ups and downs and tiny details about their dynamic, and how for two people who've known each other an awfully long time, they're still so? not dysfunctional, exactly, but. they've still got their rough edges around each other :"))

this said, though, if you wanted to do something focusing more on just one of them, that's totally fine too c:

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SASO 2016: Bonus Rounds 4-6

BONUS ROUND 4: QUOTES

Prompts:

1. Abe Takaya/Mihashi Ren, Oofuri (x)

"What happens when people open their hearts?"
"They get better."
-- Haruki Murakami, "Norwegian Wood"

2. Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, Haikyuu!! (x) -- FILLED

"I am the least difficult of men.
All I want is boundless love."
-- Frank O'Hara, "Meditations in An Emergency."

3. Enjou Renji/Hongou Masamune, Daiya no Ace (x)

"When is a monster not a monster?
-- Oh, when you love it."
-- Caitlyn Siehl, "Start Here"

4. Fujiawara Takako/Isashiki Jun, Daiya no Ace (x)

"If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets."
-- Haruki Murakami, "Kafka on the Shore"

5. Hanai Azusa/Tajima Yuuichiou, Oofuri (x) -- FILLED

"I wondered what that was like, to hold someone's hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand."
-- Benjamin Alire-Saenz, "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

6. Hanamaki Takahiro/Oikawa Tooru, Haikyuu!! (x)

"Then looking upwards / I strain my eyes and try / To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites / From the passenger seat as you are driving me home."
-- Death Cab For Cutie, "Passenger Seat"

7. Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya, Daiya no Ace (x)

"Consider what you might have found / You think you've got a good thing now."
-- Ludo, Topeka

8. Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya, Daiya no Ace (x) -- FILLED

"Everybody knows you / Nobody knows you / Everybody knows you / I just want to know you."
-- Anais Mitchell, Namesake

9. Mashima Taichi/Wataya Arata, Chihayafuru (x)

"I see you in both my dreams and my nightmares
I don't know which I prefer you in."
-- Source

10. Matsuoka Rin & Yamazaki Sousuke, Free! (x)

"You're the only friend I need / Sharing beds like little kids / We'll laugh until our ribs get tough / But that will never be enough."
-- Lorde, "Ribs"

11. Miyuki Kazuya/Narumiya Mei, Daiya no Ace (x)

"You are a language I am no longer fluent in
But still remember how to read."
-- Ashe Vernon, "Wrong Side of a Fistfight"

12. Miyuki Kazuya/Shirakawa Katsuyuki, Daiya no Ace (x)

"At first I saw you everywhere.
Now only in certain things,
At longer intervals."
-- Louise Gluck, "From the Japanese: 3"

13. Miyuki Kazuya/Takigawa Chris Yuu, Daiya no Ace (x) -- FILLED

"The warmth of blankets makes me nervous / I'd rather catch a cold."
-- Sleeping at Last, "Bright & Early"

14. Miyuki Kazuya/Yoh Shunshin, Daiya no Ace (x)

"I am the one thing in life I can control / I am inimitable, I am an original / I'm not falling behind or running late / I'm not standing still I am lying in wait."
-- Hamilton: the Musical, "Wait For It"

15. Mukai Taiyou/Toujou Hideaki, Daiya no Ace (x) -- FILLED

"I know you by your opposites.
I know your absence."
-- Margaret Atwood, "Small Poems for the Winter Solstice"

16. Nanase Haruka/Yamazaki Sousuke, Free! (x) -- FILLED

"As if banishing love is a fix.
As if the stars go out when we shut our sleepy eyes."
-- D.A. Powell, "Chronic"

17. Takigawa Chris Yuu/Zaizen Naoyuki, Daiya no Ace (x)

"I am a collection of dismantled almosts."
-- Anne Sexton, "Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters"

18. Takigawa Chris Yuu/Zaizen Naoyuki, Daiya no Ace (x)

"This spirit of mine,
No stranger to cloudy realms,
Will never lag behind:
It is but an illusion
That we two are parting."
-- Kokinshu #378, "Composed For A Beloved Friend"

Fills:

1. Abe Takaya/Mihashi Ren, Oofuri (x)

"People hurt like people do
People try like people do
People touch like people do
Let's live life with a thirst for more
(Surely sunflowers must bloom where you walk)"
-- — スムルース / ヒマワリサン (Thmlues / Miss Sunflower)

2.Akamatsu Shinji/Okumura Koushuu, Daiya no Ace (x)

"Everyone's just looking for reasons to wake up and get out of bed, some do it for nothing but a kiss, perhaps a cup of coffee, others have a harder time; no train to catch, no hand to hold, no reasons at all.
— tumblr user kallusion

3.

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PARALLELS EXCHANGE 2016: Dear Creator Letter

Parallels Exchange 2016

Hi there, this is Andrea/ao3 user commovente!!! Since you're reading this, I'm guessing you got me as your recipient for Parallels; I'm so happy you're making something for me, and really excited to see what you create :D This letter is just a space for me to outline general things I like in gifts, as well as some more fandom specific stuff if that's helpful for you! By no means is any of this a set-in-stone ruleset -- feel free to go wherever you want to go for this exchange. If you had fun with it, then I'll probably really enjoy it, too. The only thing I ask is not to have anything in the "dislikes" list included in your gift if possible, please and thank you so much!!

( keep reading!! )

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SASO 2016: Bonus Rounds 1-3

( BR0: Graphics )( BR1: Memory )( BR2: Images )

( BR3: Gift Tags )

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dear creator letter // hqhols: summer 2016

hi there! ♡

since you're reading this, it's probably safe to guess you're my creator for hqhols this time around (yay!!!). i'm already super keen to see what you'll come up with, so the most important thing to me is that you have fun with what you're creating, too! also, if we aren't already, i hope we can become friends by the end of this exchange as well : D

generally speaking, whatever you feel like making is a-okay, but just in case you're stuck or want some ideas, i'll outline some things i like or would prefer not to see in general, as well as some request-specific things if that's helpful, too!

so without further ado...

a list of all my requests, as a reference:

♢ datekougyou | date tech volleyball club ( gen, --> T)

♢ yahaba shigeru, kyoutani kentarou, watari shinji ( gen, --> T)

♢ iwaizumi hajime, oikawa tooru (gen or shippy, any rating)

♢ kozume kenma, tsukishima kei (gen or shippy, any rating)

i generally love to see:

♢ anything canon compliant or set in canonverse including, but not limited to: pre-/post-canon scenes, "missing" scenes, slice of life
♢ character studies, relationship studies
♢ for AUs: i'm so not picky when it comes to AUs, you can go for almost anything here: modern, more realistic AUs; magical realism or supernatural elements AUs; multiverse or reincarnation AUs; japanese history or mythology AUs.... it's all good : ))
♢ ambiguous relationships or (if shippy) slowburn -- i love all the feelings jazz, and tend to gravitate to subtler, softer kinds of romantic development over meet-cutes
♢ the idea of distance, whether physical or otherwise
♢ flowers!! include anything at all to do with flowers & i'll probably love you forever, honestly. i love flower imagery or symbolism or the actual flowers themselves
♢ found families and/or caretaking

things i'm not so hot about:

♢ if possible, i'd really appreciate if you could avoid non-canonical death and career- and/or life-threatening injuries. which is to say, please don't just kill someone off to make things sad, omg (but if you were writing a reincarnation AU, for example, then that'd at least make sense??)
♢ jealousy as a plot device, or including any kind of infidelity
♢ when it comes to AUs: no coffee/cafe AUs, please! they're really the only kind i can never get v excited for, to my constant confusion
♢ please don't call oikawa tooru trash
♢ over-westernisation (e.g.: characters going to denny's or other franchises that... aren't in japan lmao)
♢ if you're including nsfw or sexual content: please no noncon/dubcon, or a/b/o, or adult/minor situations! everything else is game for me : ))

request 1: datekou (gen, rating up to T)

i will happily and gratefully accept anything for the iron wall kids, they're all endearing and ridiculous and i love them a lot : D also, bonus points if you include and/or put some focus on onagawa tarou, my fav pantalons!!!

request 2: yahaba shigeru, kyoutani kentarou, watari shinji (gen, rating up to T)

lmfao i'm so so so invested in next gen seijou so, even though i didn't include them in the request, i won't mind if kindaichi and/or kunimi are in here, too.... but yeah, this request is just me hankering after more of the developing dynamic between the soon-to-be seijou third years! preferably a canonverse or modern AU but i'm not super fussed : D

(p.s. i will also definitely not mind if you add in queerplatonic dynamics with these three....)

request 3: iwaizumi hajime, oikawa tooru (gen or shippy, any rating)

once an iwaoi, always an iwaoi -- these two are my hq forever pair, and i'll take whatever you're willing to give me omg. gen or shippy or something in between, it's all great!!!! i love how strong their bond is, i love how supportive they are of each other, i love how strong their individual personalities are and how that just shines even more when you put them together :D

(p.s.: nsfw is totally cool if you wanted to include that)

request 4: kozume kenma, tsukishima kei (gen or shippy, any rating)

i literally only stumbled into these two because i couldn't decide which one of them i wanted to request so, naturally, my brain just went: why not both? (laughs) that said, you don't actually have to put these two together if you'd rather do a character-centric thing with just one of them! i just think they'd have a potentially really interesting dynamic to play around with, so the possibility remains open there, either as gen or shippy : )

(p.s: nsfw is totally cool if you wanted to include that)

.... AND that's about it. looking back thru this now, i realise i ended up going on for a long time omg, i'm so sorry, thank you so much for reading all the way until the end! i'm honestly just a highkey emotional, easily excitable soul with no sense of Precise, Direct writing whoops. i hope you have a super time with this exchange, and i look forward to seeing what you come up with (i believe in you) !!!

-- andrea ♡