Yuletide letter 2021
Oct. 20th, 2021 07:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nnozomiAmended 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), coronavirus/quarantine references etc.
Enjoy in particular: work (in all definitions) and people being competent at it, hurt/comfort, futurefic, ensemble pieces, playing with language(s), cuddling, scenes from everyday life.
I tend to prefer genfic, but have no objection at all to background romance/relationships, or even a shipfic with a high gen ratio, as it were. Any pairing/threesome/etc. is fine as long as you can make me believe in it.
By fandom/characters (alphabetical):
Growing Up Weightless (John M. Ford) - worldbuilding
The society of the Moon (sorry, Luna) is described in so much loving detail that I’d just like to know more about it. Some random ideas: How about language? The language they use incorporates a lot of non-English words; what’s its history, are there different dialects by city/generation, was it deliberately adopted or just the result of a linguistic melting pot among settlers, how do non-Lunar people react to it, is it formally considered a language (taught in schools, etc.)? Or: Anything to do with music on the Moon would be great (Albin Ronay is my favorite character, you’re welcome to bring him directly, indirectly or not at all, as you prefer). Or: There’s something of an unspoken class system, with descendents of Names like Matt’s family at the top and new arrivals from Earth at the bottom; what kind of problems does this cause, and is it changing? Or: How does the Moon look by the time Matt is his father’s age, or what did it look like when Albin was Matt’s age? Or: What is it like working on the trains? Or: We see a couple of “new religions” that have developed post-off-Earth settlement, but how are the existing Earth religions followed on the Moon? Or: just a slice of life in general, anywhere, in any context.
I’d be glad to hear from any of the characters in the book, or from original characters; feel free to play with formats (epistolary, conferencing or other online systems like the ones in the book, official documents, radio, ???) as well.
Lost Tomb Reboot - Huo Daofu
Huo Daofu is such a fascinating character and there’s so little fic that focuses on him! I like him for his competence, the sharp-edged precision in his speech and actions (and the contrast when the situation is severe enough to get him rumpled, for good or ill), his sarcasm and his reluctant but painstaking care, the weirdness of his background (German, youtiao, ... ). I’d love to read his perspective on the events of LTR (especially given that a lot of it is probably “and then Wu Xie did something EVEN STUPIDER, why do I put up with this man and when did I end up one of his team”), and I'd like just as much to see what happened to him afterward.
I would be delighted to see him interacting with...literally any other character(s) in the LTR tagset, take your pick. (I have not seen Sha Hai, but I don’t mind if you also want to bring in Sha Hai events/characters as long as they’re not essential/the main focus of the story.) I kind of have a tendency to ship post-canon Huo Daofu/Bai Haotian (they’re both ultra-competent, needy, stubborn, loyal trolls...), and I’m also okay with the fanon that Huo Daofu is Wu Xie’s bitter ex (or nursed an unrequited crush for a long time), but you can do anything or nothing with these as you prefer.
The Rebel (反逆者) - Wang Shi'an
I've gotten a little obsessed with Wang Shi'an, avaricious, deceptive, and extremely human. (You can find my thoughts on him AT LENGTH under the "pannizhe" tag here--please feel free to read or ignore as you like.) I can't help wanting a story in which, without necessarily being a better human being, he's compelled by circumstance to turn his talents (thinking on his feet, lying and deceiving as needed, planning ahead, balancing temper and calm...) to good purposes instead of bad ones. I know that is a weird, and weirdly specific request, and I will not hold you to it; basically anything Wang Shi'an-centric, whether canon-compliant or -divergent, would be wonderful.
I’ve requested only Wang Shi’an himself so as not to complicate matters, but I would love to see Lin Nansheng and/or Chen Moqun as well if you want to write them. It’s incredibly hard to define his relationship with Chen Moqun, especially given their intense encounters in episode 28 and after the war—does Wang Shi’an want his acceptance/respect, does he want to destroy Chen Moqun, both at once, or more than that? As for Lin Nansheng, their postwar relationship as station chief and deputy is so strange, both of them acting out support, trust, and even affection while actually hating and distrusting the other, not just for a few isolated interactions but in the long term on a daily basis. (Also, I don’t really ship Wang Shi'an with anyone at all except maybe his own wife, but if there is Chen Moqun/Lin Nansheng going on, I will bet you money that he knows about it on some level and has thoughts, and possibly even feelings, on the topic.)
Please also feel free to bring in any other characters who occur to you—Lan Xinjie, Lao Gu or Lao Ji, Meng Annan, even poor dumb loyal Secretary Zhang or Wang Shi’an’s blink-and-you-miss-her wife. One request I do have for this canon is attention to the historical context--I don't mean you have to do a huge research project, but I feel like the story has to be grounded in the time and place for the characters to be who they are.
Shadow of a Hero (Peter Dickinson) - Letta, Biddie, Steff, Van
I love this book so much. Given that the action takes place just as the Iron Curtain was coming down, Letta would now be pushing forty and her brothers in their fifties. What’s happening to them now—or at any time in the interim? Did Varina achieve independence, and how is it doing? How have the Ozolins siblings, and their extended family and friends, coped with the last few decades? Where did Letta choose to live and work, what is her life like--how much does Varina (along with its languages) play a part in her adult life? (I threw in Biddie because I like her dry, thoughtful, caring intelligence so much, and would be happy to see her and Letta still friends, or, if you feel like femslash, girlfriends/wives.) How and where did Van get his life restarted, after the events of the book worked such dramatic changes in him? Did he and Steff ever reconcile their differences? What goes on inside the quiet, self-controlled Steff, with the burden of the oldest child in this fraught family? Any or all of the above…
Thank you again.
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), coronavirus/quarantine references etc.
Enjoy in particular: work (in all definitions) and people being competent at it, hurt/comfort, futurefic, ensemble pieces, playing with language(s), cuddling, scenes from everyday life.
I tend to prefer genfic, but have no objection at all to background romance/relationships, or even a shipfic with a high gen ratio, as it were. Any pairing/threesome/etc. is fine as long as you can make me believe in it.
By fandom/characters (alphabetical):
Growing Up Weightless (John M. Ford) - worldbuilding
The society of the Moon (sorry, Luna) is described in so much loving detail that I’d just like to know more about it. Some random ideas: How about language? The language they use incorporates a lot of non-English words; what’s its history, are there different dialects by city/generation, was it deliberately adopted or just the result of a linguistic melting pot among settlers, how do non-Lunar people react to it, is it formally considered a language (taught in schools, etc.)? Or: Anything to do with music on the Moon would be great (Albin Ronay is my favorite character, you’re welcome to bring him directly, indirectly or not at all, as you prefer). Or: There’s something of an unspoken class system, with descendents of Names like Matt’s family at the top and new arrivals from Earth at the bottom; what kind of problems does this cause, and is it changing? Or: How does the Moon look by the time Matt is his father’s age, or what did it look like when Albin was Matt’s age? Or: What is it like working on the trains? Or: We see a couple of “new religions” that have developed post-off-Earth settlement, but how are the existing Earth religions followed on the Moon? Or: just a slice of life in general, anywhere, in any context.
I’d be glad to hear from any of the characters in the book, or from original characters; feel free to play with formats (epistolary, conferencing or other online systems like the ones in the book, official documents, radio, ???) as well.
Lost Tomb Reboot - Huo Daofu
Huo Daofu is such a fascinating character and there’s so little fic that focuses on him! I like him for his competence, the sharp-edged precision in his speech and actions (and the contrast when the situation is severe enough to get him rumpled, for good or ill), his sarcasm and his reluctant but painstaking care, the weirdness of his background (German, youtiao, ... ). I’d love to read his perspective on the events of LTR (especially given that a lot of it is probably “and then Wu Xie did something EVEN STUPIDER, why do I put up with this man and when did I end up one of his team”), and I'd like just as much to see what happened to him afterward.
I would be delighted to see him interacting with...literally any other character(s) in the LTR tagset, take your pick. (I have not seen Sha Hai, but I don’t mind if you also want to bring in Sha Hai events/characters as long as they’re not essential/the main focus of the story.) I kind of have a tendency to ship post-canon Huo Daofu/Bai Haotian (they’re both ultra-competent, needy, stubborn, loyal trolls...), and I’m also okay with the fanon that Huo Daofu is Wu Xie’s bitter ex (or nursed an unrequited crush for a long time), but you can do anything or nothing with these as you prefer.
The Rebel (反逆者) - Wang Shi'an
I've gotten a little obsessed with Wang Shi'an, avaricious, deceptive, and extremely human. (You can find my thoughts on him AT LENGTH under the "pannizhe" tag here--please feel free to read or ignore as you like.) I can't help wanting a story in which, without necessarily being a better human being, he's compelled by circumstance to turn his talents (thinking on his feet, lying and deceiving as needed, planning ahead, balancing temper and calm...) to good purposes instead of bad ones. I know that is a weird, and weirdly specific request, and I will not hold you to it; basically anything Wang Shi'an-centric, whether canon-compliant or -divergent, would be wonderful.
I’ve requested only Wang Shi’an himself so as not to complicate matters, but I would love to see Lin Nansheng and/or Chen Moqun as well if you want to write them. It’s incredibly hard to define his relationship with Chen Moqun, especially given their intense encounters in episode 28 and after the war—does Wang Shi’an want his acceptance/respect, does he want to destroy Chen Moqun, both at once, or more than that? As for Lin Nansheng, their postwar relationship as station chief and deputy is so strange, both of them acting out support, trust, and even affection while actually hating and distrusting the other, not just for a few isolated interactions but in the long term on a daily basis. (Also, I don’t really ship Wang Shi'an with anyone at all except maybe his own wife, but if there is Chen Moqun/Lin Nansheng going on, I will bet you money that he knows about it on some level and has thoughts, and possibly even feelings, on the topic.)
Please also feel free to bring in any other characters who occur to you—Lan Xinjie, Lao Gu or Lao Ji, Meng Annan, even poor dumb loyal Secretary Zhang or Wang Shi’an’s blink-and-you-miss-her wife. One request I do have for this canon is attention to the historical context--I don't mean you have to do a huge research project, but I feel like the story has to be grounded in the time and place for the characters to be who they are.
Shadow of a Hero (Peter Dickinson) - Letta, Biddie, Steff, Van
I love this book so much. Given that the action takes place just as the Iron Curtain was coming down, Letta would now be pushing forty and her brothers in their fifties. What’s happening to them now—or at any time in the interim? Did Varina achieve independence, and how is it doing? How have the Ozolins siblings, and their extended family and friends, coped with the last few decades? Where did Letta choose to live and work, what is her life like--how much does Varina (along with its languages) play a part in her adult life? (I threw in Biddie because I like her dry, thoughtful, caring intelligence so much, and would be happy to see her and Letta still friends, or, if you feel like femslash, girlfriends/wives.) How and where did Van get his life restarted, after the events of the book worked such dramatic changes in him? Did he and Steff ever reconcile their differences? What goes on inside the quiet, self-controlled Steff, with the burden of the oldest child in this fraught family? Any or all of the above…
Thank you again.
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