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Yuletide letter
Oct. 20th, 2023 09:32 pmIt 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.
Yuletide letter 2021
Oct. 22nd, 2021 05:25 pmFirst 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.
Yuletide letter 2020
Oct. 25th, 2020 11:50 amYAY 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.
Yuletide 2019!
Oct. 27th, 2019 10:47 am*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.
Yuletide 2018 letter
Oct. 15th, 2018 01:01 pmDearest 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...
Yuletide 2016
Oct. 6th, 2016 11:45 pmYuletide 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.
( Read more... )
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.
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 )
Yuletide! And other wonderful things.
Dec. 25th, 2011 04:05 pmI got my Yuletide! It's a LOVELY pre-canon The Hour story, where Freddie is pining and Bel is bright and everyone is a little drunk (or a lot) and they're feeling so much, and oh, I love it. Ugh, this show. Ugh, this story. Wall Clock in the Top Drawer, go read and tell the author they are wonderful. SO wonderful. ♥
I am also going to rec this verse again, because while reccing my Yuletide I realized I never told you lot about the last story in this verse (which was written for me on the worst day of December) and Christmas is a good time to reread stories about bb!Rogue and Darwin hugging and a post-canon XMFC verse where everyone needs cuddling and it's both sweet and sharp and amazing. &Tora;
I am also going to rec this verse again, because while reccing my Yuletide I realized I never told you lot about the last story in this verse (which was written for me on the worst day of December) and Christmas is a good time to reread stories about bb!Rogue and Darwin hugging and a post-canon XMFC verse where everyone needs cuddling and it's both sweet and sharp and amazing. &Tora;
Dear Yuletide Author
Nov. 19th, 2011 04:39 pmHI. Sorry it took so long to write my letter! It's been kind of excessively crazy around these parts, mostly on the work front. Which is clearly why I'm spending my last half hour writing this letter to you. Ahem.
FIRST, let me tell you that I honestly, honestly mean it when I say I will be happy with anything. Check through my recs tag on this journal and you will find 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.
( more specific stuff, if that would be helpful )
FIRST, let me tell you that I honestly, honestly mean it when I say I will be happy with anything. Check through my recs tag on this journal and you will find 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.
( more specific stuff, if that would be helpful )
Reveals are up! I haven't read much yet this year, what with working a lot during the past week, so I have one million rec posts in tabs from before the reveal and am expecting to do some reading over the next week.
First things first: again, a million thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elementalv for writing The first time..., the Bliss/Pash figuring-it-out fic of my HEART. I loved it so much; I love them so much. Go read and tell her she's awesome. I've reread that story at least eight times and I start quietly beaming to myself every time. So much ♥ (And if you haven't seen Whip It, any of you, oh my god, DO SO IMMEDIATELY.)
Secondly, I wrote Journey To Make, Horizon To Chase for metonymy, which was Narnia/Tam Lin and Susan/Caspian. I just--I don't think I can properly explain how much I loved writing this. I'm going to babble some more about it below, with spoilers for the central idea behind the story.
( you know when you get a prompt and you immediately start to smile? )
First things first: again, a million thanks to
elementalv for writing The first time..., the Bliss/Pash figuring-it-out fic of my HEART. I loved it so much; I love them so much. Go read and tell her she's awesome. I've reread that story at least eight times and I start quietly beaming to myself every time. So much ♥ (And if you haven't seen Whip It, any of you, oh my god, DO SO IMMEDIATELY.)Secondly, I wrote Journey To Make, Horizon To Chase for metonymy, which was Narnia/Tam Lin and Susan/Caspian. I just--I don't think I can properly explain how much I loved writing this. I'm going to babble some more about it below, with spoilers for the central idea behind the story.
( you know when you get a prompt and you immediately start to smile? )
Merry Christmas! (recs)
Dec. 25th, 2010 09:55 pmDarling flist, it's the day after Christmas for me and actual Christmas for many of you: hi. I hope you're having a good day whether or not you celebrate, and I just wanted to say hi and love and stuff. Thanks for sticking around through what was a fairly tough year in many ways (though awesome in so many others). More on this later.
Right now I just want to rec two stories that lovely people wrote for me:
The First Time... is my Yuletide, and it's Bliss and Pash from Whip It, which, holy shit, have I ever said how much I love that movie? I LOVE THAT MOVIE. And this fic nails Bliss and her awkwardnesses and her certainties and her eventually-gets-everything-right so well, it made me absolutely super-happy. GO READ.
Then there's the Bandom Christmas challenge one, which, oh. It's To Wait For Love with Annie and Z and Z, oh, this Z is so perfect. She's quirky and getting steadier and she's figuring herself and her feelings out and I just--it's like you know me or something, dearest author. Thank you.
So go read about girls falling in love, you know, in between opening gifts and eating too much food or staring at the snow (or the flood, in one case). I'm going to go watch Mamma Mia with my family and SING ALONG TO EVERY SONG. Because we're dorks like that. And then I will crash; holy shit, how am I still this tired?
Right now I just want to rec two stories that lovely people wrote for me:
The First Time... is my Yuletide, and it's Bliss and Pash from Whip It, which, holy shit, have I ever said how much I love that movie? I LOVE THAT MOVIE. And this fic nails Bliss and her awkwardnesses and her certainties and her eventually-gets-everything-right so well, it made me absolutely super-happy. GO READ.
Then there's the Bandom Christmas challenge one, which, oh. It's To Wait For Love with Annie and Z and Z, oh, this Z is so perfect. She's quirky and getting steadier and she's figuring herself and her feelings out and I just--it's like you know me or something, dearest author. Thank you.
So go read about girls falling in love, you know, in between opening gifts and eating too much food or staring at the snow (or the flood, in one case). I'm going to go watch Mamma Mia with my family and SING ALONG TO EVERY SONG. Because we're dorks like that. And then I will crash; holy shit, how am I still this tired?
Darlings, darlings. Things are a little tiresome right now, so I'm not around a whole lot. When I'm in a fandom space I'm mostly writing.
Speaking of writing! I wrote Have The Night, The Morning Too forathenejen, and okay, so, you will now understand why it was so obviously mine. The fandom is "Delilah," the Dresden Dolls song, and it's the story of Mandy, the graduate student at the University of Minnesota, who falls helplessly in love with her best friend. Only, well, she's an impossible girl, right? Bright and wanting to change the world and beautiful and--it's a little difficult for Mandy.
I loved writing this story more than I've loved writing anything in a while. I actually had this fandom on my list of requests but removed it because I realized I had a specific story in mind, and that never works out, so I took it off. (Children, take note: it is rarely a good idea to tell someone else to write a story that you have already planned out.) Imagine my surprise when I got my assignment: the prompt was on the list. I could write my story. I had marvelous betas:thesamefire and bexless were awesomely helpful and made it so much sharper and cleaner. I LOVE YOU TWO.
So if you read it, I'd love to hear what you think. Over there or over here. ♥
And if you want more femmeslash, you could go read Scrap, the lovely Lyn-Z/Amanda story that someone wrote for me. It's a quiet story, despite the fierceness of the two ladies, and I really like that, I like it a lot. I also love that the author wrote me a slow progression, and also managed a story where the sex wasn't automatically something that meant love, not right away. Also, this moment: Later, onstage, she had a sudden sense memory of pressing her face into Amanda's stomach, the welcoming warmth of Amanda's flesh. During the next guitar solo Lyn-Z did a backbend and stuck her bare belly straight up at the blazing sun. That's my girl, right there.
You could also always read Through The Grapevine, which is my Yuletide and was written by the lovelyschneestern. It's not femmeslash, that's true, but it's Allison Fucking Hargreeves, Rumor my Rumor, and it's a sharp and perfect story. I still love how vicious it is, how right it feels. It's everything I wanted, everything. It has early Rumor, it has the first time she used her power, it has her families, her power (holy fuck, the way her power works here)--yeah, perfect.
Speaking of writing! I wrote Have The Night, The Morning Too for
athenejen, and okay, so, you will now understand why it was so obviously mine. The fandom is "Delilah," the Dresden Dolls song, and it's the story of Mandy, the graduate student at the University of Minnesota, who falls helplessly in love with her best friend. Only, well, she's an impossible girl, right? Bright and wanting to change the world and beautiful and--it's a little difficult for Mandy.I loved writing this story more than I've loved writing anything in a while. I actually had this fandom on my list of requests but removed it because I realized I had a specific story in mind, and that never works out, so I took it off. (Children, take note: it is rarely a good idea to tell someone else to write a story that you have already planned out.) Imagine my surprise when I got my assignment: the prompt was on the list. I could write my story. I had marvelous betas:
thesamefire and bexless were awesomely helpful and made it so much sharper and cleaner. I LOVE YOU TWO.So if you read it, I'd love to hear what you think. Over there or over here. ♥
And if you want more femmeslash, you could go read Scrap, the lovely Lyn-Z/Amanda story that someone wrote for me. It's a quiet story, despite the fierceness of the two ladies, and I really like that, I like it a lot. I also love that the author wrote me a slow progression, and also managed a story where the sex wasn't automatically something that meant love, not right away. Also, this moment: Later, onstage, she had a sudden sense memory of pressing her face into Amanda's stomach, the welcoming warmth of Amanda's flesh. During the next guitar solo Lyn-Z did a backbend and stuck her bare belly straight up at the blazing sun. That's my girl, right there.
You could also always read Through The Grapevine, which is my Yuletide and was written by the lovely
schneestern. It's not femmeslash, that's true, but it's Allison Fucking Hargreeves, Rumor my Rumor, and it's a sharp and perfect story. I still love how vicious it is, how right it feels. It's everything I wanted, everything. It has early Rumor, it has the first time she used her power, it has her families, her power (holy fuck, the way her power works here)--yeah, perfect.So do we have any Umbrella Academy fans around here? Yeah, you know, I fucking thought so.
I woke up this morning with Through The Grapevine in my inbox, and oh my god, Allison Fucking Hargreeves. This is pitch-perfect Rumor, sharp and nasty and almost-sweet, this is a violent and wonderful and amazing and I just love it so much. So much. Go read, love, give whoever wrote it some feedback, because what they did with my prompt is above and fucking beyond (it basically boiled down to me saying "More Rumor! I love her!") and my comment was certainly too incoherent to do it any justice at all. GO READ. SO FUCKING GOOD.
PS. If one of you stumble over my story, you will most likely know it is mine. Seriously. My recipient loved it, which is A GIANT RELIEF.
I woke up this morning with Through The Grapevine in my inbox, and oh my god, Allison Fucking Hargreeves. This is pitch-perfect Rumor, sharp and nasty and almost-sweet, this is a violent and wonderful and amazing and I just love it so much. So much. Go read, love, give whoever wrote it some feedback, because what they did with my prompt is above and fucking beyond (it basically boiled down to me saying "More Rumor! I love her!") and my comment was certainly too incoherent to do it any justice at all. GO READ. SO FUCKING GOOD.
PS. If one of you stumble over my story, you will most likely know it is mine. Seriously. My recipient loved it, which is A GIANT RELIEF.
Dear Yuletide Writer,
Yes, I know, that's a really interesting combination of requests you just received. I'm honestly seriously excited about getting any story in any of these fandoms, so please don't stress (I mean, unless you really want to—stress tends to be part of my writing process, but I don't wish that on anyone else) if the story you think of is completely different than the prompts I left. You should write a story you're happy with, that's more important than anything else.
Likes (in no particular order): the ladies; femslash; het with non-traditional dynamics; slash; gen; explosions; h/c that is about one character fixing themselves while receiving the support they need; 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 (especially if they have cuddling); violence; best friends falling in love; threesomes.
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.
( more about the prompts )
Yes, I know, that's a really interesting combination of requests you just received. I'm honestly seriously excited about getting any story in any of these fandoms, so please don't stress (I mean, unless you really want to—stress tends to be part of my writing process, but I don't wish that on anyone else) if the story you think of is completely different than the prompts I left. You should write a story you're happy with, that's more important than anything else.
Likes (in no particular order): the ladies; femslash; het with non-traditional dynamics; slash; gen; explosions; h/c that is about one character fixing themselves while receiving the support they need; 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 (especially if they have cuddling); violence; best friends falling in love; threesomes.
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.
( more about the prompts )
