Little Black Dress Exchange 2025 Letter

[echoslam]

Dear LBD Creator,

Thanks for checking out this letter! I'm echoslam on AO3.

I love the concept of this exchange so much, and I'm glad I managed to sign up once again.

Please believe me when I say this letter is just optional information and I'd love it if you experiment with whatever ideas you have. My LBDs are all very beloved, and I'm just happy to see more ships with them!

Requesting fanart and fanfic for everything!

General notes:

-Opting-in to OC and crossover ships! Feel free to go with any pairing idea that seems fun to you. I will look up canons/concepts unfamiliar to me no problem.

-I enjoy all kinds of fanwork moods, from fun and lighthearted to grim and angsty. Horror and dark endings are also fantastic! Please go with whatever works best for you. I'm also open to any sort of unusual format or POV as well as any and all AUs

-I've received wonderful gifts for my LBDs in the past, but please know that I'd be just as happy with more of the same ships or something completely different.

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


Romantic likes/potential premises to enable your shipping:

-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
-Anything about LBD being kissed (doesn't have to be consensual)
-Horror remix of lighthearted canons possibly featuring Dark! version of LBD's love interest or dark interpretations of any of my prompts
-Isekai, transmigration, or portal fantasy
-Secret admirer or mistaken identity scenarios
-LBD being proposed to, courted, or asked out on a date
-Someone obsessing over LBD
-Works inspired by songs, poems, quotes, etc.
-Drabble series or "X times" setup featuring LBD with various romantic partners
-LBD as the protagonist of a dating sim
-Smut/PWP

Art likes (all styles welcome):

-Kissing, cuddling, or holding each other
-Cooking together
-Any kind of gesture that results in LBD blushing
-Dancing together
-Fighting together against an enemy
-Any kind of silly meme pose
-Symbology or signature colors
-Wedding portrait

General Do Not Wants:

-Bestiality (relationships involving shapeshifters and sapient nonhumans are fine)
-Body waste kinks
-Futanari
-Poly involving requested characters
-Sex scenes featuring characters younger than 15
-Ships involving real, non-fictional people
-Use of the word “cunt” or "twat" during sex scenes
-Use of the word "simp" in any context

Prompts are all completely optional and are just here in case you need some ideas. Feel free to mix and match elements or change them up as you see fit.

Links by Fandom:

7'Scarlet
Bad Apple Wars
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Bustafellows
Chainsaw Man (Manga)
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Guild Wars
The Longest Journey
Spy x Family (Manga)
Voltron: Lion Force (1984)

7'Scarlet

Hanamaki Ichiko
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O

Pairing DNWs:
Ichiko/Yasu

I can't resist horror and mystery themes in a dating sim, and I enjoyed 7'Scarlet way more than I expected (the crashing issues does suck, though). I loved Ichiko's curiosity about Okunezato and her dedication to solving the mystery of what happened to her brother.

Ideas:

-Dub or noncon, trapped in Okunezato, emphasis on one of the bad endings

-Cute moments getting closer working together at the hotel

-Yua tries to introduce Ichiko to her gaming hobby or discusses it with her

-Rescuing Ichiko from one of the bad endings

-Finding solace and getting together after the events surrounding the person Yua was protecting

Bad Apple Wars

Rinka
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O

RIP to the Vita otome classics that will probably never get ports :( I loved the art, the atmosphere, and all of the LIs and side characters + the weird teachers and just want to see more of Rinka's story, whether it's a fix-it, bittersweet, or leaning into more tragedy of being trapped in NEVAEH Academy.

Pairing DNWs:
Rinka/Yoh

Some prompts:

-Moments of getting closer while investigating the school or while Rinka is learning to be a Prefect in the Good Apple routes

-"Soul touch" leads to physical intimacy

-Detailed continuation of one of the bad endings - the despair fascinates me

-Alternate endings for any of the canon routes - how else could they find each other in different timelines?

-Developing a relationship with one of the other Bad Apples while hanging out at the club area

-Falling in love with or getting dub or nonconned by one of the teachers (the creepy masks can stay on or off as you please)

-Apple motifs in art or imagery

Bravely Default

Agnès Oblige
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O

Feel free to pair her up with any of the asterisk bearers or other main/side characters. Crossovers and OCs are also super fun and I would love to see any dynamic that you think would work.

Pairing DNWs:
Agnès/Qada
Agnès/Sage Yulyana
Agnès/Victoria F. Stein

Potential Prompts

-Fun with job outfits or the vestal garb

-Getting close to one of the other members of the main squad or someone who can relate to her situation in canon

-Seduced/dubconned/nonconned by an antagonist

-Physical intimacy or hurt+comfort after the events of the first game

-Anything with Pope Agnès or Knight Captain Edea

-Fun with any game themes like the magic, fairies, or timeloops

-Could a particular love interest tempt them to be "evil"?

-Sampling sweets or vegetarian foods together.

Bustafellows

Teuta Bridges
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O


Pairing DNWs:
Teuta/Crow
Teuta/Helvetica
Teuta/Mozu

Some prompts:
-Something with Teuta using her time travel abilities
-Slice of life or couple activities in New Sieg: exploring the city together, shopping at Trader Jones', etc.
-Pursuing her journalism career, falling into a meeting with someone while following up on a lead
-Appearances by any of Teuta's friends or side characters from the routes

Chainsaw Man (Manga)

Higashiyama Kobeni
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O

I loved many things about Chainsaw Man, from the body horror to the heavy-hitting emotions. The worldbuilding was so believably nightmarish to me, and Kobeni's terror of it all felt very justified. Would love to see her getting admiration, whether human, devil or otherwise.

Pairing DNWs:
Kobeni/Aki
Kobeni/Angel Devil

Some prompts:
-Someone becoming attracted to her while she's on the job with Public Safety
-Admiring her hidden talents
-Enjoying something luxurious that doesn't get taken away
-Kobeni finally gets to go to college and meets someone interesting there
-Entertaining the idea of a new contract with a devil or someone who seems like one
-Anything involving Dance Dance Revolution

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Naruhodo Ryunosuke
LBD/M, LBD/O

Ryunosuke was such an endearing protagonist in TGAAC, and I'd love to see him in more pairings! Going by his relationships with the guys in his own canon, I have to say I definitely enjoy seeing someone showing their attraction by intimidating him or weirding him out. Canon timeline or AUs are both great.

Pairing DNWs:
Ryunosuke/Soseki Natsume
Ryunosuke/Yujin Mikotoba
Ryunosuke/Tobias Gregson

Ideas:

-Someone seeks out Ryunosuke's counsel with legal matters and sparks fly

-Relationship facilitated by wingwoman!Susato

-Potential suitor shows jealousy over Kazuma's close friendship with him

-I am totally open for darker themes too if you want to go there: being captured, getting stalked, dub or nonconned by a villain, feel free to go wild.

Guild Wars

Eve, Varesh Ossa
LBD/F, LBD/O

Pairing Opt-in:
Varesh/Abaddon

OG Guild Wars will always have a special place in my heart, and I would love to see anything from the early days of the series. IMO, all of the expansions were excellent, and I would love to see any aspect of Tyria explored, from the cultural landscapes and lore to silly/meta stuff about game mechanics (builds, henchman/hero setups, mission ).

-I loved Guild Wars' take on necromancy (holistic, widely accepted in society, not just about doing things for the evilulz) and Eve's pretty much the poster girl for the class. Something about her time with Team Mhenlo or striking out on her own after Prophecies would be cool (iirc she loved Kaineng City)

-Varesh is my fave GW villain and I always wished there was an option to ditch the Sunspears and follow her instead. Any variation of that or a "Varesh wins" AU would be welcome.

-If you're into GW2, Eve or Varesh getting to play a bigger role in the new lore. Maybe something to do with the big arc about the gods of Tyria in Path of Fire?

-Any kind of Varesh/Margonite or Eve/dead person ship!

The Longest Journey

Zoë Castillo
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O

Pairing DNW:
Zoë/Alvin Peats

The Longest Journey is such an epic adventure, and I especially loved Zoë's portion of the story in Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters. Any game setting or timeline is fine as is anything taking part in one of the dream or parallel universes.

-Propast was probably was favorite part of Chapters, and I'd love to see more of Zoë's laidback mundane life there before things kicked off. The worldbuilding was so fun! Ideas: anything to do with Nela and her food cart, following up with the flirting with Dr. Zelenka, Bioneering student life

-Zoë encounters (love interest) via a Dreamer console (I'm def interested in anything to do with unsettling WATIcorp tech stuff) or Zoë's Dreamer powers

-Roleswap with any of the other playable characters and getting together with someone from their story path

Spy x Family (Manga)

Yor Briar
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/NB, LBD/O

Pairing DNWs:

Loid/Yor (fine to mention as a past or background element)
Yor/Yuri
Yor/Henry Henderson

Fandom-specific DNWs: Unrequested romantic Loid ships (besides Loid/Yor), Violence towards Anya

I love the Yor-centric arcs of the series, especially the ones dealing with her assassination jobs and Garden. Since much of this is still ambiguous, I welcome any ideas you have about pre-canon or the larger motivations of the people employing her. I'd be happy to see anyone you'd think would be a good match for her, whether it's in combat, romance, smut, or what have you.

Potential prompts:

-Someone is an assassination target or falling for Yor while she's on the job

-Someone is working with or investigating Garden or somehow or teaching at Eden Academy

-Operation Strix is compromised and remarriage becomes necessary

-Getting involved with Shopkeeper or another member of Garden (I'm totally fine with hazing, dub/noncon or other dark themes for this as well)

-Smut ideas: honeypot mission, infidelity, sex pollen, farewell sex before one of them has to leave or die, seduced to work for another organization, canonical or otherwise

Voltron: Lion Force (1984)

Allura
LBD/F, LBD/M, LBD/O

Allura is a forever fave, I'd be happy to see whatever ship inspires you. I'm mostly familiar with the Lion Force and GoLion versions of her character, but if you want to reference other timelines, that's fine. (I haven't watched VLD, but I'm spoiled for what happens to Allura).

Pairing DNWs:
Allura/Keith
Allura/Sven

Potential prompts:

-Canon-divergence AU, Allura encounters someone from canon under different circumstances and they get together

-Life as a royal consort

-Roman Holiday AU where Allura meets someone while trying to conceal her identity on Earth or some other planet

-Role swap AU where Allura is a regular gal and someone else is the prince/princess

-Finding something they have in common despite being from different backgrounds.

-Pining stuff

-A lot of the villains sure were into Allura, either sincerely or as a pretense. What if instead of being defeated straightaway those feelings simmered into something beyond immediate repulsion?

-Crossover/fusion with any series you think would fit!

-For non-Voltron Force pairings: what if someone other than the space explorers crash-landed on Arus?


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