Hello fellow Candy Hearts Exchange creator,

I hope you're as excited for this exchange as I am! Most of my requests come from anime-adjacent series, but I also love original works. I have receiving gifts enabled on AO3 and love receiving treats in any medium.

General Likes

• hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional)
• domesticity, caretaking, and non-traditional expressions of love
• established relationships
• healing and medicine
• fantasy AUs, mundane AUs
• language, books/libraries, magic, and the power of words
• contrasts, light and shadow, the quiet space between moments

General DNW

• explicit sex
• jealousy/unhealthy possessiveness
• alcohol/drug use, drunk/high characters
• post-apocalyptic/dystopia, zombie AUs
• unhappy endings (bittersweet is fine), character death

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If you're looking to bait me in bonus rounds, this is a (non-exhaustive) list of my fandoms/favorite characters. I'm a massive multishipper, so I'll write pretty much any combination of characters within a fandom. I've also included favorite character types/tropes since I'm planning to write primarily original fic for this event.
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Hello fellow Candy Hearts Exchange creator,

I hope you're as excited for this exchange as I am! Most of my requests come from anime-adjacent series, but I also love original works. I have receiving gifts enabled on AO3 and love receiving treats in any medium.

General Likes

-hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional)
-domesticity, caretaking, and non-traditional expressions of love
-established relationships
-healing and medicine
-fantasy AUs, mundane AUs
-language, books/libraries, magic, and the power of words
-contrasts, light and shadow, the quiet space between moments

General DNW

-explicit sex
-jealousy/unhealthy possessiveness
-alcohol/drug use, drunk/high characters
-post-apocalyptic/dystopia, zombie AUs
-unhappy endings (bittersweet is fine), character death
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Hello fellow 2021 Chocolatier,

I hope you're as excited for this exchange as I am! Most of my requests come from the anime/manga side of things, but I'm just as excited for original works.

General Likes

-hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional)
-domesticity, caretaking, and non-traditional expressions of love
-established relationships
-healing and medicine
-fantasy AUs, mundane AUs
-language, books/libraries, magic, and the power of words
-contrasts, light and shadow, the quiet space between moments

General DNW

-explicit sex
-jealousy/unhealthy possessiveness
-alcohol use/drunkenness
-post-apocalyptic/dystopia, zombie AUs
-unhappy endings (bittersweet is fine), non-canonical character death

Hypnosis Mic

Busujima Mason Rio/Jinguji Jakurai: For Riou and Jakurai, I'm most interested in their shared military past and how it affects them in the present. If you wanted to look at the past more directly, I'd also be interested in their paths crossing directly sometime during the war.

Izanami Hifumi&/ Jinguji Jakurai&/Kannonzaka Doppo: I'm interested in pretty much whatever combinations you want to make within Matenrou. For a group that comes from such distinct backgrounds, they work very well together. I'd be most interested in seeing something about the non-rap portions of their lives, whether it's them at their respective workplaces or enjoying some down time together.

Arisugawa Dice/Yumeno Gentaro: I love Dice's generally gullible, happy-go-lucky nature, especially in contrast to Gentaro's stories and constant mixing of truth and lies. This pair seems well-suited to a magic/fey AU if you wanted to go that route.

Naruto

In general in Naruto, I love mission fic, and I love fic that addresses some of the darker parts of the world that canon seems to gloss over (like the repercussions a world where warfare in various forms is constant and child warfare is the norm).

Sai&/Uchiha Itachi, Morino Ibiki&/Uchiha Itachi, Hatake Kakashi & Sai: for all of these pairing, I'd love to see fic focusing on ANBU/Root and how its training affects the ninja in it. I know it doesn't entirely fit the canon timeline, but since Sai was raised by Root, I also like the idea of Sai and Itachi crossing paths before the Uchiha Massacre. For the Itachi&/Ibiki pairings, I'm most interested in them before Itachi left, but I'd also be open to something exploring their dynamic after Itachi has joined Akatsuki.

Hyuuga Neji/Nara Shikamaru: This is my Naruto OTP. Please ignore the fact that Neji is dead if you choose this pairing. I'm interested in their dynamic as the ones know for being the more level-headed/intelligent of their cohort. I'm also interested in how they are both called "geniuses," even though that's a label they wouldn't necessarily chose for themselves, and the tensions that are created by the expectations placed on them.

Twisted Wonderland

Azul Ashengrotto/(Floyd Leech)/Jade Leech: If it wasn't obvious from the ships, Azul is my favorite Twisted Wonderland character. I love all of his scheming and the knives he hides under politeness and formality. The same is true of Jade, and the two together are terrifying. Meanwhile, Floyd can bring a much-needed bit of chaos and lack of restraint to their dynamic. Given their canonical scheming and blackmail (and threats of violence), the Octavinelle characters seem made for a mafia AU if you wanted to go that route.

Azul Ashengrotto/Vil Schoenheit: I ended up with this ship entirely from the card story in which Azul uses Floyd slime to make a new skincare product for Vil. Given Vil's massive social media following, what sort of mutually beneficial relationship might he and Azul develop? Does he know what goes into Azul's beauty products, and if so, does he care?

Azul Ashengrotto/Idia Shroud: Azul seems to be one of the few people Idia is at all comfortable around, and I'd love to see that returned more.

Malleus Draconia/Jack Howl: Malleus and Jack are a completely different dynamic. Both of them are very earnest/excited about things they are interested in, and they both have strict codes of rules that guide their actions. I'd love to see more of them together, whether it's talking excitedly about gargoyles and endurance sports, working on a school assignment, or something else entirely.

Haikyuu!!

Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou: KuroKen is by far my favorite Haikyuu!! ship. I love how well they fit together and complement each other. They seem to lend themselves well to domesticity/quiet moments together, but also a wide range of AUs if you wanted to go that route.

Original Work

Librarian in library devoted to forbidden magic/Sorceress who really needs that tome
Female Librarian in a Quaint Fantasy Town/Female Thief Who is Trying to Steal a Tome
Librarian/Frequent patron
I love libraries in all forms. These pairings could range anywhere from the mundane moments between two people who see each other regularly to complex adventures and mind games. The sky's the limit when books are involved.

Doctor on a Spaceship/Her New Alien Colleague, Young Catboy/Male Owner & Veterinarian, Female Knight/Female Healer, Mage healer/Android in need of fixing
For the doctor/healer prompts, I'm always interested in the trust that exists between healer and patient, even if they've only just met. For the alien, catboy, and android ships, I'm also interested in non-human biology and the challenges/differences/interests that presents to the human healer.

Bleach

Ayasegawa Yumichika/Madarame Ikkaku, Abarai Renji/Kuchiki Byakuya: These are both ships featuring two very different personalities that work well together. I'm interested in how they play off of each other, and especially in the case of ByaRen, how their shared experiences improve their understanding of the other.

Kuchiki Byakuya/Ukitake Jyuushirou: Ukitake has watched Byakuya grow up from an energetic (and sometimes mischevious) youth into the formal captain he is now. How has their relationship changed over the years? Does Ukitake have any regrets about who Byakuya has become? How does Byakuya feel about having someone around who knows all of his embarrassing childhood stories? While Ukitake is Byakuya's senior in terms of age, Byakuya is from a more important family. Does that add any tension to their relationship?

Hisagi Shuuhei/Kaname Tousen: I'm especially interested in how much Shuuhei looked up to Tousen and learned from him, and how much Tousen's betrayal hurt him given the things Tousen had taught.

Kyouraku Shunsui/Ukitake Jyuushirou: These two have known each other for thousands of years. I'm interested in what a relationship looks like after that long, and how in sync they must be. Please ignore Ukitake's death if you choose this ship.

Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru

Murasame Tooko/Murasame Tsukumo, Senshirou/Kuroto, Renjou Hotsuma/Usui Shuusei, Luka Crosszeria/Giou Yuki: All of these characters have been through a lot. For all of these ships, I'm most interested in the bonds between the two characters, the trauma they've experienced (individually and together), and that trauma influences their relationships.

Kuroko no Basuke

Aida Riko/Hyuuga Junpei/Kiyoshi Teppei: I've always been interested in their dynamic as "team parents" and how their interactions with the rest of the team influence their dynamics together. I'm also interested in how they deal with Kiyoshi's knee injury and subsequent rehab/recovery. If you want to go the post-canon route, I'm also interested in what their dynamic would be like as college/grad students or working adults.

Akashi Seijuurou & Midorima Shintarou: There are so many possibilities for this pairing I'm not sure where to start. There's the two of them happily playing shogi and hanging out together at the beginning of middle school. There's Midorima hurt and angsty at the end of middle school/beginning of high school wondering what went wrong and how two fix it. There's the two of them starting to fix things after the Winter Cup.

Midorima Shintarou/Takao Kazunari: One of my first sports anime OTPs and an enduring favorite. I love how indulgent Takao is of Midorima's quirks, but also how much more settled/adjusted Midorima becomes after spending time around Takao. The two complement each other very well and fill in the other's weak points. Takao is also good for pulling Midorima back when he starts spending too much time stuck in his head brooding/worrying.

In which Inui must team up with Ishida and Temari to rescue Kaidou after a mission goes wrong. For the prompts natural disaster/destruction, kidnapping, and dungeons.

Fandoms: Prince of Tennis, Bleach, Naruto
Rating: T
Warnings: earthquakes, kidnapping, dystopia, injuries, implied torture

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In which Kinjou wants to bring chocolate for his class for Valentines Day. Totally not inspired by certain recent real life events or anything.

Things would have been simpler had he just said no, Kinjou thought as he searched for a discrete way to break the news. Offering to bring chocolates for his classmates for Valentines Day had seemed like a nice idea when his teacher had asked, but now he was regretting his decision. He hoped his grimace wasn't too visible.

"I...don't think these are quite right, Dad," he said as he put the other half of a truffle back on his plate.

Inui's face fell. "No?" he asked. "What is wrong with them? Per your request, I replaced the Inui Juice filling from the original plan. They are now 100% chocolate truffles."

"It's the chocolate that's off. It's...a little bitter."

"Of course," Inui replied. "There is extensive research suggesting excessive added sugar consumption has detrimental effects on one's health. I used only pure, unsweetened chocolate."

"It's a little...harsh...currently," Kinjou said carefully. "It's nice you're thinking about my classmate's well-being, but I think they'd like something a little...smoother."

"Smoother. Milder. Less astringent," Inui muttered. "With some minor modifications, this should be well within the range of possibilities in the current recipe. Do you have homework tonight?"

"I have a history project due tomorrow. I was thinking about asking practicing my presentation for Father. Is he around?"

"He's in the gym now," Inui said without looking up from his notebook. "Why don't you go ask him, and I should have a new batch of these ready by the time you are done."

"Thanks Dad. Love you." Kinjou blew a kiss across the counter before heading for the gym (with a quick stop in the bathroom first to hopefully scrub the last of the aftertaste out of his mouth).

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Kinjou felt pretty good by the time he returned to the kitchen. He had caught Kaidou just as he finished his workout, and his father had agreed to hear his report. It had gone well, and and Father had given him some suggestions for improvements that he would make before the next day.

"Shingo, come try these," Inui called from the kitchen as Kinjou walked by.

The tray of truffles from earlier was gone, replaced by a half dozen smaller plates, each with a different, brightly colored wrapper behind it.

"What's this?"

"Based on your feedback from the first prototype, I felt that standard baking chocolate was of insufficient quality for this application. I obtained a half dozen varieties of higher quality chocolate and made small test batches of each. Please try them and report on the properties of each and if any are suitable for the intended purpose."

With a growing feeling of concern, Kinjou looked more closely at the wrappers. "100% dark chocolate. Single source." "Unsweetened chocolate. Bright and fruity." "100% cocoa. Ethically sourced and traditionally made."

Very cautiously, Kinjou bit into the first truffle. While it was a significant improvement over the first attempt, he still didn't think it would go over well with his classmates who had not had a chance to build up their resistance to his dad's cooking.

"I think it could still use some work, Dad," he said. "Can I come to the store with you to find a good chocolate? These are for a special occasion, so I think it's okay to bend your rules a little. I think I know something that will work. We can make them together, and then maybe there will be some extras for you and Father to share."

He took Inui's hand and pulled him in the direction of the front door. "We're going to the convenience store on the corner, Father," he called as they left. "We'll be back soon."

Looking to bait a Yrin? Here's a quick guide to help you get started.

Fandoms:

Free!

Favorite Ships: Nitori/Sousuke

Haikyuu!!

Favorite Ships: Kenma/Kuroo, Kenma/Kuroo/Suga, Asahi/Noya

Kuroko no Basuke

Favorite Ships: Akashi & Midorima, Midorima/Takao, Hyuuga/Kiyoshi/Riko

Prince of Stride

Favorite Ships: Heath/Kyousuke/Tomoe (or any subset thereof), Heath/Kohinata

Prince of Tennis

Favorite Ships: most people with Shiraishi, especially Sanada/Shiraishi and Shiraishi/Yukimura, Sanada/Yukimura, Fuji/Kite, Ohtori/Shishido, Inui/Kaidou, Fuji Shuusuke/Oshitari Yuushi, Gin/Sanada

Yowamushi Pedal

Favorite Ships: Kinjou/Makishima, Imaizumi/Kinjou, Makishima & Toudou, Manami/Toudou, Kinjou/Koga

Favorite Content/Tropes

• hurt/comfort
• injury/illness recovery
• non-sexual intimacy
• trust
• library AUs
• fantasy AUs (especially mundane magic)
• non-traditional displays of affection
• domesticity
• future fic

Do Not Want

• zombies
• jealousy in relationships
• dystopias

This is the master list for my fills for the 2017 Sports Anime Shipping Olympics. You can remix any of these within the context of SASO without further permission, but please let me know somewhere if you do so that I can flail over it.

Bonus Round 0:Graphics

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Bonus Round 2: Tic Tac Toe

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Hello Fellow Creator,

First of all, I hope you're as excited for this event and the upcoming new anime season as I am.

Yowamushi Pedal was my first sports anime/sports anime fandom, so it's always had a special place in my heart. Hopefully this letter gives you a better idea of some of the things I like, but really, so long as you avoid my few strong Do Not Wants, I'll be excited for any new Pedal content.

This is just a placeholder for now so I have something to link to, but I'll have a real letter up here by the end of Thanksgiving weekend.

My favorite characters are Kinjou, Arakita, and Koga. My favorite pairings are Arakita/Kinjou, Kinjou/Makishima, Manami/Toudou, T2, and Kinjou/Koga.

To get it out of the way, the main things I Do Not Want are major character death, unhappy endings, or non-con. For relationships, please no Makishima/Toudou or T2 with anyone other than each other (though a T2 OT3 would be cool if you wanted to go that route).

I love both fluff and angst. For the fluff route, I love domesticity and team bonding. Some possible gen ideas would be Sohoku going on a team trip to Akihabara with Onoda, or the team gathering at Makishima's to watch Tour de France footage. If you want to go the shippy route, I have a huge weakness for characters cooking together and for hair washing/combing/braiding and gentle touch/hugging/cuddling. I also like, shippy or gen, thinking about the third years when they go off to college, especially Kinjou and Arakita at Yonan and Shinkai and Fukutomi at Meisou.

If you'd rather go with angst, one thing I love seeing explored in sports anime is how different characters deal with injuries. Some ideas for that would be how Kinjou and the other Sohoku third-years deal with Kinjou's injuries at the previous Interhigh, or how Arakita deals with an injury in college given his history with the baseball team. My pet headcanon is that Koga and Kinjou's relationship grew out of them both being injured in the Interhigh and their recovery from that, so I'd love if someone wanted to explore that further.

If you want to go the NSFW route, I'm not a huge fan of PWP. I'd much rather see NSFW content used as a way to explore the dynamic between two characters and the trust in their relationship. My tastes in NSFW tend towards kink, so some ideas there would be piercings/bondage/sensation play.

Dear fellow Tenipuri Christmas Exchange creator,

First off, I hope you're as excited about this exchange as I am. I'm familiar with Prince of Tennis pretty much exclusively from the musicals and from things I've picked up through osmosis. I'll add more details to this letter later, but in case I forget, here are some general notes that will hopefully at least help you get started.

General Likes/Dislikes
I definitely plot to smut (and please no smut here unless it's a future fic/otherwise aged up). For this exchange, I'd prefer no major character death/unhappy endings. I love angst and hurt/comfort (especially in the context of injuries).

Seigaku
Some of my favorite interpersonal dynamics on this team are: Golden Pair, Oishi and Tezuka (especially while Tezuka is away), Fuji and Tezuka, Inui and Kaidou. Other aspects of characters I find interesting are: Inui and data, Kaidou and training, Tezuka and his injury, Fuji and his insecurities.

Hyotei
My favorite thing about this team is how much of a presence they have and how they can be intimidating even before they say anything.

Rikkai
As with Hyotei, I like that this is a team that knows they're good and expects everyone else to know that as well. I'm interested in the dynamic between Yagyuu and Niou and how they work together despite having such different personalities, and also in the analytical side of Yanagi (I'd love to see more expanding on him and Inui).

Higa
I love the martial arts aspect to their tennis. If you wanted to do an AU where they're actual ninja/assassins, I'd be more than happy.