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Yuletide letter
It is YULETIDE. Best and most terrifying time of the year, huh?
First! Thank you for offering one of my fandoms, and I'm so excited to see what you come up with. Please write something you're excited about - any prompts offered here are only meant to help, not hinder.
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.
Particular fandom things I like:
Mary Russel - Laurie King
Gabriel, Alistair and Iris Hughenfort (story must feature all of them)
When I saw this fandom offered and these characters in particular, I shrieked. I have wanted fix-it fic for this book (Justice Hall) since I read it - it's a fantastic book, but the tragic backstory of it cries out for a kindly fic writer to make sure Gabriel doesn't die. The thought of that poor kid, dying alone--augh. So. some way of fixing this would be lovely. Whether that's his uncle showing up in the nick of time - maybe the priest managed to write to him? - or his mum, or anything. (I'd be fine with fic also including Henry Hughenfort, obviously, he wasn't in the Yuletide tagset but I love this little unconventional family quite a lot, so feel free to include him as well.) So if you fix this for me, Yuletide writer, you will have my undying gratitude.
Green Men series - KJ Charles
Saul Lazenby and Randolph Glyde (story must feature both of them)
God I love these two. They found each other after so much awfulness, and now they get to save the world, I guess. I love Green Men case fic (I've chatficced some), I also love quiet moments, the lull of the storm, and a particular favorite is when a fic writer figures out a way to let them save the world. (We want the rest of the series, yes we do, but we can't have it (yet? I live in hope), so we must write it.) I also adore this setting and all the weird magic/old ghosts. Love sex between these two, so if you want to write that, I'd be delighted.
Dark is Rising
Bran Davies and Will Stanton
Oh, another two people who found each other in the midst of a very difficult time. I LOVE THEM. I kind of want this to be post-canon, because I particularly adore them as adults, but if you've carried around a plot bunny for a fic set during Silver on the Tree, or something else, by all means, go for it, I'm sure it's wonderful (Yuletide is a great time for writing those things). I ship them (quite madly) but if you do not, gen is totally fine. But yes, post-canon Bran Remembers fic is a favorite genre, and maybe the Dark IS rising again and the son of Pendragon is needed (again). Or perhaps it's just an ordinary day and Bran remembers because of the way the light falls on their breakfast table. Or perhaps they meet again randomly and--yeah, anything in this genre would thrill me.
DNWS: 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 moderately serious injuries are fine.
First! Thank you for offering one of my fandoms, and I'm so excited to see what you come up with. Please write something you're excited about - any prompts offered here are only meant to help, not hinder.
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.
Particular fandom things I like:
Mary Russel - Laurie King
Gabriel, Alistair and Iris Hughenfort (story must feature all of them)
When I saw this fandom offered and these characters in particular, I shrieked. I have wanted fix-it fic for this book (Justice Hall) since I read it - it's a fantastic book, but the tragic backstory of it cries out for a kindly fic writer to make sure Gabriel doesn't die. The thought of that poor kid, dying alone--augh. So. some way of fixing this would be lovely. Whether that's his uncle showing up in the nick of time - maybe the priest managed to write to him? - or his mum, or anything. (I'd be fine with fic also including Henry Hughenfort, obviously, he wasn't in the Yuletide tagset but I love this little unconventional family quite a lot, so feel free to include him as well.) So if you fix this for me, Yuletide writer, you will have my undying gratitude.
Green Men series - KJ Charles
Saul Lazenby and Randolph Glyde (story must feature both of them)
God I love these two. They found each other after so much awfulness, and now they get to save the world, I guess. I love Green Men case fic (I've chatficced some), I also love quiet moments, the lull of the storm, and a particular favorite is when a fic writer figures out a way to let them save the world. (We want the rest of the series, yes we do, but we can't have it (yet? I live in hope), so we must write it.) I also adore this setting and all the weird magic/old ghosts. Love sex between these two, so if you want to write that, I'd be delighted.
Dark is Rising
Bran Davies and Will Stanton
Oh, another two people who found each other in the midst of a very difficult time. I LOVE THEM. I kind of want this to be post-canon, because I particularly adore them as adults, but if you've carried around a plot bunny for a fic set during Silver on the Tree, or something else, by all means, go for it, I'm sure it's wonderful (Yuletide is a great time for writing those things). I ship them (quite madly) but if you do not, gen is totally fine. But yes, post-canon Bran Remembers fic is a favorite genre, and maybe the Dark IS rising again and the son of Pendragon is needed (again). Or perhaps it's just an ordinary day and Bran remembers because of the way the light falls on their breakfast table. Or perhaps they meet again randomly and--yeah, anything in this genre would thrill me.
DNWS: 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 moderately serious injuries are fine.
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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.
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Yuletide letter 2020
YAY 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.
Fic Masterlist
Fic Masterlist
This is a masterlist of my stories. Listed in order according to when I posted them, with the more recent stories first (apart from where I've organized it according to verse). ETA: this is woefully out of date, unfortunately--follow the fic and ficlets tags for the more recent stories. Sorry! It'll be updated when the crazy dies down.
( Bandom and adjacent fandoms )
Ficlets from my monthly prompts posts:
( MCR )
( Other bands )
( Crossovers )
This is a masterlist of my stories. Listed in order according to when I posted them, with the more recent stories first (apart from where I've organized it according to verse). ETA: this is woefully out of date, unfortunately--follow the fic and ficlets tags for the more recent stories. Sorry! It'll be updated when the crazy dies down.
( Bandom and adjacent fandoms )
Ficlets from my monthly prompts posts:
( MCR )
( Other bands )
( Crossovers )
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Yuletide 2019!
*sings* It's the moooost wonderful time of the yeaaaar!
It's Yuletide! This is my most favorite fic exchange because I get to write tiny book fandoms and receive things that would never see the light of day otherwise. It's the best. So you're already my favorite (reference to one of my nominated fandoms unintended) for agreeing to write one of these. I like a wide variety of things - my current favorite fic is an HP/FMA gen WIP that lives on hilarious dialogue and the inner desire of the POV character to murder the incompetent people around him, but I've also been known to enjoy your garden variety coffee shop AU or Avengers canon-related Bucky/Steve, as well as reading fic for fandoms I've never encountered in the wild. It's mostly about the writing quality, really.
Things I like:
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.
Things I don't enjoy:
Rape, explicit torture, bleakness - specifically situations where there's no light at all, so to speak, major character death, bashing female characters.
Here are the fandoms:
The Favourite (2018)
Oh, these three. Abigail! Sarah! THE QUEEN. I specifically don't want anything where they end up unhappy, but gen, OT3, whatever, as long as they get to be their delightful selves and be HAPPY. And intrigue is fine - intrigue where they outmaneuver some fucking men would be ace. I want them all to win the game, essentially, and if that happens via getting Abigail pregnant and passing her child off as Anne's somehow (I realize royal succession is complicated) that also works. They could also just spend the entire story having delightful sex and enjoying one another. The movie was so gorgeous and so sexy, and the women were so compelling. I adored it so much.
Rocketman (2019)
Ray was the most darling bit of sunshine, incredibly in love with Elton, and so tragically quiet about it. My fucking heart, essentially. The one thing I don't want is tragic pining and no happy ending, because there's so much tragic queer stuff out there and while it's beautiful I need a little more joy in my life. That isn't to say it can't be sad along the way but I want Ray to be happy at the end, please. With Elton, if possible. All the movie was missing (for me) was a duet between the two of them before they rode into the sunset (I'm aware Elton's actual husband turned up later, but poetic license, please, he COULD have been named Ray, I mean, the movie had plenty of more fantastical things happening).
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Somehow Max didn't get nominated. I wish I'd known! You're not required to include all the characters here - what I super would adore would be the Hugh/Max sequel to Green Men, micro (just a day in the life) or macro (they're the cavalry, after all), or how they get together as a couple, or the expanded prequel (we got how Randolph recruited them in a KJ Charles short, but an extended version of that would be amazing - how did they start trusting him?). I'd ALSO be thrilled with Saul and Randolph, because this is my very favorite KJ Charles book and more - just more! - would be excellent.
It's Yuletide! This is my most favorite fic exchange because I get to write tiny book fandoms and receive things that would never see the light of day otherwise. It's the best. So you're already my favorite (reference to one of my nominated fandoms unintended) for agreeing to write one of these. I like a wide variety of things - my current favorite fic is an HP/FMA gen WIP that lives on hilarious dialogue and the inner desire of the POV character to murder the incompetent people around him, but I've also been known to enjoy your garden variety coffee shop AU or Avengers canon-related Bucky/Steve, as well as reading fic for fandoms I've never encountered in the wild. It's mostly about the writing quality, really.
Things I like:
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.
Things I don't enjoy:
Rape, explicit torture, bleakness - specifically situations where there's no light at all, so to speak, major character death, bashing female characters.
Here are the fandoms:
The Favourite (2018)
Oh, these three. Abigail! Sarah! THE QUEEN. I specifically don't want anything where they end up unhappy, but gen, OT3, whatever, as long as they get to be their delightful selves and be HAPPY. And intrigue is fine - intrigue where they outmaneuver some fucking men would be ace. I want them all to win the game, essentially, and if that happens via getting Abigail pregnant and passing her child off as Anne's somehow (I realize royal succession is complicated) that also works. They could also just spend the entire story having delightful sex and enjoying one another. The movie was so gorgeous and so sexy, and the women were so compelling. I adored it so much.
Rocketman (2019)
Ray was the most darling bit of sunshine, incredibly in love with Elton, and so tragically quiet about it. My fucking heart, essentially. The one thing I don't want is tragic pining and no happy ending, because there's so much tragic queer stuff out there and while it's beautiful I need a little more joy in my life. That isn't to say it can't be sad along the way but I want Ray to be happy at the end, please. With Elton, if possible. All the movie was missing (for me) was a duet between the two of them before they rode into the sunset (I'm aware Elton's actual husband turned up later, but poetic license, please, he COULD have been named Ray, I mean, the movie had plenty of more fantastical things happening).
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Somehow Max didn't get nominated. I wish I'd known! You're not required to include all the characters here - what I super would adore would be the Hugh/Max sequel to Green Men, micro (just a day in the life) or macro (they're the cavalry, after all), or how they get together as a couple, or the expanded prequel (we got how Randolph recruited them in a KJ Charles short, but an extended version of that would be amazing - how did they start trusting him?). I'd ALSO be thrilled with Saul and Randolph, because this is my very favorite KJ Charles book and more - just more! - would be excellent.
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Yuletide 2018 letter
Dearest writer!
Yuletide is my favorite fic exchange of the year, and rest assured that whichever of the below fandoms we have matched on, I shall be happy to receive the gift. I'm truly SUPER EXCITED.
Some general YAY/NAY things:
YAY: 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.
NAY: torture or rape described in detail, an absence of hope, bashing female characters, major character death, grief.
Fandom-specific:
The Reluctant Widow
The first time I read this book, I found it a little dull. The lead couple is not the MOST compelling of Heyers (apologies if we've matched and you love them, you're super welcome to convince me otherwise). Then I read it again, and realized Francis Cheviot was hilarious, competent, coded sort of queer, and trying very hard to bring things off while the lovers got in his way. SO. Write me ANYTHING with Francis. How he was recruited to be a spy for the Crown (as I sort of made up my mind he was), how he fell into bed with a man for the first time, his work behind the scenes during the book, etc. Anything. I love him.
Derkholm Series
Kit and Blade - oh man. I've wanted more of their story since I first read the books. (This is perhaps the set of Wynne Jones books that I've reread the most, which says quite a lot.) I love the way magic works in this universe, and I love growing up-stories, and I love sibling stories, and I adore the two of them. So! ANYTHING GOES. How did they become the competent duo we see in the Ella book? What happens after, when Blade falls for Claudia? Could there be a magical detective story in there, or a crossover with another Wynne Jones book?
Green Men Series
One of my all-time favorite books, this one. Hugh and Max are fascinating. I'd love anything to do with their backstory, how they found Randolph, how they fell for one another (as is implied they have), what happens after the book and how they contribute, etc. My caveat against torture described in detail still stands, but there is much you can do even so. Feel free to write about any of the other characters offered in the fandom as well, I love them all, but I'd prefer the focus to be on Hugh and Max.
The Course of Honour
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. This story. Like I said before, pining is a favorite trope, and this story represents one of the most skillful pining lovestories I've ever read. It is ALSO a mystery, which of course makes me love it even more. They have their well-earned happy ending, so feel free to write me utter teeth-rotting fluff here, like how they learn to trust one another more deeply, how they figure out they're both competent as fuck even though the world has told them differently, how the first diplomatic mission goes...
Yuletide is my favorite fic exchange of the year, and rest assured that whichever of the below fandoms we have matched on, I shall be happy to receive the gift. I'm truly SUPER EXCITED.
Some general YAY/NAY things:
YAY: 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.
NAY: torture or rape described in detail, an absence of hope, bashing female characters, major character death, grief.
Fandom-specific:
The Reluctant Widow
The first time I read this book, I found it a little dull. The lead couple is not the MOST compelling of Heyers (apologies if we've matched and you love them, you're super welcome to convince me otherwise). Then I read it again, and realized Francis Cheviot was hilarious, competent, coded sort of queer, and trying very hard to bring things off while the lovers got in his way. SO. Write me ANYTHING with Francis. How he was recruited to be a spy for the Crown (as I sort of made up my mind he was), how he fell into bed with a man for the first time, his work behind the scenes during the book, etc. Anything. I love him.
Derkholm Series
Kit and Blade - oh man. I've wanted more of their story since I first read the books. (This is perhaps the set of Wynne Jones books that I've reread the most, which says quite a lot.) I love the way magic works in this universe, and I love growing up-stories, and I love sibling stories, and I adore the two of them. So! ANYTHING GOES. How did they become the competent duo we see in the Ella book? What happens after, when Blade falls for Claudia? Could there be a magical detective story in there, or a crossover with another Wynne Jones book?
Green Men Series
One of my all-time favorite books, this one. Hugh and Max are fascinating. I'd love anything to do with their backstory, how they found Randolph, how they fell for one another (as is implied they have), what happens after the book and how they contribute, etc. My caveat against torture described in detail still stands, but there is much you can do even so. Feel free to write about any of the other characters offered in the fandom as well, I love them all, but I'd prefer the focus to be on Hugh and Max.
The Course of Honour
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. This story. Like I said before, pining is a favorite trope, and this story represents one of the most skillful pining lovestories I've ever read. It is ALSO a mystery, which of course makes me love it even more. They have their well-earned happy ending, so feel free to write me utter teeth-rotting fluff here, like how they learn to trust one another more deeply, how they figure out they're both competent as fuck even though the world has told them differently, how the first diplomatic mission goes...
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Yuletide 2016
Yuletide 2016! Already! WHERE DID MY AUTUMN GO.
FIRST, let me tell you that I honestly, honestly mean it when I say I will be happy with anything. YOU ARE THE BEST PERSON EVER for wanting to write one of my slightly oddball requests, and I love you for it. My most favorite fic ever is a Modern AU Austen mixed bag with Mary Bennet/Henry Crawford, and the recs tag on this journal contains everything from XMFC gen about hugs, a quietly badass and irritable lady undercover cop who plays drums, a college fic where everyone is hilarious and adorable and the lead girl eventually finds love, a gen story about a magical house (I also wrote a magical house story, come to think of it). Really and truly, write the story you want to write, and I will be the happiest.
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Likes (in no particular order): alternate universes; crossovers; explosions; stories where people grow up and figure themselves out; cuddling; happy endings that have been worked for; love; good dialogue; magical realism; comedy; whimsy; stories that hurt but are hopeful; action/adventure stories (I'm not kidding about the explosions, especially if they have cuddling afterwards); violence; best friends falling in love; threesomes. The thing I might like the most is oddball crossovers or AUs that make too much sense (like the aforementioned Austen fic). But I also love stories that dig deep into canon and make it better or more true or fits perfectly.
Dislikes: stories where no hope can be found; sexual assault as a trope (I've been known to read survivor!fic, but I'd really rather have it not happen at all); or other graphic descriptions of violence against helpless women; bashing of canon het pairings; bleak endings; women being defined entirely by who they're dating. OH. And I have an embarrassment squick.
Fandom-specific:
Arthurian mythology
I've read everything from T.H. White to Mary Stewart to the much older renditions of this myth, and I often love it very much. The thing that has always gotten to me, though, is that I wanted Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere to end up together. Even twelve-year old Vee thought it was very unfair. So if you could contrive that, I would be incredibly pleased. You might have to move them to a different setting to do it: fair enough.
Black Panther
I should be specific here - I want the "new" comics run, the Nehisi-Coates one. Apart from that, there is very little you could write that I wouldn't be thrilled with. Dig into the mythology, tell me what he did before he came back, find me a way to make him happily in love, hell, even throw in Bucky Barnes as the frozen damsel in distress and demonstrate to the world that this is the best hero in the MCU universe - I realize that necessitates a movie crossover, but I'd be okay with that too.
Henry IV
Ahhhhh, favorite play. (Shakespeare nerd, me.) Here's another OT3 I love - Hal and Hotspur and Hotspur's lovely Kate - but I'd be pleased with anything set here, particularly Hal learning to grow up and all the ways that might go. And if there ends up being magic in this world, or if we have a modern AU, or a crossover with Midsummer Night's Dream--that's okay too.
FIRST, let me tell you that I honestly, honestly mean it when I say I will be happy with anything. YOU ARE THE BEST PERSON EVER for wanting to write one of my slightly oddball requests, and I love you for it. My most favorite fic ever is a Modern AU Austen mixed bag with Mary Bennet/Henry Crawford, and the recs tag on this journal contains everything from XMFC gen about hugs, a quietly badass and irritable lady undercover cop who plays drums, a college fic where everyone is hilarious and adorable and the lead girl eventually finds love, a gen story about a magical house (I also wrote a magical house story, come to think of it). Really and truly, write the story you want to write, and I will be the happiest.
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Likes (in no particular order): alternate universes; crossovers; explosions; stories where people grow up and figure themselves out; cuddling; happy endings that have been worked for; love; good dialogue; magical realism; comedy; whimsy; stories that hurt but are hopeful; action/adventure stories (I'm not kidding about the explosions, especially if they have cuddling afterwards); violence; best friends falling in love; threesomes. The thing I might like the most is oddball crossovers or AUs that make too much sense (like the aforementioned Austen fic). But I also love stories that dig deep into canon and make it better or more true or fits perfectly.
Dislikes: stories where no hope can be found; sexual assault as a trope (I've been known to read survivor!fic, but I'd really rather have it not happen at all); or other graphic descriptions of violence against helpless women; bashing of canon het pairings; bleak endings; women being defined entirely by who they're dating. OH. And I have an embarrassment squick.
Fandom-specific:
Arthurian mythology
I've read everything from T.H. White to Mary Stewart to the much older renditions of this myth, and I often love it very much. The thing that has always gotten to me, though, is that I wanted Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere to end up together. Even twelve-year old Vee thought it was very unfair. So if you could contrive that, I would be incredibly pleased. You might have to move them to a different setting to do it: fair enough.
Black Panther
I should be specific here - I want the "new" comics run, the Nehisi-Coates one. Apart from that, there is very little you could write that I wouldn't be thrilled with. Dig into the mythology, tell me what he did before he came back, find me a way to make him happily in love, hell, even throw in Bucky Barnes as the frozen damsel in distress and demonstrate to the world that this is the best hero in the MCU universe - I realize that necessitates a movie crossover, but I'd be okay with that too.
Henry IV
Ahhhhh, favorite play. (Shakespeare nerd, me.) Here's another OT3 I love - Hal and Hotspur and Hotspur's lovely Kate - but I'd be pleased with anything set here, particularly Hal learning to grow up and all the ways that might go. And if there ends up being magic in this world, or if we have a modern AU, or a crossover with Midsummer Night's Dream--that's okay too.
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has it really been 3 months?
wow. hi! i didn't mean not to post. i'm mostly on tumblr (infierceways) and twitter (veethorn) these days, but i'm definitely here as well.
since i last said hi, i've received an extension at work until november 1st (and a somewhat mostly likely one until january 1st, but i don't have the contract yet). sweden has moved into summer and so i can sit on my balcony and drink beer and look at the water. i went a bit mental from stress for a while, but my anxiety levels aren't near where they used to be, still, (or at least the spikes are way fewer and further between). oh, and i've fallen into both hockey (the blackhawks, which means that my fretting is at ulcer-inducing levels at the moment) and les mis, so along with avengers there are rather a lot of good things happening, fannish-wise.
how are you? what's new? love love love.
since i last said hi, i've received an extension at work until november 1st (and a somewhat mostly likely one until january 1st, but i don't have the contract yet). sweden has moved into summer and so i can sit on my balcony and drink beer and look at the water. i went a bit mental from stress for a while, but my anxiety levels aren't near where they used to be, still, (or at least the spikes are way fewer and further between). oh, and i've fallen into both hockey (the blackhawks, which means that my fretting is at ulcer-inducing levels at the moment) and les mis, so along with avengers there are rather a lot of good things happening, fannish-wise.
how are you? what's new? love love love.
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all my hugs are for you
I know lots of you are really sad right now. So much love. They're not my band anymore, but I'm going to be grateful for the timing and the spirit of the Black Parade forever, because that album got me through so much, and oh, Internet, I wish I could hug you. ♥
happy belated galentine's day <3
Happy Galentine's Day, lovelies! In honor of the day, I would like to offer the following:
- Comment with "COMPLIMENT" and I will give you a compliment!
- Comment with a female character from any fandom/source I know about and I will tell you at least one thing I love about her. (or if you pick one I don't, I'll use the google machine and make some shit up.)
- Comment with a prompt/scenario involving two or more female characters and I'll give you a SHORT rundown of how it went down.
- Comment and ask me to tell you about that one time that you and I ___________ together.
- Comment with "COMPLIMENT" and I will give you a compliment!
- Comment with a female character from any fandom/source I know about and I will tell you at least one thing I love about her. (or if you pick one I don't, I'll use the google machine and make some shit up.)
- Comment with a prompt/scenario involving two or more female characters and I'll give you a SHORT rundown of how it went down.
- Comment and ask me to tell you about that one time that you and I ___________ together.
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Skipping ahead in the snowflakes
Day 13 is asking for recs, and I could use some.
I'm translating subtitles for a set of videos about sexual exploitation of teens online, and it's hard going. They're good videos, but the stories are heart-wrenching.
So. I could use recs that feature enthusiastic consent. Any fandom, really.
I'm translating subtitles for a set of videos about sexual exploitation of teens online, and it's hard going. They're good videos, but the stories are heart-wrenching.
So. I could use recs that feature enthusiastic consent. Any fandom, really.
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trope bingo!
I have a trope bingo card!
Now tell me what to write! The primary fandom is Avengers, though weird crossovers, tiny book fandoms, Veronica Mars, DC Comics, The Hollow Crown, and Elementary may also be fair game.
ETA: And I forgot to tell them to exclude certain things, so slavefic and hooker AUs are in there even though I don't/can't write that.
| de-aged | day at the beach | wingfic | au: other | forced to marry |
| fusion | secret twin / doppelganger | immortality / reincarnation | au: steampunk | kidfic |
| genderswap | huddle for warmth | FREE ★ SPACE |
au: hooker / porn / stripper | in vino veritas / drunkfic |
| locked in | au: neighbors | au: historical | mind control | virginfic / secretly a virgin |
| handcuffed / bound together | slavefic | accidental marriage | amnesia | au: daemons |
Now tell me what to write! The primary fandom is Avengers, though weird crossovers, tiny book fandoms, Veronica Mars, DC Comics, The Hollow Crown, and Elementary may also be fair game.
ETA: And I forgot to tell them to exclude certain things, so slavefic and hooker AUs are in there even though I don't/can't write that.
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Still Not a Year in Review Or My Yuletide Recs
Snowflake Challenge Days 2, 3 and 4
Day 2: Recs for fanworks you haven't created
This one is hard, because I read very fast and I read a lot, so narrowing down my stories-I-liked of the last week is difficult, let alone trying to pull from a wider pool. But. From my favorite tag at pinboard, these are some stories I love very much and that mean the world to me:
1. Trigger Discipline XMFC, Raven gen. Because Raven deserves a story in which she doesn't leave her brother to die on a beach (as if she would, ever), and this is a very good one.
2. Perdition Downton Abbey, Thomas/OMC. Because Thomas ought to have a boyfriend, and this story deals with him so sweetly but so fairly that I had my heart in my throat the whole time. It doesn't pull any punches, either, when it comes to being queer at that time, but there's no unhappy ending. For once.
3. New Beautiful Things Come XMFC, Charles/Erik. Because I reread this story when I want a story that deals with disability well and with queerness in a fucking stunning way and does justice to social activism and art and ordinary people trying to love each other and live well. And Raven, oh Raven.
4. The War is Over series XMFC, implied past Charles/Erik, Alex/Darwin. This was written for me, and it's--well. Post-movie, slowly putting themselves back together, an AU in the fact that Darwin's alive but the beach happened, and it's perfect. And you should read it just for the moment when Rogue, very young and with a very dangerous mutation, meets Darwin, who can survive that too.
Day 3: Introduce yourself/talk to someone new
You're just going to have to trust me that I'm working on this.
Day 4: A list of fanworks you'd want to exist/receive/etc
1. I want more Leverage OT3 fic. Because there is badly any, and it ought to exist.
2. I really adore fanmixes. And fanart, obviously, but that seems so big it's hard to ask for (and I got the best fanart EVER from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
absenteye once). And podfic, but you know what? Someone just podficced one of my stories, my Brendon/Peter Parker ficlet, and that's getting a SEPARATE REC, but I am beyond thrilled.
3. More Raven stories. More stories where Natasha is treated fairly and like a person with characteristics that don't get attributed to her because she's a girl (there are some! There are some glorious stories, but I want there to be more.). More stories where h/c means being there for someone until they can stand on their own, not fixing the other person.
Day 2: Recs for fanworks you haven't created
This one is hard, because I read very fast and I read a lot, so narrowing down my stories-I-liked of the last week is difficult, let alone trying to pull from a wider pool. But. From my favorite tag at pinboard, these are some stories I love very much and that mean the world to me:
1. Trigger Discipline XMFC, Raven gen. Because Raven deserves a story in which she doesn't leave her brother to die on a beach (as if she would, ever), and this is a very good one.
2. Perdition Downton Abbey, Thomas/OMC. Because Thomas ought to have a boyfriend, and this story deals with him so sweetly but so fairly that I had my heart in my throat the whole time. It doesn't pull any punches, either, when it comes to being queer at that time, but there's no unhappy ending. For once.
3. New Beautiful Things Come XMFC, Charles/Erik. Because I reread this story when I want a story that deals with disability well and with queerness in a fucking stunning way and does justice to social activism and art and ordinary people trying to love each other and live well. And Raven, oh Raven.
4. The War is Over series XMFC, implied past Charles/Erik, Alex/Darwin. This was written for me, and it's--well. Post-movie, slowly putting themselves back together, an AU in the fact that Darwin's alive but the beach happened, and it's perfect. And you should read it just for the moment when Rogue, very young and with a very dangerous mutation, meets Darwin, who can survive that too.
Day 3: Introduce yourself/talk to someone new
You're just going to have to trust me that I'm working on this.
Day 4: A list of fanworks you'd want to exist/receive/etc
1. I want more Leverage OT3 fic. Because there is badly any, and it ought to exist.
2. I really adore fanmixes. And fanart, obviously, but that seems so big it's hard to ask for (and I got the best fanart EVER from
absenteye once). And podfic, but you know what? Someone just podficced one of my stories, my Brendon/Peter Parker ficlet, and that's getting a SEPARATE REC, but I am beyond thrilled.3. More Raven stories. More stories where Natasha is treated fairly and like a person with characteristics that don't get attributed to her because she's a girl (there are some! There are some glorious stories, but I want there to be more.). More stories where h/c means being there for someone until they can stand on their own, not fixing the other person.
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Fic Post: This Room is Too Quiet
Title: This Room is Too Quiet
Rating: PG
Pairing: pre Bucky/Steve, Natasha/Clint/Coulson
Contains: Vague allusions to trauma.
Word Count: 816
Summary: Bucky needs some help. Steve does his best. Post-movie.
Set during my Marvel Big Bang, but as long as you accept the premise of Bucky being in SHIELD Medical, it can mostly stand on its own. Here on AO3.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Avengers.
Author’s Notes: Happy very belated birthday to my dearestgoshemily. The title is from “Breath of Life” by Florence and the Machine.
( This Room is Too Quiet )
Rating: PG
Pairing: pre Bucky/Steve, Natasha/Clint/Coulson
Contains: Vague allusions to trauma.
Word Count: 816
Summary: Bucky needs some help. Steve does his best. Post-movie.
Set during my Marvel Big Bang, but as long as you accept the premise of Bucky being in SHIELD Medical, it can mostly stand on its own. Here on AO3.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Avengers.
Author’s Notes: Happy very belated birthday to my dearest
goshemily. The title is from “Breath of Life” by Florence and the Machine.( This Room is Too Quiet )
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thanksgiving
- I'm thankful for my family. Ever and always.
- I'm thankful things are better than they were.
- Old news by now, but I'm so thankful the US election went in the right direction.
- I have no words for how thankful I am for the ceasefire in Gaza. My friend is safe (she's expecting her first child any day now), her husband is safe (he's an Israeli reservist), no more civilians will die in Gaza, no more children, not today.
- I'm thankful that I have the capacity to learn.
- I'm thankful that as scared as I often am, as anxious as I always am, sometimes I can use the way my mind goes in circles to narrow down my options and begin resolving a situation.
- I'm thankful for chocolate. And kittens. And Natasha Romanoff's existence.
- I'm thankful for my friends. Without you--yeah.
- Writing. I'm thankful for writing, even when I can't really do it. It helps.
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Fic Post: This Time It Wasn't The End
Title: This Time It Wasn’t the End
Rating: PG-13/R
Pairing: Natasha/Clint/Coulson, pre Bucky/Steve
Contains: Graphic depictions of violence, deals with grief and trauma.
Word Count: 11660
Summary: Bucky Barnes is found alive and Natasha gets her best friend back, slowly.
A story about recovery and love. And guns. And fighting your way back out of hell.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Avengers.
Author’s Notes: The title is from “Breath of Life” by Florence and the Machine. All of the love and gratitude goes totorakowalski and soemily for freaking spectacular betas on very short notice. Any remaining problems are entirely my fault.
Thanks also toinner_voice for FANTASTIC art, which is here and which you should look at AFTER finishing the fic. Because the last picture is vaguely spoilery for the ending. AND LOVELY. Did I mention I love my art? Tell her you love it.
This Time It Wasn't The End
Rating: PG-13/R
Pairing: Natasha/Clint/Coulson, pre Bucky/Steve
Contains: Graphic depictions of violence, deals with grief and trauma.
Word Count: 11660
Summary: Bucky Barnes is found alive and Natasha gets her best friend back, slowly.
A story about recovery and love. And guns. And fighting your way back out of hell.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Avengers.
Author’s Notes: The title is from “Breath of Life” by Florence and the Machine. All of the love and gratitude goes to
torakowalski and soemily for freaking spectacular betas on very short notice. Any remaining problems are entirely my fault. Thanks also to
inner_voice for FANTASTIC art, which is here and which you should look at AFTER finishing the fic. Because the last picture is vaguely spoilery for the ending. AND LOVELY. Did I mention I love my art? Tell her you love it. This Time It Wasn't The End
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OH AMERICA
Every time I read an election-related entry I start weeping with relief. Again. All the love to you, this was a BEAUTIFUL thing to behold.
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Yuletide!
Dearest Yuletide writer!
Apologies in advance for what might be a very excitable letter. I'm VERY EXCITED, you see. FIRST: you are already my favorite person, because you love something that I love very much, and I will absolutely and truly adore anything that you come up with for any of these fandoms. I have been known to write and read anything from very cuddly gen to long stories about revolutionaries to magical realism to cross-dressing porn. Write the story you want to write, is what I'm saying. Feel free to ignore all my excitable ramblings.
( Some specifics, if that would be helpful )
Apologies in advance for what might be a very excitable letter. I'm VERY EXCITED, you see. FIRST: you are already my favorite person, because you love something that I love very much, and I will absolutely and truly adore anything that you come up with for any of these fandoms. I have been known to write and read anything from very cuddly gen to long stories about revolutionaries to magical realism to cross-dressing porn. Write the story you want to write, is what I'm saying. Feel free to ignore all my excitable ramblings.
( Some specifics, if that would be helpful )