Dear Yuletide Author 2020
Oct. 25th, 2020 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puffinmuffinDear Yuletide Author!
Phew, okay, let's see here, I've got to be succinct but helpful with this list, right? This is my first Yuletide exchange and I'm excited to see what you come up with! I'm fairly easy to write for, so I hope you don't fret too much. I enjoy having fun stuff to read, and my interests are broad and varied!
First, some Do Not Wants: Non-Con is a big nope for me, same with underage sexual relationships (kids dating and kissing are fine, but let's avoid anything beyond that for the under-18 lot, please). Writers can feel free to get into character injury, but I would ask that they leave graphic descriptions of gore or torture out of their fic as well, please.
Generally, I like fic that sits on the lighter side of things, and stuff that strays into the outright upbeat and silly. Things can get sad or dark, both can be fantastic for character growth and I am a big fan of character growth, but when they do I love to see the resolution, or at least some indication that there will be one, even if it's never actually written out! I enjoy a fic that wanders into a character's head and really chews on what they're thinking in a situation. Inner conflict makes my heart go pitter-pat, as does reading about a character picking through that conflict to come out the other side again!
While I'm not outright looking for anything porny this year, it certainly isn't a dealbreaker for me, either; One of the characters I'm requesting fic for is a succubine devil, after all. It occasionally comes with the territory, and I'm happy to read it if it comes my way!
Thank you so much, and please, have fun!
- Puffinmuffin
And now... the wishlist!
-Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse May Parker / Olivia Octavius
Optional Details: Pretty much anything exploring the dynamic between these two would make me happy. Olivia did say that only her friends call her 'Liv,' and that IS what May called her, so there's some history there, right? Whether that history is professional or casual, an actual friendship or some kind of 'met over some kind of school things back when Peter was in one of Liv's high school classes' I will happily leave to the discretion of the writer, of course!
-Treasure Planet Jim Hawkins / John Silver, Delbert Doppler / Amelia
Optional Details: I don't actually require fic for all four of these characters, dear writer, though I would love to see one that does manage to feature all four, or any one of the two sets of characters I've listed above. For Jim and Silver, perhaps an exploration of the whole 'I'm Still Here' sequence and their growing together into a little found family, or maybe a post-canon story about some time years down the road when they've crossed paths again! For Delbert and Amelia, I would love to see something post-canon about perhaps the challenges of raising a family together, or of how they made their relationship dynamic work outside of their initial adventure, with him as a scholar who is more comfortable poking about his books and her as the competent and daring ship captain who is most at home sailing the stars of the etherium... The sky is pretty much the limit here, please, have fun!
-Humans are Space Orcs (meme)
Optional Details: I just... love this meme very much, and would love to see it further explored. The little things that we really take for granted as a species and how alien life would react to it is an endless source of fascination to me. Possible topics include things we choose to keep as pets, our fondness for body decoration like piercings and tattoos, our omnivore willingness to eat just... basically whatever. Exploration of human entertainment could be fun, from violent video games to horror movies, to fiction that absolutely ignores the actual physical laws of the universe. We are a vast and varied, confusing species, feel free to have fun with that!
-Johannes Cabal Horst Cabal / Johannes Cabal / Leonie Barrow / Zarenyia
Optional Details: I adore Horst at his most earnest. I adore Johannes at his most rational. I adore Zarenyia at her most playful. And I adore Leonie at her most competent. I especially adore any combination of the four when their personalities clash or combine in interesting ways. I don't require a fic from this canon to involve all four of them - though I would prefer my fic include at least Horst, any combination of the rest along with him would absolutely make my day. That combination of kind-hearted and monstrous that's a common thread (to varying ratios) with most of the rest of the cast could be fun to explore, and I'd be just as happy with an exploration of Horst's relationship with his brother over the years as I would with mad hijinks with Zarenyia or Leonie or all of the above!
-Kubo and the Two Strings Kubo / Raiden the Moon King
Optional Details: The dynamic between these two fascinates me, starting from the Moon King's inability to see why Kubo wouldn't want to join him in immortality and leading right along to the end, the new beginning, where the movie left off. I'm especially interested in where things might have headed after the movie, the challenges that Kubo might face moving forward with this man in his life, given the history between them. You don't have to write this, of course, and you can absolutely feel free to include any other characters that make what you have in mind work!
Phew, okay, let's see here, I've got to be succinct but helpful with this list, right? This is my first Yuletide exchange and I'm excited to see what you come up with! I'm fairly easy to write for, so I hope you don't fret too much. I enjoy having fun stuff to read, and my interests are broad and varied!
First, some Do Not Wants: Non-Con is a big nope for me, same with underage sexual relationships (kids dating and kissing are fine, but let's avoid anything beyond that for the under-18 lot, please). Writers can feel free to get into character injury, but I would ask that they leave graphic descriptions of gore or torture out of their fic as well, please.
Generally, I like fic that sits on the lighter side of things, and stuff that strays into the outright upbeat and silly. Things can get sad or dark, both can be fantastic for character growth and I am a big fan of character growth, but when they do I love to see the resolution, or at least some indication that there will be one, even if it's never actually written out! I enjoy a fic that wanders into a character's head and really chews on what they're thinking in a situation. Inner conflict makes my heart go pitter-pat, as does reading about a character picking through that conflict to come out the other side again!
While I'm not outright looking for anything porny this year, it certainly isn't a dealbreaker for me, either; One of the characters I'm requesting fic for is a succubine devil, after all. It occasionally comes with the territory, and I'm happy to read it if it comes my way!
Thank you so much, and please, have fun!
- Puffinmuffin
And now... the wishlist!
-Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse May Parker / Olivia Octavius
Optional Details: Pretty much anything exploring the dynamic between these two would make me happy. Olivia did say that only her friends call her 'Liv,' and that IS what May called her, so there's some history there, right? Whether that history is professional or casual, an actual friendship or some kind of 'met over some kind of school things back when Peter was in one of Liv's high school classes' I will happily leave to the discretion of the writer, of course!
-Treasure Planet Jim Hawkins / John Silver, Delbert Doppler / Amelia
Optional Details: I don't actually require fic for all four of these characters, dear writer, though I would love to see one that does manage to feature all four, or any one of the two sets of characters I've listed above. For Jim and Silver, perhaps an exploration of the whole 'I'm Still Here' sequence and their growing together into a little found family, or maybe a post-canon story about some time years down the road when they've crossed paths again! For Delbert and Amelia, I would love to see something post-canon about perhaps the challenges of raising a family together, or of how they made their relationship dynamic work outside of their initial adventure, with him as a scholar who is more comfortable poking about his books and her as the competent and daring ship captain who is most at home sailing the stars of the etherium... The sky is pretty much the limit here, please, have fun!
-Humans are Space Orcs (meme)
Optional Details: I just... love this meme very much, and would love to see it further explored. The little things that we really take for granted as a species and how alien life would react to it is an endless source of fascination to me. Possible topics include things we choose to keep as pets, our fondness for body decoration like piercings and tattoos, our omnivore willingness to eat just... basically whatever. Exploration of human entertainment could be fun, from violent video games to horror movies, to fiction that absolutely ignores the actual physical laws of the universe. We are a vast and varied, confusing species, feel free to have fun with that!
-Johannes Cabal Horst Cabal / Johannes Cabal / Leonie Barrow / Zarenyia
Optional Details: I adore Horst at his most earnest. I adore Johannes at his most rational. I adore Zarenyia at her most playful. And I adore Leonie at her most competent. I especially adore any combination of the four when their personalities clash or combine in interesting ways. I don't require a fic from this canon to involve all four of them - though I would prefer my fic include at least Horst, any combination of the rest along with him would absolutely make my day. That combination of kind-hearted and monstrous that's a common thread (to varying ratios) with most of the rest of the cast could be fun to explore, and I'd be just as happy with an exploration of Horst's relationship with his brother over the years as I would with mad hijinks with Zarenyia or Leonie or all of the above!
-Kubo and the Two Strings Kubo / Raiden the Moon King
Optional Details: The dynamic between these two fascinates me, starting from the Moon King's inability to see why Kubo wouldn't want to join him in immortality and leading right along to the end, the new beginning, where the movie left off. I'm especially interested in where things might have headed after the movie, the challenges that Kubo might face moving forward with this man in his life, given the history between them. You don't have to write this, of course, and you can absolutely feel free to include any other characters that make what you have in mind work!