echoslam | Candy Hearts 2023 Letter

Dear Candy Hearts Creator,

Thanks for checking out this letter! I'm

echoslam on AO3, and I'm so excited to be doing this exchange. This letter is just optional details - trust me, if you are into any of my requested ships, I'd be absolutely thrilled to see whatever you want to make for them!!!

General notes:

-I enjoy all kinds of fanwork moods, from fun and lighthearted to grim and angsty. Please go with whatever works best for you.

-Any level of shippiness is cool, from pre-relationship flirting to heavy smut.

-Prompts are all completely optional and are just here in case you need some ideas.

General Likes:

-Any kind of AU
-Character studies
-Domesticity
-Adventures together as friends or a couple
-Introspection
-Missing scenes
-Requested characters showing off their talents
-Unusual formats and POVs
-Works inspired by songs, poems, quotes, etc
-Worldbuilding
-Humor and silly stuff
-Angst and melodramatic stuff

Shippy likes:

-Any kind of Valentine's Day, seasonal holiday, or candy/chocolate themes
-Getting together or first times
-Established relationship slice-of-life
-Curtain fic/art
-Battle couple having an adventure and hurt/comfort during or after
-Epistolary, chatfic, or email logs
-Horror remix of lighthearted canons possibly featuring Dark! version of LBD's love interest or dark interpretations of any of my prompts
-Meeting via isekai, transmigration, or portal fantasy
-Drabble series or "X times" setup
-Smut/PWP

Art likes (all styles welcome):

-Kissing, cuddling, holding each other (or manhandling if you see it as an antagonistic ship :D)
-Any kind of gesture that results in a character blushing
-Dancing together
-Fighting/sparring, either together or against each other
-Any kind of silly meme pose
-Symbology or signature colors
-Wedding portrait

Do Not Wants:

-Body waste kinks
-Futanari
-Sex scenes featuring characters younger than 15
-Use of the words “cunt”, "twat", or "simp"

Links by Fandom:

Crossover: Gatchaman/Voltron
Draugen
Gank Your Heart
Guild Wars 2
Inspector Koo
L.A. Noire
Remember 11: The Age of Infinity
Universal Century Gundam Fandoms

Crossover: Gatchaman/Voltron: Lion Force

Jun the Swan (Gatchaman)/Princess Allura (Voltron Lion Force)

Retro sentai series forever faves - I'd love to see them together in any way you can imagine. I love the tech and other worldbuilding aspects of their respective series as well as their camaraderie with their teammates, so if you'd like that include anything about that, I would find it awesome.

Draugen (Video Game)

Lissie & Edward Charles Harden

This game is a 3-hourish investigative romp through the fjords with excellent atmosphere, and I'd just love to see more of their investigative partnership, especially if it involves Lissie joking around with Edward (in an ominous way?)

陪你到世界之巔 | Gank Your Heart (TV)

Luo Tian/Qiu Ying

So glad to see this ship nominated!! I really enjoyed this fun eSports drama as well as the webnovel. I totally did not expect them to go there with Luo Tian/Qiu Ying, but I was pleasantly surprised by the romance subplot and was rooting for them even though I knew it could never be canon (RIP Luo Tian). Canon divergence is probably a given, but one-sided pining is also cool! Mentions of Ji Xiangkong/Qiu Ying are fine - feel free to handle the love triangle any way you want or leave it out altogether.

The two of them find themselves in Vancouver again and reminisce about their awkward first meeting

First kiss/physical intimacy, wedding night or first time together

Luo Tian tries to be a serious mentor regarding casting and iConquer, but his composure eventually crumbles

AU where they actually did become an eSports power couple

Guild Wars 2

Caithe/Player Character (Guild Wars)
Caithe/Faolain (Guild Wars)
Caithe/Eir Stegalkin (GW 2)
Trahearne & Caithe (GW2)

So many intriguing Caithe ships in the tagset! I loved the Sylvari storyline, including the big reveal, and I think both Caith and Trahearne deserved so much more than what they got. Caithe's love life has been a pretty dramatic part of the GW2 story since the beginning, and I would love to see her finally get a new girlfriend or revel in stuff about the one that wronged her.

Romantic tryst in any scenic location (I love the environment design in GW2 SO MUCH). Favorites include: any of the cities, Vabbi, and anywhere in the Maguuma Jungle, but I'm happy to be surprised

Anything that explores pre-game Caithe's darker and more deceptive side

I actually loved Heart of Thorns and would love to see anything set during that expansion or that looks at what a Mordremoth-corrupted Caithe would be like. Trahearne's fate was tragic but fascinating, and I'd something about the struggle that happened there as well.

구경이 | Inspector Koo (TV)

Koo Kyung Yi/K | Song Yi Kyung (Inspector Koo)

Scrungy Lee Young Ae was a revelation in this murder mystery series about a quirky detective being lured out of seclusion. Kim Hye-jun revels in being a completely over the top murder girl, and I am here for anything about the two of them together.

Anything with Kyung-yi being able to enjoy her MMO for a while (IMO it totally looks like Lineage II using the mobile UI...)

Canon divergence where Kyung-yi was able to get closer to Yi-Kyung earlier on, maybe some of the casualties end up being saved?

Something about Yi-kyung's planning process with Drama/Theatrical themes

Yi-kyung POV, developing an obsessive crush and acting on it

Past Kyung-yi vs Present Kyung-yi and either of their thoughts about the change

For art/imagery: anything based on the animated intro and credit segments would be fun, or just anything contrasting the two of them

L.A. Noire

Harlan Fontaine/Courtney Sheldon (L.A. Noire)
Ira Hogeboom & Courtney Sheldon (L.A. Noire)

The newspaper clips featuring Fontaine's subplot really kept me invested in the story, and I'm totally up for Courtney and they doctor in a tense, emotionally manipulative mentor/student relationship. It might be fun to see something during their early days together, when Courtney was still wide-eyed and optimistic. Maybe outings, gifts, or displays of affection (all given with ulterior motives of course).

I think Courtney's devotion to Ira's well-being was his most endearing quality, and it would be great to see them have a moment of friendly peace, either pre-canon or in a lull during the main story.

Remember 11: The Age of Infinity (Visual Novel)

Fuyukawa Kokoro/Yukidoh Satoru (Remember 11)

The Infinity Series seriously messed with my head, and I will always love it for that. There's just so much to explore from a either a philosophical or character-focused viewpoint, and I'd love to see any theories you have regarding the game's unexplained mysteries/plot holes. This VN is an extravaganza of identity porn, so please feel free to play into that. I also realize that the name "Yukidoh Satoru" could be a number of different identities, and I just want to make it clear that I'm fine with seeing either Enomoto or original Yukidoh...or feel free to be vague about it. Definitely take the relationship in a dark direction if you want.

Expansion on any of the game's many endings, good or bad, maybe dealing with Satoru's feelings about Kokoro at any point in the timeline

Existential coffeeshop AU! Black coffee versus coffee with milk! Maybe these two go on a date and the events of the game are framed as a philosophical discussion?

Anything at all that references or plays with the TIPS or with the concept of "Sekijukansei"

Any scenario where they end up together long-term and deal with feelings regarding physical and emotional intimacy after what they went through.

Universal Century Gundam

Hathaway Noa/Kenneth Sleg (MS Gundam Hathaway)
Lane Aim/Kenneth Sleg (MS Gundam Hathaway)
Hathaway Noa/Amuro Ray (Char's Counterattack)
Banagher Links/Mineva Zabi (Gundam Unicorn)
Marida Cruz/Mineva Zabi (Gundam Unicorn)

Thank you so much for your time! If any clarification is needed, please let me know.