candy hearts letter 2026

[qweermonkey]

dear candy hearts creator,

i've got quite a few requests this time around, but whichever you create for i'll be so excited to see! treats as fic or art are very much welcome :3

i further expand on my likes and DNWs in my master letter, which also contains details on all fandoms that i've requested from any exchange i've been in — that's all there if you're curious, but only the beginning section is important if you're not. below the cut are prompts for each of the canons i've requested for this exchange! i may have also listed some headcanons for each character under their canon, these are just ideas that i like, and i don't except you to adhere to them.

twilight

this series is such a hot mess, but damn do i love it... the characters are where it's at for me (bella is best girl forever!), they're kind of the only thing that make half of it work at all. i will say that i do love the lowkey and small-scale vibes of twilight and the beginning to new moon — you know, before it all starting going downhill. the platonic and familial bonds here are also just lovely. i would rather see explorations of any relationship outside of the main plot of twilight, or at least not super attached the larger aspects of it.

relationship(s): jacob black/edward cullen
headcanon(s): jacob — bi. edward — gay, trans non-binary

these two my little crackship that grew way out of hand, and now i'm obsessed. unfortunately, they are not that popular much anymore! i love their contrast — visually, personality-wise, their histories. i like that they have a little rivalry going on, but i'm not much a fan of how one-sidely smeyer writes it. her cullens are just unopposed racists. i think removed from that, their dynamic has so much great potential.

ideas:

• human au — edward's car breaks down while he's out, and he quickly turns into the carshop that jacob works at. or jacob has a pet dog and edward has a dog allergy. neighborly mishaps? so many routes to go down!
• angsty soulmates au. angsty because edward is always moaning about his lack of soul. jacob is like 'i cannot believe this guy is my soulmate, he's so weird!'
• bella and edward are only drawn to each other as friends, and she sometimes brings jacob on their hangouts. maybe their rivalry here spawns from fighting over who's her actual best friend, and then attraction sparks between them.

relationship(s): alice cullen/bella swan
headcanon(s): alice — lesbian, trans non-binary. bella — lesbian, trans

bellice!!! fumbling, bookish girl who loves an airy, whimsical girl who loves her back! there's an earnestness to them both, and they bring out the better parts of each other.

ideas:

• small moments of bella working up the courage to ask alice out, or other awkward attempts to romance her, or her continued flustering at alice's affections.
• human au — single parent bella meet-cutes alice through reneesme. or alice sets her sights on cute cashier bella and romancing ensue. blind date gone right? coworker shenanigans?
• alice and bella contending with mortality and bella's obsession with otherness and her perceived plainness. they're in love and maybe they want different things for each other.

relationship(s): jacob black & bella swan, bella swan & charlie swan
headcanon(s): jacob — bi. bella — lesbian, trans. charlie — bi

i miss the moments early on in the series when it really felt like bella and jacob were friends. they hung out without expecting from each other and the stakes were a lot lower. they're reunited childhood friends, why couldn't we just have more of that! i also enjoy bella and charlie's relationship, what of it we get. they're so alike but they don't really realize it, but their care for each other is so obvious.

ideas:

• bella and jacob just hanging out, maybe doing dumb teen stuff and getting hurt and/or in trouble.
• bella and charlie celebrating a holiday or other celebration with jacob and his family. platonic and familial fluff, maybe some reminiscing on when bella used to visit and what she missed while she was away.
• bella getting used to living with charlie, with some friction and awkwardness. maybe interrogating bella's instinct to take over for her grown dad and her life under renee, or getting them to really see each other.

cerulean chronicles

these books are just so sweet and cozy, and i love their earnestness. the setting is lovely, and i'm a sucker for fantastical elements in a story so all the children's quirks are like snacks to me.

relationship(s): any

linus is a delightful little man, and so is arthur. the series is quite light on romance, so i'd love to see a more thorough dive into their relationship, how they work to build their relationship and juggle it alongside taking care of the kids. and speaking of the kids, i adore linus' growing closeness with lucy throughout the series, and how they really come to see each other as family. and in the second book i really enjoyed seeing arthur and phee have their moment together, it felt so right. i just love seeing them all interacting as a happy family.

ideas:

• after the second book, maybe farther into the future, seeing how life is like on marsyas. have arthur and linus adopted more children? have the original marsyas kids made new friends, found new conflicts?
• phee going through teenage angst, and trying to lean on arthur to get through it. maybe they experience friction and she lashes out in confusion, then dealing with the aftermath of that.
• lucy internally struggling with linus' presence in his life, maybe with jealousy and fear that he'll take arthur's attention away, but eventually coming to love him like he does arthur.

interstellar

DNW(s): human au

i quite love this movie. it's so tightly written and you can feel so much for the characters. i'm not very big on the science of it, but the simple moral of love being the key just hits me right in the mushy part of my brain.

relationship(s): joseph cooper/TARS
headcanon(s): joseph — bi

they have such little time together, but i was drawn by cooper and TARS' dynamic right away. i love that TARS isn't just a stock sci-fi robot, he's got a goofy personality and is loyal. cooper was a treat to me beacuse i have a fixation on emotionally devastated middle-aged fathers. put them together and you've got a pair that won't quit quipping and is a personal addiction of mine.

ideas:

• how isolation brings TARS and cooper together. maybe cooper stayed out of the pods for longer, sent more videos down to his kids, and in that time he looks for a friendly voice to bounce off of.
• maybe TARS pines after cooper? over-analyzing their few interactions, simulating conversations. time might factor differently in a machine's mind, either too fast or too slow, and 23 years is a long time to run a program.
• au's: coop is still a pilot, TARS belongs to NASA, and they meet somehow during their tenure. or, TARS is formally decommissioned, but coop is a good enough mechanic to patch him up and bring him to life.
• post-canon exploration of TARS and cooper's journey to edmund's planet. potential is rife for a forced-proximity bonding here. maybe they take wacky detours along the way. when (or if) they get there, what next? maybe parallel brand and CASE to cooper and TARS?

high school musical

these movies are pure shameless fun. i don't think there are films that i love more or watch as often as i do, especially the second. the sunny, feel-good vibes are amazing, and even when there are down moments, you always know that the characters are coming back bigger and better than before. i can hardly express my joy about this series.

relationship(s): chad danforth/ryan evans
headcanon(s): chad — bi. ryan — gay

you saw the tension bewteen them in hsm2, i saw the tension bewteen them in hsm2, it was undeniable. it's unfortnate there's so little of them before and after that movie because they have such potential! like ryan is chad's introduction to the wonderful world of bisexuality, and i think chad is drawn to him, but scared of what that could mean for him.

ideas:

• chad and ryan's friendship more impactfully lasting after the second movie, and them going through a realization arc of their feelings for each other.
• maybe chad and ryan don't really keep in touch, and instead connect after graduation. they have a meet-cute and find out what's been happening in each other's lives. maybe drama ensues?

relationship(s): sharpay evans/gabriella montez
headcanon(s): sharpay — comphet lesbian, trans. gabriella — bi, trans

gabriella and sharpay! a potentially perfect rivals turned into lovers, it's just an absolute shame they aren't more popular! i love these girls so much, gabriella is so sweet and so loveable, and sharpay is such a queen. the feud comes from an unfulfilled burning desire, actually. every scene feels like it cuts just two seconds before they start kissing.

ideas:

• a take on the story where sharpay's obession with gabriella and troy stems from an overbearing sense of comphet, and her coming to grips with that. then she embraces her newfound identity and tries to romance gabriella as her usual passionate self.
• a post-graduation story. years out past their wildcat days, what do their lives look like now? potentially they have become more solid as people, maybe they have a meet-cute and get to move past high school for good.
• au where gabriella and sharpay actually get the duet instead. forced-proximity and confusing feelings ensue!

relationship(s): ryan evans & gabriella montez, ryan evans & sharpay evans
headcanon(s): ryan — gay. gabriella — bi, trans. sharpay — comphet lesbian, trans.

i love the evans twins when they get along and are working together. they're catty and almost insufferable, but they're just too iconic to dislike. their fashion? to die for! though i also think it'd be fun to see them in conflict and how they get back to being in-step with each other. for gabi and ryan, i think they were so right to introduce them as friends in hsm2, but then they didn't do anything with it!

ideas:

• ryan and sharpay just going about their fabulous life, shopping, lounging, the like. them talking to each other about how they each feel about a major happening in any of the movies.
• one the of the twins struggling through something, and confiding and relying on the other twin. maybe the struggle involves the other twin, and they don't know how to process it without their other half.
• how did ryan and gabriella come to be friends? they match well, both kind and friendly, and ryan has a confidence that i think gabi would admire and could learn from. but what was that inciting moment? maybe there's some drama with ryan or sharpay feeling like ryan is betraying his sister somehow.
• post-graduation, what does the twins relationship look like? where are they in life and how are they faring?

breath of the wild + tears of the kingdom

DNW(s): human au

i played botw like six years late (and actually ended up perfectly timed with the release of totk) and i was so glad i did. these games are so fun and so beautiful. the setting is so rich with detail that could be spun into greater worldbuilding, if you so wished. i think it'd be fun to expand on the lives of those living in hyrule alongside any relationship!

relationship(s): mipha & sidon
headcanon(s): mipha — lesbian, trans (however this would manifest in a fish-person). sidon — gay

i find mipha and to be an especially tragic character, so i think there's angsty nonsense rife with her. what her dedication to fighting ganon meant and how in her sacrifice, she left behind her family and her people. sidon is an always sunny guy, so i think it'd be interesting to explore what her loss really meant for him. mipha's statue, located somewhere gorgeous in totk, and that sidon visits it every night... heart-wrenching.

ideas:

• scenes in their life before mipha became a champion, then later parallels to sidon trying to fulfill his duties as a sage. him feeling that burden and longing for guidance that his sister can no longer give him.
• how sidon stays so upbeat in the face of his loss. what's his mindset? what has he learned from his grief, if he learned anything?

criminal minds

this show is so consistently well-written that it honestly surprises me sometimes, and that really shines with the characters. they fill out an archetype on the team, but they are multi-faceted and interesting and cohere together as an actual team, almost a family. i love those freaks. i'm only about halfway into season 8, so i ask that you pretty please avoid major plot details after that point. i would also rather see works not follow a case format, just because the show has so much of that, and more the in-between/after moments, or scenes outside of canon entirely.

relationship(s): derek morgan/spencer reid, penelope garcia & spencer reid, penelope garcia & derek morgan
headcanon(s): derek — bi. spencer — bi, non-binary. penelope — pan, non-binary

i enjoy derek/spencer particularly for their difference, but also how they bounce off each other and how they can come together for a common goal. they're sweet. i also just love the characters, spencer with his neuroticism and derek's strength that isn't just physical. i also love penelope so much. her interactions with the guys are so heartfelt, and her silly banter with derek makes the show for me.

ideas:

• penelope and spencer bonding over some common nerdy interest, but they both appreciate the same thing for different reasons, or have different attitudes about it, and they half-seriously fight over that. maybe they turn it into a big deal and implicate the rest of the team.
• penleope and derek have a hangout outside of work, featuring their characteristic back-and-forth. maybe exploring what draws these two to each other, and there's room for introspection and some seriousness there.
• i think in-between the happenings of the previous requests, there could be some moried going on around it. maybe penelope schemes to get them closer, or a scheme that backfires, anything really!