Dear Candy Hearts creator

[dickinsons]

Thank you so much for creating something for me! I hope you have fun making it, and I’m looking forward to seeing it. Below you’ll find my general likes and DNWs, as well as specific prompts and thoughts on each of the relationships I requested. I understand that, if we choose to write fic, we're only required to write a minimum of 300 words, so of course any of my prompts can be applied to vignettes, for example taking a smaller part of any scenario I propose. Also: treats are welcome!

General likes:

Fake/pretend relationship, hurt/comfort, angst, whump, comedy, character studies, worldbuilding, epistolary, 1st/2nd/3rd person POV, smut, post-canon, stranded together, huddling for warmth, there was only one bed, 5 times + 1 trope, emotional repression, yearning, pining, light or formal BDSM (for M/F I only like femdom), impact play, sex pollen, bondage, lingerie, leather, shoe kink, boot worship, xeno (tentacles, oviposition), fisting, shaving kink, intercrural, orgasm denial, sex tapes, semi-public sex, PWP, porn with feelings.

Fanart likes:

Digital or traditional, a sketch or something more elaborate, it's all fine by me! My general likes apply for the tropes and themes. Some extra ideas for art: tarot cards, postcards, fancomics, domestic moments, physical touch, natural elements… I don’t have specific palette or style likes in general, but in some of my requests I’ve specified what I’d prefer for that relationship.

DNWs:

Non-con (dub-con ok), underage, scat, emeto, age play, daddy/mommy kink, pregnancy, soulmate AUs, reader fic, omegaverse, kidfic, character bashing.

Blake’s 7:

- Dayna Mellanby/Soolin: they have many things in common (good at weaponry, tragically lost their families, had the world’s shittiest boyfriends) as well as differences (Soolin once makes a comment about Dayna’s “sheltered upbringing”). They get along really well in s4, but I’m curious about what could bring them even closer: a conversation, a dispute, a mission they do together, one of them being comforted by the other, perhaps a PGP situation where both survive… Anything goes! And any rating will do as well.

- Kerr Avon/Del Tarrant: I enjoy the tension between these two, how Tarrant starts by challenging Avon’s authority and becomes really loyal to him by the end of the show, and the obvious ways in which Tarrant is some kind of substitute for Blake that never really works well as such. I also really enjoy the age gap aspect of a potential relationship, which could be the focus of a fanwork if you’re into that. Anything messy between them I’ll enjoy, or perhaps a more positive moment where Avon actually praises something Tarrant did? They also have a height difference, so of course that's a visual element of their relationship I enjoy as well. 

- Kerr Avon/Jenna Stannis: I love the dynamic these two have early on, the way they keep testing each other, both distrusting the other but interested all the same. Avon keeps trying to coax Jenna into betraying Blake, and Jenna pushes back but she also agrees with him when she follows his logic. There’s a lot of tension between them in early s1, and I’d love to see more of it. You can definitely draw on their feelings for/thoughts on Blake as well here, however you interpret them. In any case, I’d prefer something smutty for these two, as explicit as you’d like or not at all! Maybe they’re trying to manipulate the other, or they’re both really into Blake and need to do something about it even if it’s with each other.

Due South:

- Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski: there are so many shippy scenes in the show I think any codas to any of them could make a good fanwork! I particularly enjoy how often Ray gets jealous when Fraser gets close to a woman or even when he meets Vecchio again, and he always seems scared of being left behind. Maybe that’d be interesting to explore. Other themes I’d love to see tackled, in whatever direction you want to take them, could be how Fraser’s past could affect his relationship with Ray (the baggage from what happened with Victoria, for example) and the same with Ray (since he was so attached to Stella), Fraser showing Ray his home and Ray growing to love being in Canada… Oh! And one detail I love is Ray’s glasses. The only thing I ask for is no Vecchio bashing, please.

- Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio: one particular episode I keep thinking of in relation to these two is Some Like it Red. If you’re up for it, I’d love to see fic or art featuring Ms Fraser again. If you prefer to make an angstier story/art piece, Victoria’s Secret and its aftermath are always a good idea! And, of course, if you want to work on a post-CotW piece, there’s so much to tackle: Vecchio leaving Fraser for his undercover work, Fraser leaving for Canada, and the aftermath of Armando. I’m talking a lot angst because I love it, but for F/V I also really enjoy anything fluffy and domestic you can think of! I think Vecchio can be super sweet to Fraser, and throughout the show, especially at the end of s2 and in his last appearance before the finale, he gives Fraser such beautiful looks of love and longing. Something like that could work for both fic and art. And again, I’ll insist on no bashing of the other Ray!

- Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio: I’d like a story where two of them are already together and decide to ask the third to join in, the chaos of the three of them getting together at once, or even an established relationship where both Rays are starting to get closer after all the previous tension between. It can be as messy or as sweet as you like! I love the three characters, so you can go for any POV you like. For art I'd love anything domestic, cute poses you can come up with for the three of them together...

- Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio: I’m a bit obsessed with these two. Their identities are such a mess, with both of them spending ages undercover, Kowalski becoming Vecchio, Vecchio reclaiming his identity once he’s back, and Kowalski not wanting to let go of his new life. The tension between them seems to fizzle out when Fraser is brought up, and I’m sure if they were to spend more time together they could bond over their feelings for/heartbreak over Fraser as well what they have in common. I also like the idea of them becoming fond of what they initially disliked about the other one. For art I think it could be fun to emphasise the difference in their fashion styles! And of course, I’m always here for more Kowalski in glasses.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:

- Jadzia Dax/Leeta: my headcanon for them is that they were briefly a thing before Leeta started dating Julian, but they never told him in case his brain would short-circuit. For these two I’d prefer some smut if you like writing it, although you can keep it implicit and not explicit if you’d prefer it that way. But the way I see it, with Leeta they kept insisting on a very open way of living their sexuality, including, for example, breakup sex. And Jadzia is a very experienced lover for obvious reasons. Maybe you could even do something creative anatomically or in terms of sexual practices, since they’re both aliens? Otherwise, maybe you could write something about their breakup or how they start going out together! I'd also love that. For fanart, some ideas, other than my general ones, are flirty moments between at the station or on Risa, a sexy moment between them, a knowing look at Quark's...

- Julian Bashir/Worf: both of them can be pretty awkward at flirting and dating, so I think it could be super fun and endearing to see them being awkward together. If you prefer a darker/angstier theme, there’s always the Internment camp. Maybe some bonding over the experience during or after? A good scenario could always be Julian treating Worf at the infirmary, or them together at the holosuite, or drinking at Quark’s.

Farscape:

- Meeklo Braca/Scorpius: I love how loyal Braca is to Scorpius even when he has the chance to betray him, I love their little pet play moments in s4, I love that forehead kiss, I love Braca as a voyeur during the Scorpius/Sikozu scene, I love how obviously jealous Braca is of all the attention John gets from Scorpius, and I love how Braca will do the most extreme shit if Scorpius tells him to. Some ideas to explore, other than the obvious kinky dynamics (which I adore), are the contradictions between Braca’s PK ideals and his admiration for a half-Scarran, what they’ll do post-canon, the intimacy of Braca changing Scorpius’s rod, Scorpius praising or punishing Braca for something he did…

- Chiana & John Crichton: their relationship is so sweet, even if there’s sadness in the reasons why they bond somtimes. Visually, I think they look adorable together, and I’d love a fanart of them hugging, smiling together, or having their foreheads touch. For fic, I’d love to read about them comforting each other after any particularly sad event, canon or otherwise. Perhaps in relation to John and the loss of his mother, or Chiana missing her brother, for example. Or you could do anything humorous instead! I’ll love any take you have on their friendship.

SG-1:

- Jonas Quinn/Teal’c: the episode The Changeling made me ship these two. Remember Teal’c jumping between two realities, and the very first scene of the episode has him waking up in the middle of the night and going to the bathroom where he takes his shirt off, and Jonas follows him and asks if he can “do anything” for him? Yeah. Then in the other reality Jonas tells him he can’t die because he needs him. Well, all of that gave me shippy feelings! They have this dynamic I love in sci-fi shows where two characters are aliens (or, at least, not born on Earth) and they both try to understand Earth culture and customs together. I’d be cool with anything you can write or draw for these two!

- Sam Carter/Jonas Quinn: remember that one time in Nightwalkers when Sam slapped Jonas and when he found out she was only pretending to be infected, he was so offended that she had slapped him anyway. Well, what if after that they realised they both enjoyed that? So yes, I’m asking for some impact play situation here, if possible. But I enjoy their dynamic in general and there’s so little to read so anything you want to write/draw about them I’ll be happy with. Although I do have to ask that you don’t make this about Sam/Jack or other unrequested ships, please!

Xena: Warrior Princess:

- Janice Covington/Melinda Pappas: I’ve been obsessed with them for years. I love them as a short butch/tall femme couple, and I love the idea of them discovering things about Xena and Gabrielle together, going on adventures and getting closer in the process. For fanart, I’d love something vintage-looking, either in the palette or style choices, if that makes sense, and an emphasis on their height and style differences.