Dear Candy Hearts Exchange Writer,
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rodofirst off, I hope you’re going to have fun writing for me and that this letter helps you. I’d also like to say that I’d like fic for all the characters/pairings/fandoms I’m requesting here, whether it follows my prompts or not. If you have an idea that you absolutely want to write and it doesn’t go against my DNWs, feel free to write it. And if you think you have a better idea than me (which is quite likely) the same applies.
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Rodo
Open To Treats: yes
General Do Not Wants:
General Likes:
Now for the canons:
Gran Hotel (TV) – Alicia Alarcón/Julio Olmedo
Honestly, there isn’t much I wouldn’t read about these two, except maybe a permanent break-up. I’m happy with missing scene type secret relationship stuff (maybe in the secret room), five years on, them getting involved in another mystery, just exploring where they are post-canon, them going back to the hotel for reasons (like Andrés and Maite’s wedding), all the AUs (e.g. they managed to run away together, what if Cristina didn’t die), something that explores how Alicia will adjust to a new life, what will both of them do now that they’re free? What about Julio’s family?
Of course, I’m happy to see all of the other Gran Hotel characters as well (I’m particularly fond of Lady), so feel free to involve whomever you want to!
忍びの家 | House of Ninjas (TV 2024) – Ito Karen/Tawara Haru
I mostly just really want more of canon here – whether that’s filling in the missing smut scene, some more slice of life at the house while Karen was there, running into each other again post-canon (maybe because Karen is investigating something she shouldn’t), dating in secret, Haru pining from afar, a canon-divergence AU of some kind (talking to each other earlier/a different ending), or just about anything that you can think of!
무빙 | Moving (TV) – Lee Mi-hyun/Kim Doo-shik; Jang Ju-won & Kim Doo-shik
Lee Mi-hyun/Kim Doo-shik: I just love this canon pairing and all its associated drama; pining for each other while apart; going on a mission together (or treating relatively mundane tasks like a mission); what is sex going to be like if one of you has super-senses and the other starts floating when he gets emotional?; missing scenes of family life on the run; trying to figure out life post-canon; a new threat emerges and the ex-agents have to band together (maybe even work with the North Koreans or Frank)
Jang Ju-won & Kim Doo-shik: We got so little of their friendship/working relationship, and what little there was was great. I’d love to see more of them working together on missions, with Doo-shik being a bit of a dick at times. And I’m really curious to see how their friendship might develop after twenty years apart, now that their kids are a couple. And, as above, having to work together to fight a new threat in an ensemble, maybe with the North Koreans or Frank.
설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) – Gye Bun-ok & Pi Seung-hee; Lee Gang-mu & Lim Soo-ho; Eun Young-ro/Lim Soo-ho; Jang Han-na & Kang Cheong-ja
Gye Bun-ok & Pi Seung-hee: I absolutely loved both of them and their complicated relationship and issues. Some ideas on what to write: something that explores how they got from the secret reveal to their last scene together • them running the dorm together from an outsider perspective • post-canon fic about a slice-of-life type low stakes problem in the dorm
Lee Gang-mu & Lim Soo-ho: A bromance for the ages! I’d prefer something set in an AU where Soo-ho survives, rather than missing scenes: an AU that branches of that bonus scene we got in one episode with them speaking terrible German(?) while Gang-mu’s eyes are bandaged • both of them working together on a case post-canon, maybe with Soo-ho as some sort of consultant • both of them retiring from the spy business altogether and failing/struggling to adjust to normal life • Gang-mu saving Soo-ho’s life somehow
Lim Soo-ho/Eun Yeong-ro: The main pairing of the show, so of course I ship it! I really enjoyed how sweet they were together. I was really hoping for them to get a happy end, so I’d most like to read something set in an AU where Soo-ho survives somehow: whether he has to go on the run, ends up in prison or gets a new identity. With Yeong-ro taking care of his wounds/helping him hide or both of them settling into a life together despite everything that happened between them.
Jang Han-na & Kang Cheong-ya: These two were a treat together in canon, and I’d love to see the two of them be forced to work together again (Gang-mu optional). I like how antagonistic they are, but also how they are both professional enough to work really well together. Or maybe they end up on opposite sides again, maybe with Cheong-ya working as a mercenary of sorts (in which case, I’d prefer both of them to come out of it alive). Maybe they end up trapped together for a night and have to work together and also endure each other’s company.
My AO3 Name:
Open To Treats: yes
General Do Not Wants:
- detailed depictions of depression and alcoholism
- a story being in both first person and present tense
- unrequested non-canonical pairings for canon characters
- non-Canon Divergence AUs (coffeeshop, space, A/B/O, etc.)
- Korean speech patterns in English stories. By that I mean use of honorifics (-sshi, -nim), stuff like eomma and hyung, job titles in place of names, the use of names when a pronoun would usually be used in English, vocative markers (-(y)ah) or subject markers (-i(e) being the one I usually come across in fic). I am fine with Korean name order, since that is also used in English, and of course non-translatable terms, such as for food (e.g. samgyeopsal) or clothing (e.g. hanbok) are fine as well.
- character/relationship studies (fine as an element of the story, but not when it’s the main draw/plot.)
General Likes:
- stories with a similar tone and theme as canon
- casefic
- plotty fics in general
- complicated interpersonal relationships
- nuanced friendships and family relationships
- post-canon fic
- canon-divergence AUs
- pining and slow burn
- deep passion or devotion (to a person or a cause)
- action/adventure, heists and cons
- humour
- hurt/comfort that is light on the comfort (or non-extreme whump)
- outsider POV
- epistolary fic
Now for the canons:
Gran Hotel (TV) – Alicia Alarcón/Julio Olmedo
Honestly, there isn’t much I wouldn’t read about these two, except maybe a permanent break-up. I’m happy with missing scene type secret relationship stuff (maybe in the secret room), five years on, them getting involved in another mystery, just exploring where they are post-canon, them going back to the hotel for reasons (like Andrés and Maite’s wedding), all the AUs (e.g. they managed to run away together, what if Cristina didn’t die), something that explores how Alicia will adjust to a new life, what will both of them do now that they’re free? What about Julio’s family?
Of course, I’m happy to see all of the other Gran Hotel characters as well (I’m particularly fond of Lady), so feel free to involve whomever you want to!
忍びの家 | House of Ninjas (TV 2024) – Ito Karen/Tawara Haru
I mostly just really want more of canon here – whether that’s filling in the missing smut scene, some more slice of life at the house while Karen was there, running into each other again post-canon (maybe because Karen is investigating something she shouldn’t), dating in secret, Haru pining from afar, a canon-divergence AU of some kind (talking to each other earlier/a different ending), or just about anything that you can think of!
무빙 | Moving (TV) – Lee Mi-hyun/Kim Doo-shik; Jang Ju-won & Kim Doo-shik
Lee Mi-hyun/Kim Doo-shik: I just love this canon pairing and all its associated drama; pining for each other while apart; going on a mission together (or treating relatively mundane tasks like a mission); what is sex going to be like if one of you has super-senses and the other starts floating when he gets emotional?; missing scenes of family life on the run; trying to figure out life post-canon; a new threat emerges and the ex-agents have to band together (maybe even work with the North Koreans or Frank)
Jang Ju-won & Kim Doo-shik: We got so little of their friendship/working relationship, and what little there was was great. I’d love to see more of them working together on missions, with Doo-shik being a bit of a dick at times. And I’m really curious to see how their friendship might develop after twenty years apart, now that their kids are a couple. And, as above, having to work together to fight a new threat in an ensemble, maybe with the North Koreans or Frank.
설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) – Gye Bun-ok & Pi Seung-hee; Lee Gang-mu & Lim Soo-ho; Eun Young-ro/Lim Soo-ho; Jang Han-na & Kang Cheong-ja
Gye Bun-ok & Pi Seung-hee: I absolutely loved both of them and their complicated relationship and issues. Some ideas on what to write: something that explores how they got from the secret reveal to their last scene together • them running the dorm together from an outsider perspective • post-canon fic about a slice-of-life type low stakes problem in the dorm
Lee Gang-mu & Lim Soo-ho: A bromance for the ages! I’d prefer something set in an AU where Soo-ho survives, rather than missing scenes: an AU that branches of that bonus scene we got in one episode with them speaking terrible German(?) while Gang-mu’s eyes are bandaged • both of them working together on a case post-canon, maybe with Soo-ho as some sort of consultant • both of them retiring from the spy business altogether and failing/struggling to adjust to normal life • Gang-mu saving Soo-ho’s life somehow
Lim Soo-ho/Eun Yeong-ro: The main pairing of the show, so of course I ship it! I really enjoyed how sweet they were together. I was really hoping for them to get a happy end, so I’d most like to read something set in an AU where Soo-ho survives somehow: whether he has to go on the run, ends up in prison or gets a new identity. With Yeong-ro taking care of his wounds/helping him hide or both of them settling into a life together despite everything that happened between them.
Jang Han-na & Kang Cheong-ya: These two were a treat together in canon, and I’d love to see the two of them be forced to work together again (Gang-mu optional). I like how antagonistic they are, but also how they are both professional enough to work really well together. Or maybe they end up on opposite sides again, maybe with Cheong-ya working as a mercenary of sorts (in which case, I’d prefer both of them to come out of it alive). Maybe they end up trapped together for a night and have to work together and also endure each other’s company.
