Chocolate Box Letter

Dear Chocolatier,

Hello! It's my first time participating in Chocolate Box and I'm looking forward to it! Some of my general notes here are things I'm copying over from past Yuletides, so hopefully this will work out all right. :-)


General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3, DW and LJ. I’m easy to please! If you write a story about any of these characters, out of love for these characters, I’m going to be delighted with it.

DNW: major character death; graphic violence; PWP; A/B/O; unremitting angst... I think that's about it, really!

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings (angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least a degree of hope).

(Additional note: I signed up for Chocolate Box quite late, after nominations were closed, so I didn't get to nominate anything, just worked from what was already in the tagset. Which doesn't mean I'm ANY less excited about any of this! Just explains why I'll sometimes refer to things I found in the tagset as though they appeared there fully formed, without my having had any hand in what got nominated for these fandoms... Because I didn't.)  ;)

Fandoms:

Here are some thoughts only if you want them; I'm easygoing and enjoy lots of things, so you're welcome to go in your own direction as well!


( Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries )

( Graceling Realm Series )

( The Scholomance )

(  Welcome to Night Vale )

( White Collar )

Phew! I think that's it! I was not (and am never...) able to be succinct, so take or leave whatever you like from that. :-)

Thank you for creating something for me!
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Purimgifts Letter

Dear Purimgifts creator,

Hello, hello, delighted to be back for my second Purimgifts! Thank you so much for creating something for me.


General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3, DW and LJ. I’m easy to please! If you write a story about any of these characters, out of love for these characters, I’m going to be delighted with it. My requests in all of these fandoms are for fanfic and/or podfic. Certainly no obligation in this direction, but if you want to podfic anything of mine, you have blanket permission!

DNW: Just the big ones that I've already tagged in my sign-up (Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con).

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings (angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least a degree of hope). I'm equally fond of genfic and of pairings (F/F, M/M, M/F, it's all good.) Especially for this exchange, feel free to lean as hard as you want in the silly/goofy/fun/romp/parody/humor direction – it's Purim, after all!

Judaism: I’m Jewish (not observant or even particularly practicing much of the time, but it's a very important part of my cultural/family identity) and I was so delighted when I stumbled across this fest, a joyful fic exchange based around a joyful Jewish holiday. You're certainly not required to write Jewish content into your pod/fics, but if it's something you want to and feel able to do, I'll be super-extra-especially-delighted. :-)


FANDOMS: (alphabetical order)


( All-of-a-Kind Family Series - Sydney Taylor )

( Call Me By Your Name (2017) )

( Check, Please! (Webcomic) )

( Graceling Realm Series - Kristin Cashore )

( Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon )

( Hereville Series – Barry Deutsch )

( John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme  )

(  Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries )

( Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater )

( Scholomance - Naomi Novik )

( Welcome to Night Vale  )

( White Collar )

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