Dear Yuletide Writer
Oct. 11th, 2013 02:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
randomlingHello! You are awesome and lovely and I am so excited.
I am pretty easy-going when it comes to fic - there's lots of stuff I like! This includes fluff, angst, porn, world-building, relationship-focused stories, plotty stories, happy endings, sad endings, crack, and very serious doom-laden fic.
That's not actually very helpful, is it?
It's Christmas, so I would in fact prefer at least a glimmer of hope if you're planning on a sad ending, and preferably no permanent deaths of pre-existing characters (if you want to create and murder a redshirt, or kill someone off and then resurrect them, that's fine).
Please write whatever rating you're comfortable with - I enjoy porn, but I am quite happy without it. And in any case, half my requests this year are for family relationships, and I really do not want any incest fic, so it's quite possible you're writing something where I really don't want porn! If you are writing porn, please stay away from watersports (and definitely away from scat), as well as anything involving pain-play. On the other hand, I am quite fond of teasing and orgasm denial.
Narrative kinks: I love fic that explores the ways in which people are broken but finding ways to function around their brokenness. I love relationships where people are snarky or regularly argue but love each other anyway. I love when people have complicated mixed emotions about things in general. I also love a bit of hurt/comfort. If that turns out to be appropriate for your story, feel free to milk it for all it's worth. Lastly, I'm a big fan of AUs of any kind, whether the charcters are running a coffee shop, or in space or the 18th century. (The specific requests below sort of assume that you'll be writing something canon-compliant, but if you would rather write an AU, please feel free!)
A couple of anti-kinks; I really hate MPREG, and indeed any kind of pregnancy stuff - please stay far, far away. I'm not fond of little kids, either (canon kids are okay in small doses). I also do not want non-con, dubcon or rape.
I think that's enough for general things!
Seraphina (Seraphina, Glisselda, Lucian)
I love this book and loved the complicated dynamics between these three characters. I'd love to see more of these relationships: Glisselda and Seraphina's budding friendship across class lines, Lucian and Seraphina's developing romance, Lucian and Glisselda's complex knot of duty and fellow-feeling. I'd love to see Lucian and Seraphina discovering more about each other. I'd love to see some worldbuilding, some dragons, and maybe some more of Seraphina getting more comfortable in her own skin.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Tick, Adam)
I have a yearning for slash here - I come away from the film every time with the sense that at some point in the future, Adam and Tick are going to end up together. I'd love to see either the process by which they get together, or some future-fic in which we get to see what they are doing in 2013. I love these guys - this is one of those dynamics where they're always getting at each other but they care about each other deeply under the surface, and I'm a total sucker for that.
Eureka (Jack Carter, Zoe Carter)
Please, definitely no incest for this one. I'd really love to see something here that highlights the beautiful father-daughter dynamic between Jack and Zoe. They've had their problems over the years (I love their relationship early on, where their relationship is really troubled and they are both trying to figure out how to connect to each other and it's beautiful), but they figure it out and it's an ongoing process. I'd love to read something that shows us more of their relationship.
Haven (Audrey Parker, Nathan Wuornos, Duke Crocker)
I could really go for some OT3 fic here. Or if that doesn't float your boat, any pairing that involves two of the three is fine with me, as is friendship fic. I'm particularly in love with the Nathan/Duke dynamic - it's another one where they're always fighting but they love each other really, and in the most recent season, the deep solid friendship they've developed is really starting to show through. Audrey and Duke have this great snarky-but-completely-supportive thing going on - they care about each other deeply. And Audrey and Nathan have this sort of almost-predestined feel about them; they also snark at each other loads, but there's this rock-solid partners thing, and they obviously adore each other. I'd love to see more of any of these relationships, in a shippy way or otherwise. I'd also love to see the three of them dealing with a case, because I love that about the show.
Orphan Black (Sarah Manning, Felix Dawkins)
Another immediate-family relationship (so no incest, please), another snarky-but-loving dynamic. (Are we seeing a pattern here?) I'd love to see almost anything that features this relationship - whether that's present-day plot stuff, or stuff from their younger years, or future-fic. I love the world and the plot in this universe, so some weaving in of the main plot would be fun, too.
Sleepy Hollow (Abbie Mills, Jennifer Mills)
Sisters! Again, please no incest, but I would love to see more of this incredibly broken relationship - and maybe how Abbie and Jenny attempt to fix it? Equally, fic set in the past (maybe the immediate aftermath of the demon sighting when they were kids, maybe even before that) or some years in the future would work for me as long as it features these excellent sisters and their awesomeness. Or something flashing back to Jenny's past as an activist and freedom fighter, with maybe occasional thoughts of Abbie, would be awesome too.
Once again, thank you so much for writing for me. I'm so excited to read what you come up with!
I am pretty easy-going when it comes to fic - there's lots of stuff I like! This includes fluff, angst, porn, world-building, relationship-focused stories, plotty stories, happy endings, sad endings, crack, and very serious doom-laden fic.
That's not actually very helpful, is it?
It's Christmas, so I would in fact prefer at least a glimmer of hope if you're planning on a sad ending, and preferably no permanent deaths of pre-existing characters (if you want to create and murder a redshirt, or kill someone off and then resurrect them, that's fine).
Please write whatever rating you're comfortable with - I enjoy porn, but I am quite happy without it. And in any case, half my requests this year are for family relationships, and I really do not want any incest fic, so it's quite possible you're writing something where I really don't want porn! If you are writing porn, please stay away from watersports (and definitely away from scat), as well as anything involving pain-play. On the other hand, I am quite fond of teasing and orgasm denial.
Narrative kinks: I love fic that explores the ways in which people are broken but finding ways to function around their brokenness. I love relationships where people are snarky or regularly argue but love each other anyway. I love when people have complicated mixed emotions about things in general. I also love a bit of hurt/comfort. If that turns out to be appropriate for your story, feel free to milk it for all it's worth. Lastly, I'm a big fan of AUs of any kind, whether the charcters are running a coffee shop, or in space or the 18th century. (The specific requests below sort of assume that you'll be writing something canon-compliant, but if you would rather write an AU, please feel free!)
A couple of anti-kinks; I really hate MPREG, and indeed any kind of pregnancy stuff - please stay far, far away. I'm not fond of little kids, either (canon kids are okay in small doses). I also do not want non-con, dubcon or rape.
I think that's enough for general things!
Seraphina (Seraphina, Glisselda, Lucian)
I love this book and loved the complicated dynamics between these three characters. I'd love to see more of these relationships: Glisselda and Seraphina's budding friendship across class lines, Lucian and Seraphina's developing romance, Lucian and Glisselda's complex knot of duty and fellow-feeling. I'd love to see Lucian and Seraphina discovering more about each other. I'd love to see some worldbuilding, some dragons, and maybe some more of Seraphina getting more comfortable in her own skin.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Tick, Adam)
I have a yearning for slash here - I come away from the film every time with the sense that at some point in the future, Adam and Tick are going to end up together. I'd love to see either the process by which they get together, or some future-fic in which we get to see what they are doing in 2013. I love these guys - this is one of those dynamics where they're always getting at each other but they care about each other deeply under the surface, and I'm a total sucker for that.
Eureka (Jack Carter, Zoe Carter)
Please, definitely no incest for this one. I'd really love to see something here that highlights the beautiful father-daughter dynamic between Jack and Zoe. They've had their problems over the years (I love their relationship early on, where their relationship is really troubled and they are both trying to figure out how to connect to each other and it's beautiful), but they figure it out and it's an ongoing process. I'd love to read something that shows us more of their relationship.
Haven (Audrey Parker, Nathan Wuornos, Duke Crocker)
I could really go for some OT3 fic here. Or if that doesn't float your boat, any pairing that involves two of the three is fine with me, as is friendship fic. I'm particularly in love with the Nathan/Duke dynamic - it's another one where they're always fighting but they love each other really, and in the most recent season, the deep solid friendship they've developed is really starting to show through. Audrey and Duke have this great snarky-but-completely-supportive thing going on - they care about each other deeply. And Audrey and Nathan have this sort of almost-predestined feel about them; they also snark at each other loads, but there's this rock-solid partners thing, and they obviously adore each other. I'd love to see more of any of these relationships, in a shippy way or otherwise. I'd also love to see the three of them dealing with a case, because I love that about the show.
Orphan Black (Sarah Manning, Felix Dawkins)
Another immediate-family relationship (so no incest, please), another snarky-but-loving dynamic. (Are we seeing a pattern here?) I'd love to see almost anything that features this relationship - whether that's present-day plot stuff, or stuff from their younger years, or future-fic. I love the world and the plot in this universe, so some weaving in of the main plot would be fun, too.
Sleepy Hollow (Abbie Mills, Jennifer Mills)
Sisters! Again, please no incest, but I would love to see more of this incredibly broken relationship - and maybe how Abbie and Jenny attempt to fix it? Equally, fic set in the past (maybe the immediate aftermath of the demon sighting when they were kids, maybe even before that) or some years in the future would work for me as long as it features these excellent sisters and their awesomeness. Or something flashing back to Jenny's past as an activist and freedom fighter, with maybe occasional thoughts of Abbie, would be awesome too.
Once again, thank you so much for writing for me. I'm so excited to read what you come up with!
