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Dear Yuletide Author Letter
Hello, Yuletide Writer!
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Thank you so much for writing for me! I already love whatever you're going to write because you've offered to write me something in one of the small fandoms of my heart. I've said before that I think the best story is one the writer is excited to write, so if you already have an idea that you want to write, go for it! If you'd like a little bit more information though, then his letter is for you.
gen
het
slash (m/m/ and f/f)
romance
friendship
fluff
angst
humor
adventures big and small
hurt/comfort
post-canon/future fic
day-in-the-life/slice of life
fix-it
casefic
domesticity
banter
pining
celebrations
teamwork
capers & shenanigans
time loop/groundhog day plots
body swap
science! & exploration
sea creatures
role reversals
friends to lovers
slow burn
awkward dorks in love
bad jokes/puns
characters laughing/having fun together
pretend couple/arranged marriage
characters trying their best (whether they succeed or fail is less important than the journey)
getting together/first times
established relationships
characters working together
characters caring for each other
characters learning and growing together
small gestures of caring and affection
large gestures of caring and affection
happy endings
hopeful endings
really, any ending where things are at least marginally better for the characters than they were at the beginning major character death
rape/noncon
infidelity
references to current politics/pandemic
drug use excepting casual alcohol use
AUs that set the characters in a setting that is completely different from the canon setting (e.g., a coffee shop AU or an American high school AU)
hanahaki disease
soulmate AUs
alpha/beta/omega AUs
With regards to sex, it's not something I mind reading but it's also not really something I seek out in my reading. So I'd really prefer something that's not pure PWP, but it's fine as part of a larger story.
I'd love to see what happens to these three after the game ends. Minae seems to have some sort of consciousness even as she is, does she ever manage to become more of a coherent whole? How do Ellery and Oki try to help Minae? What is Ellery and Oki's working relationship like now that we know where Oki came from? What does Oki think about Ellery and Minae? What does a day look like for Ellery and Oki? I have read the supplemental PDF, so feel free to draw from that or not.
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
I requested this game last year because I loved it, and I still love this game so I've requested it again! I'm really curious about how these three characters proceed after the game ends. Minae is spread all over the med bay, but the semi-gibberish text there seems to imply she has some amount of awareness. Ellery and Oki formed a bond of trust during the events of the game, but things might be different now that the past is known. I found the difference between how the player experiences Gliese 667Cc though Oki's sensors and Ellery's descriptions of the planet beautiful. You really get to know Ellery through her words, and the game felt like a collaborative experience to understand this planet and its life.
The world of Gliese 677Cc is just completely fascinating and beautiful to me, and I'd love to know more about it and the plants and creatures on it and what living on it is like. Just...anything about Ellery, Minae, and Oki would be amazing.
Oh! With regards to the supplemental PDF, feel free to ignore it or draw inspiration from it as you wish. I only mentioned it in case there's something you want to use as inspiration in it, but I'm also completely okay with you ignoring the supplemental PDF and going in a different direction.
Carto is such a cute game! I think Carto/Shianan is a cute ship that I'd love to see, but I'd also love gen adventures for these two. Do they meet up and go on trips together after the game? Do they discover new areas of the map that no one has found before? Maybe they become penpals or maybe they keep trying to meet up at the Story Chalet but keep missing each other. (Maybe they leave gifts for each other at the Story Chalet?) Maybe they find pirates!
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
Carto! ♥! This is such a fun, cute game. I loved the art and the gentle, calm mood it set for this world. I loved Carto and how she learned how best to use her map and how she always helped everyone she came across. I love the friendship between Shianan and Carto and how they support each other in their goals. Please, I'd love just about anything with Shianan and Carto being (girl)friends.
Jainan and Kiem! I swoon for them, they're so sweet together. I'd love anything about them, learning each other, growing together, supporting each other, building a new life together. Maybe Jainan is able to help Kiem at a diplomatic function, or maybe Kiem asks Jainan to teach him something about Thea. What are things like for them a year down the road? Do they make time for a regular date night with each other or do they connect in some other way? Kiem puts a lot of effort in over the course of the book to help Jainan and make sure he's okay, how does Jainan care for Kiem?
Please note, I am only familiar with the published novel version of this story and not the earlier AO3-version. I'm given to understand there are some differences between the two, so I'd prefer no references to anything that's only present in the AO3 version that I never read.
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
Jainan and Kiem are just so good for each other, and I love how they've worked to understand each other and grow their relationship in healthy ways. I really would love anything about them and how they work together. I think there's a lot of room to explore how they work together after the end of the novel, now that they both know and love each other. Kiem's diplomatic work, Jainan's scientific expertise, does Jainan decorate their quarters more, do they try cooking for each other or do they go out more. What happens if they run into someone that Kiem was friends with when he was younger. Are there any Iskat or Thean holidays they celebrate and how?
One thing that particularly amused me in the book was how Jainan and Kiem sometimes had wildly different understandings of fauna due to them using the same word to describe very different animals. (For example, Iskat's doves and bears compared to what Jainan thought of as doves and bears. And then Kiem's incredulity at the idea of a bear with fur.) Are there other things than fauna (and presumably flora) where they use the same word but don't at all mean the same thing?
With regards to the rape/noncon DNW, I'm fine with references to how things were for Jainan with Taam as relevant to the story, but I'd prefer for there not to be a lot of dwelling on the details. It's a thing that happened in canon and did shape Jainan's life, so don't feel the need to ignore it, but (as an example) I wouldn't enjoy a story that primarily consisted of Jainan having a flashback to what things were like with Taam. I hope that makes sense, apologies if not.
Gus and Roland's romance was so sweet, I want anything more with them. How do they celebrate New Year's? We got some details about Roland meeting Gus's family, but I'd love to see Roland being taken in by them as a family that's his now. Does Roland continue to help Gus with his work, or maybe Gus can help Roland plot his next novel? Do they move in together after bonding, and if so, what does domestic life look like for them?
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
When I read this novella, all I wanted was to give Roland good things and a hug, and luckily Gus is there to give him good things.
One thing in particular I'd love to see, if the idea inspires you, would be Gus supporting Roland's writing. Gus comes across as rather dismissive of Roland's writing in the novella, but Roland's writing is something that he's put a lot of effort into to make into a career and that's a big accomplishment! Gus doesn't have to like Roland's novels--people like different things, and that's okay--but that doesn't mean he can't support Roland and his career in other ways.
With regards to my soulmate AU dislike, I do realize that how familiars recognize "their" witch has a more than passing similarity to a soulmate AU, so anything in line with canon is fine.
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Thank you so much for writing for me! I already love whatever you're going to write because you've offered to write me something in one of the small fandoms of my heart. I've said before that I think the best story is one the writer is excited to write, so if you already have an idea that you want to write, go for it! If you'd like a little bit more information though, then his letter is for you.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes:
Dislikes:
With regards to sex, it's not something I mind reading but it's also not really something I seek out in my reading. So I'd really prefer something that's not pure PWP, but it's fine as part of a larger story.
In Other Waters (Video Game)
Requested Characters: Ellery Vas, Minae Nomura, OkiI'd love to see what happens to these three after the game ends. Minae seems to have some sort of consciousness even as she is, does she ever manage to become more of a coherent whole? How do Ellery and Oki try to help Minae? What is Ellery and Oki's working relationship like now that we know where Oki came from? What does Oki think about Ellery and Minae? What does a day look like for Ellery and Oki? I have read the supplemental PDF, so feel free to draw from that or not.
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
I requested this game last year because I loved it, and I still love this game so I've requested it again! I'm really curious about how these three characters proceed after the game ends. Minae is spread all over the med bay, but the semi-gibberish text there seems to imply she has some amount of awareness. Ellery and Oki formed a bond of trust during the events of the game, but things might be different now that the past is known. I found the difference between how the player experiences Gliese 667Cc though Oki's sensors and Ellery's descriptions of the planet beautiful. You really get to know Ellery through her words, and the game felt like a collaborative experience to understand this planet and its life.
The world of Gliese 677Cc is just completely fascinating and beautiful to me, and I'd love to know more about it and the plants and creatures on it and what living on it is like. Just...anything about Ellery, Minae, and Oki would be amazing.
Oh! With regards to the supplemental PDF, feel free to ignore it or draw inspiration from it as you wish. I only mentioned it in case there's something you want to use as inspiration in it, but I'm also completely okay with you ignoring the supplemental PDF and going in a different direction.
Carto (Video Game)
Requested Characters: Carto, ShiananCarto is such a cute game! I think Carto/Shianan is a cute ship that I'd love to see, but I'd also love gen adventures for these two. Do they meet up and go on trips together after the game? Do they discover new areas of the map that no one has found before? Maybe they become penpals or maybe they keep trying to meet up at the Story Chalet but keep missing each other. (Maybe they leave gifts for each other at the Story Chalet?) Maybe they find pirates!
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
Carto! ♥! This is such a fun, cute game. I loved the art and the gentle, calm mood it set for this world. I loved Carto and how she learned how best to use her map and how she always helped everyone she came across. I love the friendship between Shianan and Carto and how they support each other in their goals. Please, I'd love just about anything with Shianan and Carto being (girl)friends.
Winter's Orbit - Everina Maxwell
Requested Characters: Jainan nav Adessari, Kiem TegnarJainan and Kiem! I swoon for them, they're so sweet together. I'd love anything about them, learning each other, growing together, supporting each other, building a new life together. Maybe Jainan is able to help Kiem at a diplomatic function, or maybe Kiem asks Jainan to teach him something about Thea. What are things like for them a year down the road? Do they make time for a regular date night with each other or do they connect in some other way? Kiem puts a lot of effort in over the course of the book to help Jainan and make sure he's okay, how does Jainan care for Kiem?
Please note, I am only familiar with the published novel version of this story and not the earlier AO3-version. I'm given to understand there are some differences between the two, so I'd prefer no references to anything that's only present in the AO3 version that I never read.
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
Jainan and Kiem are just so good for each other, and I love how they've worked to understand each other and grow their relationship in healthy ways. I really would love anything about them and how they work together. I think there's a lot of room to explore how they work together after the end of the novel, now that they both know and love each other. Kiem's diplomatic work, Jainan's scientific expertise, does Jainan decorate their quarters more, do they try cooking for each other or do they go out more. What happens if they run into someone that Kiem was friends with when he was younger. Are there any Iskat or Thean holidays they celebrate and how?
One thing that particularly amused me in the book was how Jainan and Kiem sometimes had wildly different understandings of fauna due to them using the same word to describe very different animals. (For example, Iskat's doves and bears compared to what Jainan thought of as doves and bears. And then Kiem's incredulity at the idea of a bear with fur.) Are there other things than fauna (and presumably flora) where they use the same word but don't at all mean the same thing?
With regards to the rape/noncon DNW, I'm fine with references to how things were for Jainan with Taam as relevant to the story, but I'd prefer for there not to be a lot of dwelling on the details. It's a thing that happened in canon and did shape Jainan's life, so don't feel the need to ignore it, but (as an example) I wouldn't enjoy a story that primarily consisted of Jainan having a flashback to what things were like with Taam. I hope that makes sense, apologies if not.
Hexworld - Jordan L. Hawk
Requested Characters: Augustus "Gus" Cao, RolandGus and Roland's romance was so sweet, I want anything more with them. How do they celebrate New Year's? We got some details about Roland meeting Gus's family, but I'd love to see Roland being taken in by them as a family that's his now. Does Roland continue to help Gus with his work, or maybe Gus can help Roland plot his next novel? Do they move in together after bonding, and if so, what does domestic life look like for them?
DNW: major character death, rape/noncon, infidelity, references to current politics/pandemic
When I read this novella, all I wanted was to give Roland good things and a hug, and luckily Gus is there to give him good things.
One thing in particular I'd love to see, if the idea inspires you, would be Gus supporting Roland's writing. Gus comes across as rather dismissive of Roland's writing in the novella, but Roland's writing is something that he's put a lot of effort into to make into a career and that's a big accomplishment! Gus doesn't have to like Roland's novels--people like different things, and that's okay--but that doesn't mean he can't support Roland and his career in other ways.
With regards to my soulmate AU dislike, I do realize that how familiars recognize "their" witch has a more than passing similarity to a soulmate AU, so anything in line with canon is fine.