Dear Yuletide Writer
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aunt_zeldaHello stranger! Happy Yuletide!
Let’s start things off …
I ship a lot of ships. (Lately my motto’s been “ship all the ships” for most of my fandoms. I can see the potential in almost any ship.) M/M, F/F, F/M, threesomes, moresomes, gen … it’s all good to me. I'm comfortable with a lot of kinks. And I LOVE getting smut as a gift. But I am completely fine with gen if you're not comfortable writing smutty stuff! Don’t worry!
A commitment to the universe and a faithfulness to the characters is what's most important to me.
My LJ activity is ... sporadic. I should update some stuff around here. If you wanna see what I've written in the past, check under the fic tag.
Here is my Ao3 account, which is the much more recent stuff I've written, and also most of what I’m reading. (Also a good way to show you all the kinks I like.)
I'm on tumblr. My updates are random and about many things, but if you wanna get a better sense of who I am and what I’m watching, that’s the place to do it.
I frequently post reviews/detailed rants/liveblogging ramblings about stuff I'm watching, here are those.
And here I am on twitter.
Squicks/Stuff For You To Avoid: watersports, scat, medical play, eye torture, gaslighting, major character death, adultery/cheating, parent/child incest, fridging female characters, demonizing female characters for "getting in the way" of a m/m pairing, Rape As Drama - (I am fine with non-con in a fic so long as it's handled responsibly, not as a clumsy excuse for hurt/comfort later or 'first it was rape then they liked it’), A/B/O verse (I’m fine with it sometimes but only in very specific ways, so probably best to just avoid it for Yuletide).
Stuff I Like/Stuff I Love/Stuff I’d Enjoy Seeing: BDSM, knifeplay, gunkink, threesomes, femdom, FoeYay, Christmas fluff, domestic fluff, genderswap AU (where everything is the same but the characters who were men in canon are women in fic, vice versa), kink negotiation, bandaging someone’s battle wounds, polyamory, couple locked in a room, first time, aftercare, role reversal AU, character exploration*
* You don’t need to include all or even any of these, just listing some things I like so you get a better sense of me.
~*~
Ok, so now onto me talking about the fandoms I’ve requested. Just the fact that you are writing at all for any of these will make me SUPER happy, so don’t worry about trying to follow any prompts I leave or adhering to them. These are just some ideas to get your creativity going, and a way to show you my tastes:
Dispatches From Goddamn Space (Cracked.com)
I actually nominated this fandom. So I would really love it if someone wrote fic for it.
If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a series of 6 short videos put up by Cracked.com, about Marcus, an astronaut answering emails from schoolchildren while in orbit above Earth. The videos get darker and darker as he succumbs to Space Madness, locks his fellow astronaut Abram in the airlock, and plots to fly into a star.
On the one hand, I feel sorry for Marcus, and seeing his gradual descent from a somewhat charming and sarcastic man on a lonely mission into a paranoid and haunted man obsessed with a star and casually plotting murder, it’s very upsetting. On the other hand, from the perspective of the barely-seen Abram, this is a story of being trapped in a tiny enclosed space with someone you thought you could trust, and learning in the worst way that no, you can’t trust them, and having to fight for your life all alone with no escape.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) An exploration into Marcus’ mind as he slowly goes insane in space, haunted by the star, missing his daughter, taunted by the schoolchildren’s inane messages, enraged by Abram’s constant banging on the airlock doors.
2) Pre-show, Marcus is happy and excited to be in space. He convinces Abram that they should be the first people to have sex in space.
3) The criminal investigation post-show. After successfully landing the escape shuttle on Earth, Marcus is hauled in for a criminal investigation and Abram is hailed as a hero who fought off a dangerous psychopath. Abram, despite being angry about being locked in the airlock, doesn’t like how the media is portraying Marcus.
4) Marcus assigned custody of his daughter to Abram during the first weeks of their mission, never told Abram. The criminal investigation finds Marcus guilty and sends him to prison for a while. Abram has to raise Marcus’ daughter and bring her to visit Marcus in prison.
Or whatever sticks out to you from watching the videos. There’s a lot of potential here and I’m afraid it’s gonna get ignored and forgotten in favor of the bigger Cracked.com productions.
Megamind (2010)
I love this movie. So much. So very much. I love the characters and the story and Roxanne and Megamind and Metro Man and just … everything. It’s funny and cute and clever and perfect. I love how Roxanne is capable and smart and not a helpless prop. I love how Megamind is so showy and not even malicious, just aware of the genre conventions he has to adhere to. I love Metro Man’s … everything about him.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Roxie and Megamind trying to figure out how to have sex for the first time. I would prefer if Megamind has alien biology, not just human bits colored blue. You can be vague about it or go full-on xenokink, I am fine regardless.
2) Megamind wrestling with the fact that he loves Roxie and loves being with her, but still has feelings for Metro Man that were never those of merely platonic-nemeses. He takes inspiration from Metro Man and goes to the library, where he finds books about polyamory, so he can talk to Roxie about potentially changing their relationship.
3) Roxie trying to explain Christmas to Megamind. He tries to understand; eventually they end up with a very Megamind Christmas. It all works out.
The Gates
This show. This … this show.
It’s cheesy and I love it. What more can you really say? I completely understand why it lasted a mere season, but a part of me wishes it had kept going for a little while longer. It’s a great concept, just … not executed as well as it could have been.
What the show really did well were the Radcliffs. Dylan is that kind of vampire I think people try to write a lot but don’t always quite get. He’s trying to be nonviolent and a normal citizen and a family man, but if his family is in danger he will do whatever it takes to protect them.
As only Dylan and Nick were nominated I’m pretty sure you know where this is going if you offered it.
I ship them. They’re fun, they’ve got good banter, they’ve got similarities and they’re some of the better characters on the show.
Obviously since Claire and Sarah weren’t nominated I can’t ask you to include them, but if you are writing me this gift please do mention them at least, in passing. They needn’t be dead or ignored for their husbands to hook up. Polyamory and pre-negotiated terms are far more preferable to me over cheating and adultery.So are threesomes, but they weren’t nominated, so I can’t actually ask you to include them.
Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Their wives were trying to set them up. And it works.
2) Nick is curious about what it feels like to be bitten, tries to casually bring up in conversation that he’s actually ok with pain, y’know, sexually, while on stakeouts with Dylan. Dylan eventually takes Nick up on the offer and does bite him.
3) Dylan starts flirting with Nick to trip him up. Instead of becoming flustered, Nick accuses Dylan of trying to seduce favors out of a cop. This leads to an impromptu roleplay session involving handcuffs.
4) Dylan will have sex with Nick in any room of the Radcliff house. But not the bedroom. Why?
5) Nick is triggered during rough foreplay with Dylan. Dylan proves to be surprisingly good at aftercare and maintaining boundaries.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
This SHOW. Angsty adorkable space pirates living together and grudgingly learning lessons about friendship and ultimately saving the world. I just … this show. It is wonderful.
I ship them all with each other. I really do. Pick a combo. Pick a three-person combo. Pick the whole team. I ship it. Adorkable space pirates with angsty backstories. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
I haven’t seen the movie crossovers yet, so just stick to the show unless you’ve got a plotbunny you’ve been wanting to explore from the movies. It’s easy enough to find them, I can catch up.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Entire team cuddlepile after a mission.
2) Pre-show, Marvelous/Joe/Luka. Marvelous and Luka ganging up on Joe because he needs comfort and doesn’t know how to ask for it. Joe appreciates it even though he has trouble telling them so.
3) Exploration of the backstory of any of the characters. I love them all so much, I do not care who you pick, or if you pick all of them, or whatever you fancy.
4) Luka/Ahim, 5 times they kissed.
5) Marvelous/Ahim, he treats her like a Queen, not a princess. (Femdom.)
6) Don/Gai, arguing turns to sexual frustration turns to sex.
7) Post-show, their first Christmas in space.
8) Everyone on the team is hooking up with each other at various points.
Life (TV)
You are NOT obligated to write ALL of the characters I've requested, any combinations of these four are fine with me!
This show is one of those forgotten shows that I personally have a lot of fondness for but hardly anyone remembers. I love the concept, the characters, the documentary crew framing device, everything. While the ending was clearly rushed due to the Writer’s Strike, at least it had a proper ending and didn’t end on some nasty cliffhanger.
The longer time goes on and I look back on this show I find more things to appreciate about it. The many ways Charlie tries to deal with not being in prison anymore, the habits he can’t break. Dani’s life as a recovering addict. The trust that has to build between Dani and Charlie during the show.
I love Dani Reese, she is one of my favorite characters in any show. Please do not demonize her or kill her off if you write her. I personally don't ship her with Charlie, I see them as excellent partners and friends, but if you wanna write fic shipping them, by all means give it a go, I am open to new possibilities.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Personally I'm saddened by the lack of Charlie/Ted fic out there. You don't have to write that if you don't want to, but I would REALLY love it if you could. Don't limit yourself to prison fic, their life on the outside has plenty of potential. Whether they're being open about their relationship, people's reactions to that, perhaps the documentary team asking prying questions?
2) Roman terrifies me. I would not object to him getting his hands on Charlie if that's how your story ends up going. Non-con between those two in a fic is fine with me so long as it's handled seriously.
3) Since Charlie saves Dani in the finale, how about a fic where Dani saves Charlie from some bad guy post-show?
The Borgias (2011)
You are NOT obligated to write ALL of the characters I've requested, any combinations of these four are fine with me!
I loved this show more than The Tudors, and I liked The Tudors a lot!
Why do I love it? The fantastic cast, the gorgeous costuming, the multilayered and capable female characters, the history, the politics, the corrupt Catholic sex scenes dredging up my genetic Catholic guilt … I just plain love this show.
I particularly love how they handled Lucrezia, how she grows from a naïve sweet girl to a cunning and frightening political force who gets what she wants and who she wants.
And I have a soft spot for Cesare/Micheletto. Their relationship pings like, every kink I have and then some.
Also, Caterina Sforza, good god, she was glorious. Her sex scene with Cesare was also great.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Cesare finding out exactly how deep Micheletto’s devotion runs, after another whipping session reveals that Micheletto enjoys pain when it’s Cesare inflicting it.
2) Cesare/Micheletto, Cesare/Caterina, Cesare/Lucrezia: three very different relationships in his life, comparisons.
3) Cesare teaching Lucrezia how to handle a knife. As serious or sexy as you like.
4) Caterina Sforza takes Cesare prisoner (historical accuracy, what’s that?) and makes him beg for his freedom.
5) Caterina Sforza and Lucrezia meet. I want to know what that discussion would be like.
6) Micheletto protects Lucrezia through a siege, Cesare breaks the siege and arrives, embraces them both. What happens next?
~*~
So ... yeah. Kind of a mixed bag. I think I gave enough information, so long as you avoid the stuff on my squicks-list I will be happy. Please don’t agonize about covering one of my prompts if you’re just not feeling it. Honestly, someone writing for any of these fandoms will make me very happy. I worked hard on my list, all of these came out of a list of over 20 fandoms I felt very strongly about, so I am serious here, these are my top choices and I will be happy with anything.
Hope I've kept it open enough that you find something you're comfortable with and are excited to tackle.
Happy writing!
Let’s start things off …
I ship a lot of ships. (Lately my motto’s been “ship all the ships” for most of my fandoms. I can see the potential in almost any ship.) M/M, F/F, F/M, threesomes, moresomes, gen … it’s all good to me. I'm comfortable with a lot of kinks. And I LOVE getting smut as a gift. But I am completely fine with gen if you're not comfortable writing smutty stuff! Don’t worry!
A commitment to the universe and a faithfulness to the characters is what's most important to me.
My LJ activity is ... sporadic. I should update some stuff around here. If you wanna see what I've written in the past, check under the fic tag.
Here is my Ao3 account, which is the much more recent stuff I've written, and also most of what I’m reading. (Also a good way to show you all the kinks I like.)
I'm on tumblr. My updates are random and about many things, but if you wanna get a better sense of who I am and what I’m watching, that’s the place to do it.
I frequently post reviews/detailed rants/liveblogging ramblings about stuff I'm watching, here are those.
And here I am on twitter.
Squicks/Stuff For You To Avoid: watersports, scat, medical play, eye torture, gaslighting, major character death, adultery/cheating, parent/child incest, fridging female characters, demonizing female characters for "getting in the way" of a m/m pairing, Rape As Drama - (I am fine with non-con in a fic so long as it's handled responsibly, not as a clumsy excuse for hurt/comfort later or 'first it was rape then they liked it’), A/B/O verse (I’m fine with it sometimes but only in very specific ways, so probably best to just avoid it for Yuletide).
Stuff I Like/Stuff I Love/Stuff I’d Enjoy Seeing: BDSM, knifeplay, gunkink, threesomes, femdom, FoeYay, Christmas fluff, domestic fluff, genderswap AU (where everything is the same but the characters who were men in canon are women in fic, vice versa), kink negotiation, bandaging someone’s battle wounds, polyamory, couple locked in a room, first time, aftercare, role reversal AU, character exploration*
* You don’t need to include all or even any of these, just listing some things I like so you get a better sense of me.
~*~
Ok, so now onto me talking about the fandoms I’ve requested. Just the fact that you are writing at all for any of these will make me SUPER happy, so don’t worry about trying to follow any prompts I leave or adhering to them. These are just some ideas to get your creativity going, and a way to show you my tastes:
Dispatches From Goddamn Space (Cracked.com)
I actually nominated this fandom. So I would really love it if someone wrote fic for it.
If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a series of 6 short videos put up by Cracked.com, about Marcus, an astronaut answering emails from schoolchildren while in orbit above Earth. The videos get darker and darker as he succumbs to Space Madness, locks his fellow astronaut Abram in the airlock, and plots to fly into a star.
On the one hand, I feel sorry for Marcus, and seeing his gradual descent from a somewhat charming and sarcastic man on a lonely mission into a paranoid and haunted man obsessed with a star and casually plotting murder, it’s very upsetting. On the other hand, from the perspective of the barely-seen Abram, this is a story of being trapped in a tiny enclosed space with someone you thought you could trust, and learning in the worst way that no, you can’t trust them, and having to fight for your life all alone with no escape.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) An exploration into Marcus’ mind as he slowly goes insane in space, haunted by the star, missing his daughter, taunted by the schoolchildren’s inane messages, enraged by Abram’s constant banging on the airlock doors.
2) Pre-show, Marcus is happy and excited to be in space. He convinces Abram that they should be the first people to have sex in space.
3) The criminal investigation post-show. After successfully landing the escape shuttle on Earth, Marcus is hauled in for a criminal investigation and Abram is hailed as a hero who fought off a dangerous psychopath. Abram, despite being angry about being locked in the airlock, doesn’t like how the media is portraying Marcus.
4) Marcus assigned custody of his daughter to Abram during the first weeks of their mission, never told Abram. The criminal investigation finds Marcus guilty and sends him to prison for a while. Abram has to raise Marcus’ daughter and bring her to visit Marcus in prison.
Or whatever sticks out to you from watching the videos. There’s a lot of potential here and I’m afraid it’s gonna get ignored and forgotten in favor of the bigger Cracked.com productions.
Megamind (2010)
I love this movie. So much. So very much. I love the characters and the story and Roxanne and Megamind and Metro Man and just … everything. It’s funny and cute and clever and perfect. I love how Roxanne is capable and smart and not a helpless prop. I love how Megamind is so showy and not even malicious, just aware of the genre conventions he has to adhere to. I love Metro Man’s … everything about him.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Roxie and Megamind trying to figure out how to have sex for the first time. I would prefer if Megamind has alien biology, not just human bits colored blue. You can be vague about it or go full-on xenokink, I am fine regardless.
2) Megamind wrestling with the fact that he loves Roxie and loves being with her, but still has feelings for Metro Man that were never those of merely platonic-nemeses. He takes inspiration from Metro Man and goes to the library, where he finds books about polyamory, so he can talk to Roxie about potentially changing their relationship.
3) Roxie trying to explain Christmas to Megamind. He tries to understand; eventually they end up with a very Megamind Christmas. It all works out.
The Gates
This show. This … this show.
It’s cheesy and I love it. What more can you really say? I completely understand why it lasted a mere season, but a part of me wishes it had kept going for a little while longer. It’s a great concept, just … not executed as well as it could have been.
What the show really did well were the Radcliffs. Dylan is that kind of vampire I think people try to write a lot but don’t always quite get. He’s trying to be nonviolent and a normal citizen and a family man, but if his family is in danger he will do whatever it takes to protect them.
As only Dylan and Nick were nominated I’m pretty sure you know where this is going if you offered it.
I ship them. They’re fun, they’ve got good banter, they’ve got similarities and they’re some of the better characters on the show.
Obviously since Claire and Sarah weren’t nominated I can’t ask you to include them, but if you are writing me this gift please do mention them at least, in passing. They needn’t be dead or ignored for their husbands to hook up. Polyamory and pre-negotiated terms are far more preferable to me over cheating and adultery.
Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Their wives were trying to set them up. And it works.
2) Nick is curious about what it feels like to be bitten, tries to casually bring up in conversation that he’s actually ok with pain, y’know, sexually, while on stakeouts with Dylan. Dylan eventually takes Nick up on the offer and does bite him.
3) Dylan starts flirting with Nick to trip him up. Instead of becoming flustered, Nick accuses Dylan of trying to seduce favors out of a cop. This leads to an impromptu roleplay session involving handcuffs.
4) Dylan will have sex with Nick in any room of the Radcliff house. But not the bedroom. Why?
5) Nick is triggered during rough foreplay with Dylan. Dylan proves to be surprisingly good at aftercare and maintaining boundaries.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
This SHOW. Angsty adorkable space pirates living together and grudgingly learning lessons about friendship and ultimately saving the world. I just … this show. It is wonderful.
I ship them all with each other. I really do. Pick a combo. Pick a three-person combo. Pick the whole team. I ship it. Adorkable space pirates with angsty backstories. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
I haven’t seen the movie crossovers yet, so just stick to the show unless you’ve got a plotbunny you’ve been wanting to explore from the movies. It’s easy enough to find them, I can catch up.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Entire team cuddlepile after a mission.
2) Pre-show, Marvelous/Joe/Luka. Marvelous and Luka ganging up on Joe because he needs comfort and doesn’t know how to ask for it. Joe appreciates it even though he has trouble telling them so.
3) Exploration of the backstory of any of the characters. I love them all so much, I do not care who you pick, or if you pick all of them, or whatever you fancy.
4) Luka/Ahim, 5 times they kissed.
5) Marvelous/Ahim, he treats her like a Queen, not a princess. (Femdom.)
6) Don/Gai, arguing turns to sexual frustration turns to sex.
7) Post-show, their first Christmas in space.
8) Everyone on the team is hooking up with each other at various points.
Life (TV)
You are NOT obligated to write ALL of the characters I've requested, any combinations of these four are fine with me!
This show is one of those forgotten shows that I personally have a lot of fondness for but hardly anyone remembers. I love the concept, the characters, the documentary crew framing device, everything. While the ending was clearly rushed due to the Writer’s Strike, at least it had a proper ending and didn’t end on some nasty cliffhanger.
The longer time goes on and I look back on this show I find more things to appreciate about it. The many ways Charlie tries to deal with not being in prison anymore, the habits he can’t break. Dani’s life as a recovering addict. The trust that has to build between Dani and Charlie during the show.
I love Dani Reese, she is one of my favorite characters in any show. Please do not demonize her or kill her off if you write her. I personally don't ship her with Charlie, I see them as excellent partners and friends, but if you wanna write fic shipping them, by all means give it a go, I am open to new possibilities.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Personally I'm saddened by the lack of Charlie/Ted fic out there. You don't have to write that if you don't want to, but I would REALLY love it if you could. Don't limit yourself to prison fic, their life on the outside has plenty of potential. Whether they're being open about their relationship, people's reactions to that, perhaps the documentary team asking prying questions?
2) Roman terrifies me. I would not object to him getting his hands on Charlie if that's how your story ends up going. Non-con between those two in a fic is fine with me so long as it's handled seriously.
3) Since Charlie saves Dani in the finale, how about a fic where Dani saves Charlie from some bad guy post-show?
The Borgias (2011)
You are NOT obligated to write ALL of the characters I've requested, any combinations of these four are fine with me!
I loved this show more than The Tudors, and I liked The Tudors a lot!
Why do I love it? The fantastic cast, the gorgeous costuming, the multilayered and capable female characters, the history, the politics, the corrupt Catholic sex scenes dredging up my genetic Catholic guilt … I just plain love this show.
I particularly love how they handled Lucrezia, how she grows from a naïve sweet girl to a cunning and frightening political force who gets what she wants and who she wants.
And I have a soft spot for Cesare/Micheletto. Their relationship pings like, every kink I have and then some.
Also, Caterina Sforza, good god, she was glorious. Her sex scene with Cesare was also great.
There’s a lot to work with here, depending on what you like to write. Here’s some ideas (again, you don’t need to take these if you don’t like them, just some potential starting off points) :
1) Cesare finding out exactly how deep Micheletto’s devotion runs, after another whipping session reveals that Micheletto enjoys pain when it’s Cesare inflicting it.
2) Cesare/Micheletto, Cesare/Caterina, Cesare/Lucrezia: three very different relationships in his life, comparisons.
3) Cesare teaching Lucrezia how to handle a knife. As serious or sexy as you like.
4) Caterina Sforza takes Cesare prisoner (historical accuracy, what’s that?) and makes him beg for his freedom.
5) Caterina Sforza and Lucrezia meet. I want to know what that discussion would be like.
6) Micheletto protects Lucrezia through a siege, Cesare breaks the siege and arrives, embraces them both. What happens next?
~*~
So ... yeah. Kind of a mixed bag. I think I gave enough information, so long as you avoid the stuff on my squicks-list I will be happy. Please don’t agonize about covering one of my prompts if you’re just not feeling it. Honestly, someone writing for any of these fandoms will make me very happy. I worked hard on my list, all of these came out of a list of over 20 fandoms I felt very strongly about, so I am serious here, these are my top choices and I will be happy with anything.
Hope I've kept it open enough that you find something you're comfortable with and are excited to tackle.
Happy writing!
