Dear Chocolate Box Creator (2018)

This is my first Chocolate Box! This is only my second exchange letter (I usually just lurk), so apologies if I get something wrong. In general, anything canon-style will make me quite happy, so if none of my prompts are interesting to you, please write or draw something you enjoy and I’m sure I will too. ♥

My AO3 name is categranger, and the canons I’m requesting are:

Der Rosenkavalier | The Barber of Seville | The Marriage of Figaro
The Pearl Fishers | Eugene Onegin | Le Comte Ory (Met Opera 2011)
La Donna del Lago | Original Work

I’ve requested fic & art for all canons.

General likes:
- Canon-style tone.
- Worldbuilding.
- For operas: opera-style ridiculousness, opulence, OTT-ness, drama, etc.
- Fic set during the ‘happily ever after’.
- People being head-over-heels in love with each other and all cute and affectionate.
- People looking all over town for the perfect gift for their partner. (Any occasion that would fit the canon is fine.)
- People who were used to being single having to adjust to being married/having someone else in their space all the time. (Both good adjustments and funny/awkward adjustments.)
- Queer people in love. I particularly like it when there’s no sexuality-or-gender-related angst, but just people uncomplicatedly in love with each other. (Yes, even when it’s not historically accurate/likely for there to be no angst.)
- Pining (especially mutual pining) that resolves into happiness.
- People outwitting other people.
- Honeymoons!
- Porn! I am a fan of smut.
- Happy endings.

Art likes:
- Smiles.
- Sunshine.
- Affectionate, tender embraces.
- Passionate embraces.
- Characters caught in the moment of telling/listening to a joke.
- The moment before a kiss (especially a first kiss).
- Characters with their head on their lover’s shoulder or in their lover’s lap.
- Characters gazing at their lovers with looks of utter besotted-ness. (If for an opera, perhaps while their lover is in the middle of an aria!)
- This is, uh, quite specific, but men kneeling in front of women (whether in penitence, worship, playfulness, lust, homage, etc.) I realised while writing this letter that it was showing up in basically all my fandoms, so might as well ‘fess to it up front. :)

General DNWs:
- Anyone being intolerant of queer characters.
- Queer characters facing problems that arise from their queerness.
- Animal abuse or death.
- Child abuse or death.
- Physical or sexual abuse.
- I don’t think this will come up with the canons I’ve asked for, but just in case, please no focus on father-daughter relationships.
- Unrequested ships, including unrequested poly ships.

Note on opera productions: I’ve nominated and requested a particular production in only one case (Le Comte Ory – Met 2011), because its interpretation of the central trio is idiosyncratic and I love it. In all other cases, I’ve noted my favourite production(s) for reference and occasionally for plot/art points, but they’re not a must. Several are on Met Player, which has a seven-day free trial subscription (but careful, it’s addictive, haha!) and one is on Youtube.

( Der Rosenkavalier )

( Il barbiere di Siviglia | The Barber of Seville )

( Le nozze di Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro )

( Les pêcheurs de perles | The Pearl Fishers )

( Eugene Onegin )

( Le Comte Ory (Met Opera 2011) )

( La Donna del Lago )

( Original Work )

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