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Yuletide letter 2023
Oct. 16th, 2023 08:35 amAmended 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.
Do not like: darkfic in general, incest, humiliation, graphic violence, PWP or graphic parts-and-fluids sexual descriptions (no moral objections, it's just not what I enjoy reading), blatant out-of-characterness, rape/dubcon, Christmas themes (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.
Genfic is good, shipfic is good, although in the case of the latter I’d rather have a story that has something going on as well as pure romance, whether it’s a separate plot thread or a characterization arc.
I'm open to treats if anyone is so kind.
By fandom/characters (alphabetical):
Chronicles of Chrestomanci – Diana Wynne Jones (Chrestomanci, Michael Saunders)
Interested to see Michael Saunders in the tagset—I don’t think I’ve ever come across fic about him! It would be fun to find out how Michael came to the castle, how he and Chrestomanci work together, how he interacts with the other denizens there, what his backstory is. I love the carefully measured glimpses we get of Chrestomanci coming out of his vagueness to show just how formidable he is, and some of that would be neat from Michael's perspective! Other characters also very welcome, especially Milly, Janet, and Julia, or from the previous generation (?) Tacroy and Flavian.
False Doctrine Series - Alice Degan (Peachy, Kit, Elsa, Harriet)
As an amateur musician I'm interested in Peachy the disorganized composer--I'd love to read his perspective on the events of the book, with a good helping of music if at all possible. Or something from Harriet's point of view, I enjoy her down-to-earth practicality and wonder what her narrative voice would sound like too. (We get plenty of Kit and Elsa in the book itself, but I am very fond of them and have no problem if you want to write more about them as well!) Something about the four of them after the book would also be neat; pretty much anything in which I get to spend more time with the characters works for me....
(Also, as a long-shot, if you want to bring in an original character or two to show me what the conceit of the book looks like from a Jewish or otherwise non-Christian perspective, that would be FASCINATING.)
(Note: I have only read the first of the two books, so I'd like a fic that does not focus on the second book, although I'm not worried about spoilers if they come up.)
Lost Tomb Reboot (Huo Daofu)
I just find Huo Daofu and his sarcasm and his competence and his sharp dressing and his reluctant care a delight, and I will read anything you want to write about him—what he does post-canon, something from his point of view set during LTR, you name it. (I haven’t seen the other Lost Tomb things but I’m open to something involving Sha Hai and other parts of his backstory, as long as it’s not the whole entire fic; no worries about spoilers.) If you want to pair him off with someone, I have a thing about Huo Daofu/Bai Haotian (I’ve written one fic about them under my other AO3 name, scherzanda, and also received a terrific gift fic with this pairing, but more is always good), and I tend to subscribe to past Huo Daofu/Wu Xie, but I’m okay with other ideas as well.
Pseudo-Edo SF art – Yamaguchi Akira
See my comment on the Yuletide promo post for details. As linked there, you can also find the paintings in question here among other places. I’ve narrowed down the paintings to three, but pretty much anything by Yamaguchi in the same style would work. I’d love a random story set in this setting—a slice of life, a bit of alternate history, you name it. Especially if it features trains!
Steerswoman Series – Rosemary Kirstein (Steffie, Zenna)
Steffie is probably my favorite character in the whole series, against stiff competition--I like his meticulous way of thinking things out, his practicality, his kindness, and his deadpan quasi-humor. I’ve been given a wonderful Steffie fic in the past, but I’m always up for more. I’d love to see him working with Zenna in Alemeth, learning to be a steersman and figuring himself and his town out, while Zenna gets started on her new life as well. (I love Zenna too--her easy-going calm, which seems partly innate and partly a coping mechanism she's worked out, and her interest in the people around her. I love the way all the steerswomen (and proto-steersman Steffie) have their own distinct ways of solving problems.)
Thank you!
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.
Do not like: darkfic in general, incest, humiliation, graphic violence, PWP or graphic parts-and-fluids sexual descriptions (no moral objections, it's just not what I enjoy reading), blatant out-of-characterness, rape/dubcon, Christmas themes (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.
Genfic is good, shipfic is good, although in the case of the latter I’d rather have a story that has something going on as well as pure romance, whether it’s a separate plot thread or a characterization arc.
I'm open to treats if anyone is so kind.
By fandom/characters (alphabetical):
Chronicles of Chrestomanci – Diana Wynne Jones (Chrestomanci, Michael Saunders)
Interested to see Michael Saunders in the tagset—I don’t think I’ve ever come across fic about him! It would be fun to find out how Michael came to the castle, how he and Chrestomanci work together, how he interacts with the other denizens there, what his backstory is. I love the carefully measured glimpses we get of Chrestomanci coming out of his vagueness to show just how formidable he is, and some of that would be neat from Michael's perspective! Other characters also very welcome, especially Milly, Janet, and Julia, or from the previous generation (?) Tacroy and Flavian.
False Doctrine Series - Alice Degan (Peachy, Kit, Elsa, Harriet)
As an amateur musician I'm interested in Peachy the disorganized composer--I'd love to read his perspective on the events of the book, with a good helping of music if at all possible. Or something from Harriet's point of view, I enjoy her down-to-earth practicality and wonder what her narrative voice would sound like too. (We get plenty of Kit and Elsa in the book itself, but I am very fond of them and have no problem if you want to write more about them as well!) Something about the four of them after the book would also be neat; pretty much anything in which I get to spend more time with the characters works for me....
(Also, as a long-shot, if you want to bring in an original character or two to show me what the conceit of the book looks like from a Jewish or otherwise non-Christian perspective, that would be FASCINATING.)
(Note: I have only read the first of the two books, so I'd like a fic that does not focus on the second book, although I'm not worried about spoilers if they come up.)
Lost Tomb Reboot (Huo Daofu)
I just find Huo Daofu and his sarcasm and his competence and his sharp dressing and his reluctant care a delight, and I will read anything you want to write about him—what he does post-canon, something from his point of view set during LTR, you name it. (I haven’t seen the other Lost Tomb things but I’m open to something involving Sha Hai and other parts of his backstory, as long as it’s not the whole entire fic; no worries about spoilers.) If you want to pair him off with someone, I have a thing about Huo Daofu/Bai Haotian (I’ve written one fic about them under my other AO3 name, scherzanda, and also received a terrific gift fic with this pairing, but more is always good), and I tend to subscribe to past Huo Daofu/Wu Xie, but I’m okay with other ideas as well.
Pseudo-Edo SF art – Yamaguchi Akira
See my comment on the Yuletide promo post for details. As linked there, you can also find the paintings in question here among other places. I’ve narrowed down the paintings to three, but pretty much anything by Yamaguchi in the same style would work. I’d love a random story set in this setting—a slice of life, a bit of alternate history, you name it. Especially if it features trains!
Steerswoman Series – Rosemary Kirstein (Steffie, Zenna)
Steffie is probably my favorite character in the whole series, against stiff competition--I like his meticulous way of thinking things out, his practicality, his kindness, and his deadpan quasi-humor. I’ve been given a wonderful Steffie fic in the past, but I’m always up for more. I’d love to see him working with Zenna in Alemeth, learning to be a steersman and figuring himself and his town out, while Zenna gets started on her new life as well. (I love Zenna too--her easy-going calm, which seems partly innate and partly a coping mechanism she's worked out, and her interest in the people around her. I love the way all the steerswomen (and proto-steersman Steffie) have their own distinct ways of solving problems.)
Thank you!
