nnozomi

Amended from past years:

Thank you for writing something for me. With the exception of the do-not-like stuff, please take any and all of this as optional suggestions only, and do what works for you. Not all of the stuff I like, for instance, may be applicable to all the fandoms I've requested; choose what makes sense to you.

Do not like: darkfic in general, incest, humiliation, NC-17 for either violence or sex (no moral objections, it's just not what I enjoy reading), blatant out-of-characterness, rape/dubcon, Christmas themes (again, not opposed to their existence in general, just not Christian myself).

Enjoy in particular: snappy dialogue, families of choice, playing with language(s), cuddling, work (in all definitions) and people being competent at it, futurefic, scenes from everyday life.

I tend to prefer genfic, but have no objection at all to background romance/relationships, or even a slow-burn romance fic with a high gen ratio, as it were. Any pairing (m/f, m/m, f/f, threesome, you name it) is fine as long as you can make me believe in it.

By fandom (characters):

The Steerswoman (Rosemary Kirstein): Zenna, Steffie

This is the request I make every year, and I still want it. (Whoever you are who nominated Steffie and Zenna this year: thanks!) What were Steffie and Zenna doing after Rowan and Bel left Alemeth? I’d love to see Steffie learning how to be a steersman from Zenna and also working to balance his ambitions with how the people of Alemeth have always seen him. Maybe casefic of some kind for the two of them, either something happening in Alemeth or something old that emerges as they sort the archives?

Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Julia Chant
I just really like Julia, okay? I like her insouciance and the way she's comfortable with herself and her ingenuity. I'd love to see what she does in the future, whether she works with Chrestomanci and Cat as part of the Castle staff, goes off on her own somewhere, focuses on magic or gets a job doing something else, and so on. If you're less interested in future fic, something from Julia's perspective during one of the existing novels would be great too, or whatever else comes to mind. Any other characters welcome too.

Ookiku Furikabutte: Kyohei Akimaru

We haven't seen much of him lately in the comic, but I still really love Akimaru, with his glasses and his cool head off the baseball field and the way he can't quite meet the standard in a game. Pretty much anything Akimaru-centric you want to write is fine, shippy or gen, baseball-focused or otherwise; I'd rather not an AU if possible, but future fic is great if you've got something in mind. Feel free to bring in any other characters you want; Haruna is the obvious one, but it would be fun to see Akimaru interacting more with the Nishiura boys too, for instance.

Again, thanks for writing and I look forward to seeing what happens. J.