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Please consult the tagset for the list of fandoms and relationships you can request and offer. If you can't find a canon you nominated, make sure to check Uncategorized Fandoms, which is where fandoms will be listed if they haven't appeared on AO3 yet or if I've had to alter the canonical tag.
Important: While the Relationships field on the signup form has a dropdown that, when you start typing, should connect with the tagset, AO3 always doesn't display all nominated relationships for a fandom. If the relationship you're trying to request/offer is in the tagset but not appearing as a selection that you can make, please copy-paste it directly from tagset into your signup form. This will let the system recognize that it's the same tag.
Remember, Character A & Character B is platonic, Character A/Character B is romantic/sexual.
There's a letters post, if you want to link your letter there, and you'll also be able to browse requests either on AO3 or the app.
Signups will be open until January 7, 11:59PM EST. Please see the signup rules here.
You can comment here or contact the mod email--candyheartsex at gmail dot com--if you have any questions.
Please consult the tagset for the list of fandoms and relationships you can request and offer. If you can't find a canon you nominated, make sure to check Uncategorized Fandoms, which is where fandoms will be listed if they haven't appeared on AO3 yet or if I've had to alter the canonical tag.
Important: While the Relationships field on the signup form has a dropdown that, when you start typing, should connect with the tagset, AO3 always doesn't display all nominated relationships for a fandom. If the relationship you're trying to request/offer is in the tagset but not appearing as a selection that you can make, please copy-paste it directly from tagset into your signup form. This will let the system recognize that it's the same tag.
Remember, Character A & Character B is platonic, Character A/Character B is romantic/sexual.
There's a letters post, if you want to link your letter there, and you'll also be able to browse requests either on AO3 or the app.
Signups will be open until January 7, 11:59PM EST. Please see the signup rules here.
You can comment here or contact the mod email--candyheartsex at gmail dot com--if you have any questions.
Letters Post
Jan. 1st, 2026 12:04 amcandyheartsexIf you've written a Candy Hearts letter, you can link it here for easy perusal! These letters are optional, and your creator isn't obligated to adhere to them (though they must abide by any do-not-wants listed in your actual signup), but they can provide helpful extra details--prompts, general likes, descriptions of how you see the requested relationships, etc.
Please do not post a link to your letter here unless it is complete and unlocked.
For ease of reference, please record your details as follows:
AO3 Name:
Letter link:
Fandom #1:
Art &/or Fic &/or Podfic:
Relationship(s):
Fandom #2:
Art &/or Fic &/or Podfic:
Relationship(s):
And so on!
Please do not post a link to your letter here unless it is complete and unlocked.
For ease of reference, please record your details as follows:
AO3 Name:
Letter link:
Fandom #1:
Art &/or Fic &/or Podfic:
Relationship(s):
Fandom #2:
Art &/or Fic &/or Podfic:
Relationship(s):
And so on!
Disepiphany of the 29th-30th
Dec. 31st, 2025 10:14 pmpsocopteraExcavated a bunch of old "special" clothes of mine (my favorite ball dress, a silk blouse, a dress I wore the first time I went to Europe, a vest I mostly wore to Rocky Horror, a velvet skirt that was my grandmother's from the 50s (real velvet, heavy, rich, there is nothing like this in the modern world)) from where they were stashed and handed them off to J to try on. It was fun to see her in everything (she did a little fashion show, like she had done with the previous batch of more recent stuff), although also poignant. (While it is entirely reasonable that J, a few months from 17, fits into stuff I wore in college or my early 20s, while I, a couple years from 50, do not, I do sometimes miss being young and strong and thin and able to dance and occasionally dressing up in fun sparkly clothes and trying to look good, now that I'm old and limping and do not do that. That's mostly fine - the carousel of time mostly helped me escape from the not-great parts of my 20s into a much happier life, so, net positive there, and also it's hard to imagine my present self into the kind of femme presentation that younger self was still playing with - but, still, one does sometimes still feel the banal angst of middle age, what can you do.)
New Years Book Post
Dec. 31st, 2025 09:58 pmpsocopteraSurprising nobody I did not read Alecto the Ninth from last year's anticipated list, nor All Hail Chaos, nor Queen Demon yet, although that one did come out. Nefarious Nights of Willowweep Manor, The Incandescent, and The River Has Roots were all good though.
This year I'm looking forward to Vernon's Daggerbound, a sequel to Swordheart; Moniquill Blackgoose's To Ride a Rising Storm, the sequel to To Shape a Dragon's Breath; Platform Decay, Martha Wells' new Murderbot novel, and Radiant Star, Ann Leckie's new Radch novel. (And then from my tier 2 books I will also mention 2025 books Caskey Russell's The Door on the Sea, Rebecca Campbell's The Other Shore collection, and 2026 books Suzanne Palmer's Ode to the Half-Broken, Isabel J. Kim's novel-expansion Sublimation, and Shannon Chakraborty's second Amina El-Sirafi book The Tapestry of Fate.)
This year I'm looking forward to Vernon's Daggerbound, a sequel to Swordheart; Moniquill Blackgoose's To Ride a Rising Storm, the sequel to To Shape a Dragon's Breath; Platform Decay, Martha Wells' new Murderbot novel, and Radiant Star, Ann Leckie's new Radch novel. (And then from my tier 2 books I will also mention 2025 books Caskey Russell's The Door on the Sea, Rebecca Campbell's The Other Shore collection, and 2026 books Suzanne Palmer's Ode to the Half-Broken, Isabel J. Kim's novel-expansion Sublimation, and Shannon Chakraborty's second Amina El-Sirafi book The Tapestry of Fate.)
End of Year Vidding Meme: 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 10:05 pmaurumcalendulaFebruary
Can't Help Falling In Love | 双兔 (Soul Sisters)
To Hell & Back | 双镜 (Couple of Mirrors)
July
Just To Ask A Dance | The Old Guard films
Total vids: 3 (not counting stuff for this year's Festivids or vids I'm planning to premiere at vidshows next year).
( Questions and Answers )
Can't Help Falling In Love | 双兔 (Soul Sisters)
To Hell & Back | 双镜 (Couple of Mirrors)
July
Just To Ask A Dance | The Old Guard films
Total vids: 3 (not counting stuff for this year's Festivids or vids I'm planning to premiere at vidshows next year).
( Questions and Answers )
Y’all ready for Snowflake?
Dec. 31st, 2025 09:43 pmflamingswordBc I’m ready.
If you want to try the Snowflake Challenge, don’t forget to subscribe to the community! It’s every odd-numbered day in January, and if you want to not forget, you can hit the “Track” link to get emails and notifications when the mods put up a post. Just … maybe don’t subscribe to track the comments? That would be like trying to drink from the email firehose, lol.
If you want to try the Snowflake Challenge, don’t forget to subscribe to the community! It’s every odd-numbered day in January, and if you want to not forget, you can hit the “Track” link to get emails and notifications when the mods put up a post. Just … maybe don’t subscribe to track the comments? That would be like trying to drink from the email firehose, lol.
Fandom/Relationship Promo Post
Dec. 31st, 2025 08:24 pmcandyheartsexIf you want to promote your fandom or the relationships you want to request/create for, this post is for you!
How you write your your recommendations, enthusiastic squeeing, or manifestos is up to you, but please put the name of your canon in the subject line of your comment. Here--with liberal borrowing from Yuletide's promo setup--are some other things you may want to include:
Please post a separate comment for each promo you do, so the canon title can always be highlighted in the subject line.
How you write your your recommendations, enthusiastic squeeing, or manifestos is up to you, but please put the name of your canon in the subject line of your comment. Here--with liberal borrowing from Yuletide's promo setup--are some other things you may want to include:
- Title
- Medium (e.g., Book Series, Podcast, TV Show, etc.)
- Approximate Length (e.g., page count, runtime, etc. This is also a good place to mention if only a specific installment of the canon is relevant to the relationship(s) you're requesting.)
- Where to (Legally) Find It
- Brief Description
- What You Love About the Canon
- What You Love About Your Ship(s)
- Kinds of Things You're Planning to Ask For
- Content Notes (e.g., incest, period-typical attitudes, noncon, torture, etc. These notes are optional and may not cover everything even if they're included.)
Please post a separate comment for each promo you do, so the canon title can always be highlighted in the subject line.
Final Notes
Dec. 31st, 2025 08:20 pmcandyheartsexSignups will open at 12:01 AM EST on January 1! I'll put up a Fandom/Relationship Promo Post in a few minutes, and the letters post will go up soon after signups open.
The tagset is here.
Final Notes
Solo character nominations have been removed.
Fandom nominations without relationships have been removed.
Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker —> approved under The Mandalorian (TV).
Din Djarin & Grogu | Baby Yoda —> approved under The Mandalorian (TV).
Li Family Gen (Perfect Match) approved as Li Family Member(s) & Li Family Member(s).
Final Fantasy X nominations are now under Final Fantasy X Series.
女王的游戏：盛世天下 | Road to Empress (Video Game) nominations are now under 女王的游戏 | Road to Empress (Visual Novel).
Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World (Anime) nominations are now under Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime).
The tagset is here.
Final Notes
Solo character nominations have been removed.
Fandom nominations without relationships have been removed.
Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker —> approved under The Mandalorian (TV).
Din Djarin & Grogu | Baby Yoda —> approved under The Mandalorian (TV).
Li Family Gen (Perfect Match) approved as Li Family Member(s) & Li Family Member(s).
Final Fantasy X nominations are now under Final Fantasy X Series.
女王的游戏：盛世天下 | Road to Empress (Video Game) nominations are now under 女王的游戏 | Road to Empress (Visual Novel).
Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World (Anime) nominations are now under Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime).
Happy New year!
Dec. 31st, 2025 06:06 pmcitrine_too Pre-emptively in my case: The year won't turn for another six hours. But when midnight rolls around, I'll be looking at the inside of my eyelids, so I thought I'd say it now.
So my New Year's dinner was angel-hair pasta and marinara with garlic toast, and I'm drinking Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite out of my 'fancy glass' i got a few Christmas ago (as seen here.) Dessert was bread pudding with vanilla custard sauce. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
I hope with all my heart that this coming year is a thousand times better than 2025. May we have a lot more happiness for the sorrowful, hope for the despairing, health to those that suffer, prosperity for those that are struggling, and kindness and justice for us all, especially the meekest and least among us.
So my New Year's dinner was angel-hair pasta and marinara with garlic toast, and I'm drinking Winter Spiced Cranberry Sprite out of my 'fancy glass' i got a few Christmas ago (as seen here.) Dessert was bread pudding with vanilla custard sauce. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
I hope with all my heart that this coming year is a thousand times better than 2025. May we have a lot more happiness for the sorrowful, hope for the despairing, health to those that suffer, prosperity for those that are struggling, and kindness and justice for us all, especially the meekest and least among us.
'Let's do this' feels too delusionally optimistic
Jan. 1st, 2026 12:21 amdolorosa_12So much distance in between
But we're running towards the same dream
Now we're running towards the same dream
It looks as if the very Sultan + Shepard place (i.e. earnest sincerity) in which I've been for much of 2025 is going to be the mood I carry into 2026.
But we're running towards the same dream
Now we're running towards the same dream
It looks as if the very Sultan + Shepard place (i.e. earnest sincerity) in which I've been for much of 2025 is going to be the mood I carry into 2026.
Some vid recs to close out 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 02:28 pmsholioWell, as predicted, ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
rec_cember went straight off a cliff, lol. I mean, to be fair, I was traveling for half the month, most of that time with other people, but I still hoped to get in another rec post or two than I actually did.
But I'll close out 2025 by reccing some vids! Since I got back into watching vids this past year, there are a bunch of new-to-me ones to share. For the Tumblr ones, since it now defaults to dash view (which you need to be logged in to see) I've tried to provide a non-logged-in version where possible.
We Didn't Start the Fire bybeccatoria - ATLA & Legend of Korra
There aren't very many canons that are long, varied, and epic enough to vid to this song, but this works really well and the clip selection is A++.
Ice Cream Man by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Pennyplainknits - Stranger Things season 3
I had a lot of problems with season 3 and Steve's sailor outfit was definitely one of them, but this is a very cute, fun, and playful vid about it!
80s horror summer by![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
legallybrunette1997 - 70s/80s slasher movies
Great editing and really goes for the retro vibe!
Human bykaydeefalls - X-Men movies, Mystique
I'm going through a nostalgia phase for these movies after rewatching the first two back in October, and this is a lovely vid that does a great job with Mystique's arc across the various movies.
Pink Pony Club by![[www.tumblr profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_other.png)
torchwood-99 - Torchwood, Gwen [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]
A wonderfully edited vid that does a fantastic job using the song lyrics to tell the two sides to Gwen's story on the show: she discovers her true calling and blossoms when the secret world of aliens opens up to her, but loses some of her humanity along the way.
Shake It Out bydelovelie - Babylon 5 (major spoilers) [Non-logged-in Tumblr link)
A vid about breaking and getting up again.
Anti-Hero bycynicalangel80 - Babylon 5, Londo [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]
Great tragilarious vid about Londo's general everything.
What Was I Thinkin' bytafadhali - Star Wars OT, Han/Leia
A fun, bouncy vid set to honky tonk country that (surprisingly? unsurprisingly?) works really well for Han Solo.
If I Had $1,000,000 byjanuarium - Schitt's Creek
This canon/song pairing is INSPIRED and the editing and lip-syncing is great.
rec_cember went straight off a cliff, lol. I mean, to be fair, I was traveling for half the month, most of that time with other people, but I still hoped to get in another rec post or two than I actually did.But I'll close out 2025 by reccing some vids! Since I got back into watching vids this past year, there are a bunch of new-to-me ones to share. For the Tumblr ones, since it now defaults to dash view (which you need to be logged in to see) I've tried to provide a non-logged-in version where possible.
We Didn't Start the Fire by
beccatoria - ATLA & Legend of KorraThere aren't very many canons that are long, varied, and epic enough to vid to this song, but this works really well and the clip selection is A++.
Ice Cream Man by
I had a lot of problems with season 3 and Steve's sailor outfit was definitely one of them, but this is a very cute, fun, and playful vid about it!
80s horror summer by
Great editing and really goes for the retro vibe!
Human by
kaydeefalls - X-Men movies, MystiqueI'm going through a nostalgia phase for these movies after rewatching the first two back in October, and this is a lovely vid that does a great job with Mystique's arc across the various movies.
Pink Pony Club by
torchwood-99 - Torchwood, Gwen [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]A wonderfully edited vid that does a fantastic job using the song lyrics to tell the two sides to Gwen's story on the show: she discovers her true calling and blossoms when the secret world of aliens opens up to her, but loses some of her humanity along the way.
Shake It Out by
delovelie - Babylon 5 (major spoilers) [Non-logged-in Tumblr link)A vid about breaking and getting up again.
Anti-Hero by
cynicalangel80 - Babylon 5, Londo [Non-logged-in Tumblr link]Great tragilarious vid about Londo's general everything.
What Was I Thinkin' by
A fun, bouncy vid set to honky tonk country that (surprisingly? unsurprisingly?) works really well for Han Solo.
If I Had $1,000,000 by
This canon/song pairing is INSPIRED and the editing and lip-syncing is great.
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Dec. 31st, 2025 01:25 pmgreghousesgfI did a bunch of grocery shopping. I was considering going to another neighborhood to do some more fun shopping but it's cold and raining and I don't have a car so I think I'm gonna do that another day and just wait till tonight and then go out for dinner and go to the Irish pub for live music and that stuff. Anyway maybe I'll be lucky and it'll stop raining.
Last fanfic(s) of 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 12:14 pmsholioFirst of all, I finished the Murderbot gen action WIP that I've been posting in installments. (It also ended up being the longest thing I've put on AO3 since 2022 ...)
Combat System Critical (Murderbot TV-verse, 20K wds, gen)
SecUnit is on Preservation when an attempted assassination on a PresAux team member turns a quiet retreat at a backwater university into a fight for survival.
And my annual New Year's fic is up! Babylon 5 this time.
Five Kisses at the New Year (Babylon 5, 4300 wds, mostly gen)
What it says on the tin. 2257 to 2278.
I also liked the idea of doing B5 for my New Year's fic this year since the show itself is arranged around the turn of the year.
Combat System Critical (Murderbot TV-verse, 20K wds, gen)
SecUnit is on Preservation when an attempted assassination on a PresAux team member turns a quiet retreat at a backwater university into a fight for survival.
Brief spoilery notes on the Murderbot fic
I've had the idea of Gurathin's augments allowing him to survive being shot in the head with an energy weapon since I've been writing fic in this fandom, so that was the detail on which this plot pivoted. Of course then it took me absolutely ages to actually get to that part! I was a little worried that some other fic would do it in the meantime, and honestly I'm a little surprised that no one has.And my annual New Year's fic is up! Babylon 5 this time.
Five Kisses at the New Year (Babylon 5, 4300 wds, mostly gen)
What it says on the tin. 2257 to 2278.
Brief spoilery notes on the B5 fic
I went back and forth on whether to keep the final Londo & G'Kar scene (or maybe include it as apocryphal, or an outtake), and end on the hopeful note of Lochley and the new Ambassadors instead. That final scene is just pure self-indulgence (and maybe a bit of emotional h/c), but I decided to keep it; is it really a proper B5 fic if it doesn't stab you in the heart at some point?I also liked the idea of doing B5 for my New Year's fic this year since the show itself is arranged around the turn of the year.
Dreamwidth Book Club
Dec. 31st, 2025 02:28 pmseleneheart posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
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bookclub_dw is a monthly reading club where community members take turns choosing a book to read for the month and then moderating a discussion about the book at the end of the month.We are currently voting on the book for January 2026 here: https://bookclub-dw.dreamwidth.org/995.html
Reading Wednesday
Dec. 31st, 2025 12:20 pmsabotabby It being Void Week and NYE, I fully forgot that it was also a Wednesday. Happy Wednesday, my dudes.
Just finished: Nothing.
Currently reading: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. 700 pages and two years into Hans Castrop's stay at the Berghof, which our guy does not want to leave. And who can blame him? It seems a very chill life. Hans and Joachim (but mainly Hans) take up visiting the people who are bedridden and dying, which results in at least one awkward incident of a teenage girl developing a huge crush on him. Clavdia and Joachim both leave (the latter after a very lengthy conversation in untranslated French, most of which I didn't understand; the former to go into the military even though he is not fully cured). Settembrini also leaves, but not to go very far, instead to move in with his friend/arch-nemesis/wait are these two gay for each other, Leo Naphta. Meanwhile, Hans' uncle/cousin/foster brother James Tienappel comes up for a bit to try to convince Hans to leave, before realizing that all of these people are mental and Hans is mental and then he nopes out without saying goodbye and before he can be diagnosed with tuberculosis, making him the wisest character in the book so far.
As is the style of the era, there's a digression on art and painting styles where the sanatorium's director, Behrens, has been painting Clavdia, and according to Hans is quite bad at it, but he has to compliment the guy's technique anyway, and this is quite good.
The very lengthy dialogue between Settembrini and Naphta, which is a seduction of sorts wherein both weird old guys try to convince Hans (and Joachim, who is there too) of their philosophical points of view. Settembrini is a Renaissance humanist, Naphta is a Jewish convert to Catholicism who really, really likes this newfangled communism thing. Settembrini later pulls Hans aside after Naphta goes on and on about revolution and is like, stay away from that guy unless I'm around. Hans asks why, is it because of the revolution stuff? Settembrini reveals that no, he is secretly A Jesuit, and Hans is like, OMG A Jesuit, which has to be the funniest part of the book so far.
No one believes me that I'm enjoying this.
Anyway, friends, happy New Year! May we all survive.
Just finished: Nothing.
Currently reading: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. 700 pages and two years into Hans Castrop's stay at the Berghof, which our guy does not want to leave. And who can blame him? It seems a very chill life. Hans and Joachim (but mainly Hans) take up visiting the people who are bedridden and dying, which results in at least one awkward incident of a teenage girl developing a huge crush on him. Clavdia and Joachim both leave (the latter after a very lengthy conversation in untranslated French, most of which I didn't understand; the former to go into the military even though he is not fully cured). Settembrini also leaves, but not to go very far, instead to move in with his friend/arch-nemesis/wait are these two gay for each other, Leo Naphta. Meanwhile, Hans' uncle/cousin/foster brother James Tienappel comes up for a bit to try to convince Hans to leave, before realizing that all of these people are mental and Hans is mental and then he nopes out without saying goodbye and before he can be diagnosed with tuberculosis, making him the wisest character in the book so far.
As is the style of the era, there's a digression on art and painting styles where the sanatorium's director, Behrens, has been painting Clavdia, and according to Hans is quite bad at it, but he has to compliment the guy's technique anyway, and this is quite good.
The very lengthy dialogue between Settembrini and Naphta, which is a seduction of sorts wherein both weird old guys try to convince Hans (and Joachim, who is there too) of their philosophical points of view. Settembrini is a Renaissance humanist, Naphta is a Jewish convert to Catholicism who really, really likes this newfangled communism thing. Settembrini later pulls Hans aside after Naphta goes on and on about revolution and is like, stay away from that guy unless I'm around. Hans asks why, is it because of the revolution stuff? Settembrini reveals that no, he is secretly A Jesuit, and Hans is like, OMG A Jesuit, which has to be the funniest part of the book so far.
No one believes me that I'm enjoying this.
Anyway, friends, happy New Year! May we all survive.