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harborshore) wrote2021-10-22 05:25 pm
harborshore) wrote2021-10-22 05:25 pm
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Yuletide letter 2021
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. I also cannot do major illness right now, particularly cancer, though not-too-serious injuries are fine.
Things I like in no particular order:
OT3s if the fandom lends itself to them, well-earned happy endings (I love a bit of conflict and complications), found families, AUs, 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:
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
Somehow Orsino didn't get nominated! Ah well. What my heart truly desires here is a foursome, somehow, or various permutations of polyamory (if you don't want to write siblings in love, I'm totally okay with that), which can be set in canon or in an AU. My very favorite fic of all time is a modern Austen AU where Mary Bennet ends up with Henry Crawford, so you see I'm down with idiosyncratic approaches to canon. And I love solving love triangles with OT3s or OT4s. But if you want to write me something else, I'd also love anything to do with gender exploration, or Sebastian's adventures prior to coming back, or whatever your heart desires. This play was a very early love of mine, so I'm thrilled if this is what I get.
Birds of Prey (Comic 1999-2009)
BARBARA GORDON queen of my soul. I wanted to be her when I was nine, so much so that my eyes changed color from blue to green (I doubt that was the actual cause, but it did happen, and I was very pleased). And it's Barbara in these comics (Gail SImoooone) that I love the most. Any story centered on her - preferably as Oracle - will make me happy. Dinah/Oracle? YAY. Oracle/Dick? YESSS. Oracle being awesome? YAY (my favorite comic is the one where she's kidnapped and fatally underestimated by the criminal). Oracle and the Bat family? Fantastic.
What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? (Cartoon 2021)
AHHH. This cartoon OWNED ME when I watched it. Peggy! She's my favorite Marvel Character by miles, and I absolutely loved this take. So. Anything set in this verse - or in the future when she comes back, and Steve has somehow survived (so the only thing I don't want is extended dwelling on grief, because for personal reasons I can't quite cope with that right now) - will make me absolutely overjoyed. It can be gen, I've literally rewatched Agent Carter at least four times and enjoy Peggy in mystery-solving or villain-beating mode so much; it can be OTP (STEEEVE) or OT3 (I do enjoy Bucky/Steve/Peggy more than a little). You can also do a crossover with Agent Carter, obviously. Go to town. I'm going to love it.
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. I also cannot do major illness right now, particularly cancer, though not-too-serious injuries are fine.
Things I like in no particular order:
OT3s if the fandom lends itself to them, well-earned happy endings (I love a bit of conflict and complications), found families, AUs, 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:
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
Somehow Orsino didn't get nominated! Ah well. What my heart truly desires here is a foursome, somehow, or various permutations of polyamory (if you don't want to write siblings in love, I'm totally okay with that), which can be set in canon or in an AU. My very favorite fic of all time is a modern Austen AU where Mary Bennet ends up with Henry Crawford, so you see I'm down with idiosyncratic approaches to canon. And I love solving love triangles with OT3s or OT4s. But if you want to write me something else, I'd also love anything to do with gender exploration, or Sebastian's adventures prior to coming back, or whatever your heart desires. This play was a very early love of mine, so I'm thrilled if this is what I get.
Birds of Prey (Comic 1999-2009)
BARBARA GORDON queen of my soul. I wanted to be her when I was nine, so much so that my eyes changed color from blue to green (I doubt that was the actual cause, but it did happen, and I was very pleased). And it's Barbara in these comics (Gail SImoooone) that I love the most. Any story centered on her - preferably as Oracle - will make me happy. Dinah/Oracle? YAY. Oracle/Dick? YESSS. Oracle being awesome? YAY (my favorite comic is the one where she's kidnapped and fatally underestimated by the criminal). Oracle and the Bat family? Fantastic.
What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? (Cartoon 2021)
AHHH. This cartoon OWNED ME when I watched it. Peggy! She's my favorite Marvel Character by miles, and I absolutely loved this take. So. Anything set in this verse - or in the future when she comes back, and Steve has somehow survived (so the only thing I don't want is extended dwelling on grief, because for personal reasons I can't quite cope with that right now) - will make me absolutely overjoyed. It can be gen, I've literally rewatched Agent Carter at least four times and enjoy Peggy in mystery-solving or villain-beating mode so much; it can be OTP (STEEEVE) or OT3 (I do enjoy Bucky/Steve/Peggy more than a little). You can also do a crossover with Agent Carter, obviously. Go to town. I'm going to love it.