yuletide letter!
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neveralarchHello author! I'm really excited for Yuletide, and I hope you are too :)
Let me make this easy-ish: I'm probably going to be happy with whatever you're thinking of writing. In general terms, I really like happy fics, funny fics, and recently I've had a serious craving for fics where someone has screwed up or is just stressed out and someone else helps them out. I will read most things and love them, including dark fic, plotty fic, ship fic, and so on and so on. I will love your gen fic, and I will also love your smut - I do have some notes about pairings in my requests, but please don't take them as demands, just suggestions.
Some specific things I hope you'll avoid: I generally have to be careful reading things with horror (especially body horror), acute embarrassment, death as a major plot point (or philosophical discussion), incest, underage character/of age character, and rape/non-con. If it's something incidental, I can probably deal, but a fic focusing on any of these things would be really difficult for me to read. Also, zombies. I almost can't do zombies at all - I've had to stop reading/watching many things because there were zombies. (It's mostly the cannibalism that gets me.) Sorry about this! I know that I'm requesting some fandoms where some of these things come up in canon. In those fandoms, I've made a couple notes that will hopefully help you out. In general, if you're at all concerned that your passing mention of a zombie etc is going to freak me out, the answer is probably not. But maybe don't make lingering descriptions of a zombie the main focus, haha.
Specific requests reproduced for your convenience:
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
Dulcinea Septimus | Cytherea the First, Gideon Nav, Harrowhark Nonagesimus
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - there's only one book so far and it's a really fun read!)
So IDEALLY I would love a fic where Cytherea somehow wins and captures both Gideon and Harrowhark and spends a lot of time trying to win Gideon over (and seduce her) while Harrow seethes. I love unhealthy threesome dynamics, and also Gideon being uncomfortably attracted to someone who is old enough to be her great to the hundredth power grandmother. If this specific scenario isn't your thing, I'm also interested in Cytherea's whole DEAL and also Gideon/Harrow hatesex/uncomfortably-aware-that-you're-glad-this-person-exists sex, and also Gideon & Harrow interacting generally. The world is your oyster! I love swords and swordplay but character death, gore, and especially zombies really freak me out - the book was right on the edge of what I could handle and I had to take frequent breaks. If you can write me something a little softer than canon I'd really appreciate it. (Though no need to ignore/gloss over canon events unless you want to write an AU.)
Russian Doll (TV 2019)
Nadia Vulvokov
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is an 8-episode Netflix miniseries, about 4 hours of TV!)
I just love Nadia. I love her snark and her outfits and her videogames. I will read anything about Nadia! If you want a more specific prompt, I'd love to see her resolving to be a 'better person' after her timeloop experience, and all the ways that does or doesn't work out. Character death and gore kind of freak me out - the TV series was right on the edge of what I could handle sometimes. If you can steer more toward the more comedic moments of the show I'd really appreciate it (although I also enjoyed the deeper and more surreal parts).
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is a series of short novellas, very quick and readable. ART appears in Artificial Condition.)
I love robots!! Interacting! Anything about ART and Murderbot trying to learn from each other and live with each other would be awesome. If you'd like a specific prompt, they could go on an adventure to save some humans - or just hang out together and watch TV :) More focus on the ways that being an AI is different from the human experience and the ways they think about each other and about humans would be awesome.
The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
The Myriad (The Raven Tower), The Strength and Patience of the Hill (The Raven Tower)
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is one standalone book.)
The thing I'd most love to see would be one of the Myriad's adventures - and then her telling the Strength and Patience of the Hill about it afterward. What does she leave out? What does she exaggerate? What apparently mundane details does the Hill fixate on? I'm excited to find out :) If that's not grabbing you, I'm generally interested in their friendship and would be fascinated to see what you come up with!
Hustlers (2019)
Ramona Vega (Hustlers), Destiny (Hustlers)
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is a very good (although R-rated) movie!)
I just SO badly want them to be happy together ;-; If you would write me post-movie Ramona/Destiny that acknowledges their flaws but still gets them to a happy ending, you would be my hero. Also... Destiny clearly has a need for praise and validation, and Ramona clearly enjoys taking care of people and providing for them, and I am very into that dynamic. If that's not grabbing you, I also love their friendship and would be interested in any lost moments from the film where they're learning from each other and working together.
Let me make this easy-ish: I'm probably going to be happy with whatever you're thinking of writing. In general terms, I really like happy fics, funny fics, and recently I've had a serious craving for fics where someone has screwed up or is just stressed out and someone else helps them out. I will read most things and love them, including dark fic, plotty fic, ship fic, and so on and so on. I will love your gen fic, and I will also love your smut - I do have some notes about pairings in my requests, but please don't take them as demands, just suggestions.
Some specific things I hope you'll avoid: I generally have to be careful reading things with horror (especially body horror), acute embarrassment, death as a major plot point (or philosophical discussion), incest, underage character/of age character, and rape/non-con. If it's something incidental, I can probably deal, but a fic focusing on any of these things would be really difficult for me to read. Also, zombies. I almost can't do zombies at all - I've had to stop reading/watching many things because there were zombies. (It's mostly the cannibalism that gets me.) Sorry about this! I know that I'm requesting some fandoms where some of these things come up in canon. In those fandoms, I've made a couple notes that will hopefully help you out. In general, if you're at all concerned that your passing mention of a zombie etc is going to freak me out, the answer is probably not. But maybe don't make lingering descriptions of a zombie the main focus, haha.
Specific requests reproduced for your convenience:
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
Dulcinea Septimus | Cytherea the First, Gideon Nav, Harrowhark Nonagesimus
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - there's only one book so far and it's a really fun read!)
So IDEALLY I would love a fic where Cytherea somehow wins and captures both Gideon and Harrowhark and spends a lot of time trying to win Gideon over (and seduce her) while Harrow seethes. I love unhealthy threesome dynamics, and also Gideon being uncomfortably attracted to someone who is old enough to be her great to the hundredth power grandmother. If this specific scenario isn't your thing, I'm also interested in Cytherea's whole DEAL and also Gideon/Harrow hatesex/uncomfortably-aware-that-you're-glad-this-person-exists sex, and also Gideon & Harrow interacting generally. The world is your oyster! I love swords and swordplay but character death, gore, and especially zombies really freak me out - the book was right on the edge of what I could handle and I had to take frequent breaks. If you can write me something a little softer than canon I'd really appreciate it. (Though no need to ignore/gloss over canon events unless you want to write an AU.)
Russian Doll (TV 2019)
Nadia Vulvokov
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is an 8-episode Netflix miniseries, about 4 hours of TV!)
I just love Nadia. I love her snark and her outfits and her videogames. I will read anything about Nadia! If you want a more specific prompt, I'd love to see her resolving to be a 'better person' after her timeloop experience, and all the ways that does or doesn't work out. Character death and gore kind of freak me out - the TV series was right on the edge of what I could handle sometimes. If you can steer more toward the more comedic moments of the show I'd really appreciate it (although I also enjoyed the deeper and more surreal parts).
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is a series of short novellas, very quick and readable. ART appears in Artificial Condition.)
I love robots!! Interacting! Anything about ART and Murderbot trying to learn from each other and live with each other would be awesome. If you'd like a specific prompt, they could go on an adventure to save some humans - or just hang out together and watch TV :) More focus on the ways that being an AI is different from the human experience and the ways they think about each other and about humans would be awesome.
The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
The Myriad (The Raven Tower), The Strength and Patience of the Hill (The Raven Tower)
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is one standalone book.)
The thing I'd most love to see would be one of the Myriad's adventures - and then her telling the Strength and Patience of the Hill about it afterward. What does she leave out? What does she exaggerate? What apparently mundane details does the Hill fixate on? I'm excited to find out :) If that's not grabbing you, I'm generally interested in their friendship and would be fascinated to see what you come up with!
Hustlers (2019)
Ramona Vega (Hustlers), Destiny (Hustlers)
(If this isn't your fandom, but you might want to write it - this is a very good (although R-rated) movie!)
I just SO badly want them to be happy together ;-; If you would write me post-movie Ramona/Destiny that acknowledges their flaws but still gets them to a happy ending, you would be my hero. Also... Destiny clearly has a need for praise and validation, and Ramona clearly enjoys taking care of people and providing for them, and I am very into that dynamic. If that's not grabbing you, I also love their friendship and would be interested in any lost moments from the film where they're learning from each other and working together.
