Yuletide letter 2020
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harborshoreYAY YULETIDE. As always, one of the better parts of the holiday season.
First things first: I want you to write something you enjoy writing. So anything I mention here is mostly for inspiration and just general thoughts I have about these fandoms, and the only emphatic no-can-dos are the following:
Rape, explicit torture, bleakness - specifically situations where there's no light at all, so to speak, major character death, bashing female characters. And no centering a story on grief, please, though it can absolutely be present in the story.
Things I like in no particular order:
OT3s if the fandom lends itself to it, well-earned happy endings (I love a bit of conflict and complications), found families, spies, pining (if a pairing fic), plotty gen, mystery stories, hurt/comfort, cuddling for warmth, heist stories, cleverness, magic, unexpected crossovers, action, a story about people having food together and talking, etc. I'm eclectic in what fandoms I read and what genres I read.
Here are the fandoms:
Enola Holmes
Well, this movie appeared and cheered me up so much in the middle of a fairly tough autumn! I loved it. As I said in the prompt, one of my favorite genres is the British mystery, so if you want to tug on that thread of this canon, I'll be thrilled, especially if it would involve any of the brilliant women that surrounded Enola's mother. If you want to write some Enola/Viscount cross-dressing, I'm 100% down with that. If you want Enola and her brothers on a caper in London - by all means. I think this movie did an excellent job of having things both be hard, interesting and joyful, in addition to leaning into social issues in a really interesting way. And it was also just such fun.
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
This book! I've reread this book so many times. I think it's fantastic - both an excellent love story and a really well-wrough fantasy (always a favorite - the Dark is Rising is one of my favorite series, for example). You're not required to include all the characters here, and you can branch out in any way you want, I just want MORE. Some of my particular favorite things about the book include: the way Saul and Randolph develop a partnership gradually, both coming from a position of not trusting people, the way real history is so effortlessly intertwined with the mythical and magical aspects of the story Charles is telling, Hugo and Max as the cavalry that can turn a defeat into a victory all by themselves, the hints of a larger magical community that is fighting so very hard against both government corruption and dark forces. Also, it's a very sexy book. Whatever part of it is your favorite, I think you should run with it and write it for me.
The Second Tetralogy - Shakespeare
Hal and Hotspur, man. I've been absolutely fascinated ever since I first read the play, and the Hollow Crown did not help there. I don't want grief and I would like Hal not to kill Hotspur, but otherwise tug on any thread you want regarding these two (including bringing in Hotspur's magnificent wife, I'm an OT3 fan in general and will never complain about that), and I'll be thrilled. You could write them in a modern AU, at university, as rivaling sports stars or politicians or anything you desire, or you could take the canon approach and exploit that marvelous tension there (there's so much to exploit, after all). Run with it, and enjoy it.
First things first: I want you to write something you enjoy writing. So anything I mention here is mostly for inspiration and just general thoughts I have about these fandoms, and the only emphatic no-can-dos are the following:
Rape, explicit torture, bleakness - specifically situations where there's no light at all, so to speak, major character death, bashing female characters. And no centering a story on grief, please, though it can absolutely be present in the story.
Things I like in no particular order:
OT3s if the fandom lends itself to it, well-earned happy endings (I love a bit of conflict and complications), found families, spies, pining (if a pairing fic), plotty gen, mystery stories, hurt/comfort, cuddling for warmth, heist stories, cleverness, magic, unexpected crossovers, action, a story about people having food together and talking, etc. I'm eclectic in what fandoms I read and what genres I read.
Here are the fandoms:
Enola Holmes
Well, this movie appeared and cheered me up so much in the middle of a fairly tough autumn! I loved it. As I said in the prompt, one of my favorite genres is the British mystery, so if you want to tug on that thread of this canon, I'll be thrilled, especially if it would involve any of the brilliant women that surrounded Enola's mother. If you want to write some Enola/Viscount cross-dressing, I'm 100% down with that. If you want Enola and her brothers on a caper in London - by all means. I think this movie did an excellent job of having things both be hard, interesting and joyful, in addition to leaning into social issues in a really interesting way. And it was also just such fun.
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
This book! I've reread this book so many times. I think it's fantastic - both an excellent love story and a really well-wrough fantasy (always a favorite - the Dark is Rising is one of my favorite series, for example). You're not required to include all the characters here, and you can branch out in any way you want, I just want MORE. Some of my particular favorite things about the book include: the way Saul and Randolph develop a partnership gradually, both coming from a position of not trusting people, the way real history is so effortlessly intertwined with the mythical and magical aspects of the story Charles is telling, Hugo and Max as the cavalry that can turn a defeat into a victory all by themselves, the hints of a larger magical community that is fighting so very hard against both government corruption and dark forces. Also, it's a very sexy book. Whatever part of it is your favorite, I think you should run with it and write it for me.
The Second Tetralogy - Shakespeare
Hal and Hotspur, man. I've been absolutely fascinated ever since I first read the play, and the Hollow Crown did not help there. I don't want grief and I would like Hal not to kill Hotspur, but otherwise tug on any thread you want regarding these two (including bringing in Hotspur's magnificent wife, I'm an OT3 fan in general and will never complain about that), and I'll be thrilled. You could write them in a modern AU, at university, as rivaling sports stars or politicians or anything you desire, or you could take the canon approach and exploit that marvelous tension there (there's so much to exploit, after all). Run with it, and enjoy it.