Candy Hearts letter

Dear Confectioner,

Thanks so much for creating a bonbon for me! Really anything in these would be great, but here are some directions:

Writingwise: in general, I like humour, excitement, angst (if justified – not massive amounts of agonising over accidentally returning character X's library book before they finished it), food, moments of peace amongst activity, things that give me new thoughts about canon, and things that bring me back to feeling like I’m experiencing the canon again for the first time. I'm fine with ratings from G to Explicit. I like experimental formats - epistolary, IF,found documents etc.

Tropes: the classics, like sharing a bed, undercover as a couple, forced to seek refuge in a Canadian (equivalents accepted) shack etc, but also non-mundane AUs, like psychic wolf companions, daemons, or Sentinel-Guide. I don't usually like mundane AUs for canons with fantastic elements.

Artwise: I like a range of styles, from cartoon/chibi to black & white to photorealism. I tend to like art that focuses on the quieter moments in canon and gives characters a breathing space between dramatic events; I also like quirky interpretations that give me a new view on characters. I’m happy with explicit art as long as it’s tagged!

DNWs: child/animal death or child/animal sexual abuse. Omegaverse or trans headcanons. I have previously DNW’d earthquakes but am back to being okay with fictional natural disasters.

Compilation of Final Fantasy VII

Zack Fair/Cloud Strife
Sephiroth/Cloud Strife

My old fave, back again and still great. Pretty much anything goes with this; I love Cloud, I love how much he tries despite how messed up he is, and he deserves pretty much anything from fluff to angst to complete crack. I am always up for Zack & Cloud, pre-game or Nibelheim, sharing a moment or on a mission or trapped in the lab - Zack is such a great character. I am also up for Zack Lives AUs and I always like time travel.

With Sephiroth - really anything that leans into that obsessive relationship between the two of them, whether it's PWP or something more plotty. I am okay with dub con/non con for this pairing (it's hard to avoid!) and am certainly not requesting happy endings. Having said that, some of my favourite pre game fics have a stable, sane, Sephiroth, and I enjoy those even more because I know it's not going to last :D

For art - really I will just stare at all of them forever. Fight scenes! Uncomfortable meals together! Lost in the snow!

Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)

Cloud Strife/Barret Wallace
Roche/Cloud Strife
Zack Fair/Cloud Strife
Zack Fair & Cloud Strife

Gosh I have no idea who my fave is :D Anyway, I love these games and their shiny, beautiful characters. Midgar looks amazing and the open world is gorgeous, and I just want more. I'd never really considered Barret/Cloud until Remake, but it's given him such heart and such depth of character, and I love how their initial anatagonism shifts over time. Roche is such a delightful goofball who ends up breaking my heart, and Zack - well, I've loved Zack for a long time and I cannot believe we get so much more of him, omg. Anything goes. Missing scenes, PWPs, goofy side quests, turning everyone into Moogles or toads, it's all great.

Miss Marple - Agatha Christie

Jane Marple & Lucy Eyelesbarrow (Marple - Christie)

The older I get the more I appreciate Miss Marple; both she and Lucy Eyelesbarrow are so firmly grounded in the domestic and feminine-coded side of life, and it's treated as such a strength rather than a limitation. Case fic would be fantastic but so would unexpected meetings and day-to-day activities - perhaps they meet at a theatre and critique the murder mystery they're being shown? Or an afternoon tea at a hotel, dissecting the lives of those around them? Or wildly AU, with robots or psychic companions? Enjoy!