Yuletide 2020
Oct. 25th, 2020 01:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lady_saraiDear Yuletide Author,
Thank you so much for writing a gift for me! I love Yuletide so much, and I can't wait to read what you create for me. c:
Let me just begin by saying that 2020 has been one crappy year, and while some sadness and upsetting things are welcome in stories, I would really prefer a happy or at least hopeful ending for my Yuletide fic this year! I hope you understand.
First, my Please No list (AKA DNWs): Death fic, especially major character death (canon exceptions can be made, of course). Please do not make any character a villain or OOCly terrible in the name of breaking up a canon ship. I also really can't abide cheating in relationships. Gross, embarrassing humor or explicit blood and gore.
Next, my Please YES list (AKA Things I LOVE): AUs, 5 (or 10!) Things fic, silly rom-com tropes (friends-to-lovers, stuck in a cabin, fake dating, etc.), Found families, strong female friendships/sisterhoods, THE POWER OF LOOOOOOVE saving the day, Hurt/Comfort (give me high fevers and bedside vigils/confessions of love), humor (especially smart/witty humor), happy/hopeful endings, future fic, deeper looks into canon moments or backstories... I am a sucker for shippy fun, but I also ADORE Gen-fic. Friendships and Family are so important!
And finally, My Requests:
Fandom: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Characters: Any
Prompt: I would love a story about *any* of these characters! Give me family shenanigans with the kids, tell me more about Arthur and Linus's love story, fill in the gap between Linus's return and the epilogue, show me their future (what will it be like when the kids grow up?), fill me in on how Zoe and Helen's romance happened/continues, give me Calliope the cat's POV of the family... Heck, tell me the story of how Linus saved the kids in one of the orphanages from being used as a pagan sacrifice by their Master (bonus points for getting him to tell the story to the kids or Arthur or everyone). Basically, this book has to be one of my favorite books *ever* and I just want more of these characters and their family.
October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire
Characters: Cagney, Lacey, Quentin Sollys
Prompt: What I would *absolutely* love for this series is something from Cagney and Lacey's point of view. Toby's home life has changed *so much* since book 1, and her family has grown so much. What does her life look like from her cats' viewpoint? What do they think of all the teenagers who come in and out of the house? What about Tybalt? What about Spike? How do they get on with a Ravenmaid in the house? We really only ever see Toby interact with them, and they're usually napping, but we all know cats are smarter and busier than they seem. What do the other people in the house say to them?
If this isn't something that sparks your interest, I'd love absolutely anything about Quentin. I just love him, he's so good! (And I mean, hey. Bonus points for Quentin and the cats. I mean, his best friend is a Prince of Cats, after all...)
Newsflesh Series by Mira Grant
Characters: Mahir Gowda, Shaun Mason, Maggie Garcia
Prompt: I have a NUMBER of things I'd love for this fandom. First would be anything about Mahir Gowda, because he's amazing and wonderful. I love him and his daughter and basically everything about him.
BUT... I would love to read a story about George/Shaun/Mahir (but will also be happy with Shaun/Mahir or George/Mahir if an OT3 is not your thing!). If you do decide to write any of these ships for me, the only thing I ask is that you don't vilify Mahir's canon wife. I love AUs, so if you want to AU it so that he never married, I'd be fine with that--or hey, maybe she dies and he takes his daughter off to Canada with him! Be creative! It's up to you! (But please also don't vilify Shaun or George for the sake of a ship, or ignore *that* canon ship, because it's pretty vitally important to the books.)
Perry Mason (TV 2020)
Characters: Della Street, Hazel Prystock, Perry Mason, Paul Drake
Prompt: I adore these characters and their friendship/Found Family. Please give me Della and Hazel being amazing; I will happily take their backstory, or a slice-of-life about them, or something set in the future when they're old and gray. I love how badass Della is, and how in the tradition of the original series, she's the smartest one in the group; show me Della keeping Perry and Paul in line. I'd love to see them in their down time, working together, getting closer, getting into trouble and helping each other out of it again. (This is a fandom that the 5 or 10 things format would work amazing for, but I'd also happily take a case study or whatever you feel like writing for me!)
Jolene (Dolly Parton song)
Characters: Narrator, Jolene
Prompt:What if Jolene is not after the Man, but wants the Narrator instead?
(This is one exception to my usual rule of "please don't vilify a canon love interest in the name of the fic's ship" because let's face it: if Narrator is so worried about her Man running off with Jolene, I think she's talking to the wrong person when she's asking Jolene not to "take him." In other words: our Narrator deserves better than her Man, and Jolene is Better. But I still ask for no cheating, please.)
Thank you so much, dear writer!! Yuletide is one of my favorite events and I'm so excited to participate this year! c:
Thanks again,
Sara
Thank you so much for writing a gift for me! I love Yuletide so much, and I can't wait to read what you create for me. c:
Let me just begin by saying that 2020 has been one crappy year, and while some sadness and upsetting things are welcome in stories, I would really prefer a happy or at least hopeful ending for my Yuletide fic this year! I hope you understand.
First, my Please No list (AKA DNWs): Death fic, especially major character death (canon exceptions can be made, of course). Please do not make any character a villain or OOCly terrible in the name of breaking up a canon ship. I also really can't abide cheating in relationships. Gross, embarrassing humor or explicit blood and gore.
Next, my Please YES list (AKA Things I LOVE): AUs, 5 (or 10!) Things fic, silly rom-com tropes (friends-to-lovers, stuck in a cabin, fake dating, etc.), Found families, strong female friendships/sisterhoods, THE POWER OF LOOOOOOVE saving the day, Hurt/Comfort (give me high fevers and bedside vigils/confessions of love), humor (especially smart/witty humor), happy/hopeful endings, future fic, deeper looks into canon moments or backstories... I am a sucker for shippy fun, but I also ADORE Gen-fic. Friendships and Family are so important!
And finally, My Requests:
Fandom: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Characters: Any
Prompt: I would love a story about *any* of these characters! Give me family shenanigans with the kids, tell me more about Arthur and Linus's love story, fill in the gap between Linus's return and the epilogue, show me their future (what will it be like when the kids grow up?), fill me in on how Zoe and Helen's romance happened/continues, give me Calliope the cat's POV of the family... Heck, tell me the story of how Linus saved the kids in one of the orphanages from being used as a pagan sacrifice by their Master (bonus points for getting him to tell the story to the kids or Arthur or everyone). Basically, this book has to be one of my favorite books *ever* and I just want more of these characters and their family.
October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire
Characters: Cagney, Lacey, Quentin Sollys
Prompt: What I would *absolutely* love for this series is something from Cagney and Lacey's point of view. Toby's home life has changed *so much* since book 1, and her family has grown so much. What does her life look like from her cats' viewpoint? What do they think of all the teenagers who come in and out of the house? What about Tybalt? What about Spike? How do they get on with a Ravenmaid in the house? We really only ever see Toby interact with them, and they're usually napping, but we all know cats are smarter and busier than they seem. What do the other people in the house say to them?
If this isn't something that sparks your interest, I'd love absolutely anything about Quentin. I just love him, he's so good! (And I mean, hey. Bonus points for Quentin and the cats. I mean, his best friend is a Prince of Cats, after all...)
Newsflesh Series by Mira Grant
Characters: Mahir Gowda, Shaun Mason, Maggie Garcia
Prompt: I have a NUMBER of things I'd love for this fandom. First would be anything about Mahir Gowda, because he's amazing and wonderful. I love him and his daughter and basically everything about him.
BUT... I would love to read a story about George/Shaun/Mahir (but will also be happy with Shaun/Mahir or George/Mahir if an OT3 is not your thing!). If you do decide to write any of these ships for me, the only thing I ask is that you don't vilify Mahir's canon wife. I love AUs, so if you want to AU it so that he never married, I'd be fine with that--or hey, maybe she dies and he takes his daughter off to Canada with him! Be creative! It's up to you! (But please also don't vilify Shaun or George for the sake of a ship, or ignore *that* canon ship, because it's pretty vitally important to the books.)
Perry Mason (TV 2020)
Characters: Della Street, Hazel Prystock, Perry Mason, Paul Drake
Prompt: I adore these characters and their friendship/Found Family. Please give me Della and Hazel being amazing; I will happily take their backstory, or a slice-of-life about them, or something set in the future when they're old and gray. I love how badass Della is, and how in the tradition of the original series, she's the smartest one in the group; show me Della keeping Perry and Paul in line. I'd love to see them in their down time, working together, getting closer, getting into trouble and helping each other out of it again. (This is a fandom that the 5 or 10 things format would work amazing for, but I'd also happily take a case study or whatever you feel like writing for me!)
Jolene (Dolly Parton song)
Characters: Narrator, Jolene
Prompt:What if Jolene is not after the Man, but wants the Narrator instead?
(This is one exception to my usual rule of "please don't vilify a canon love interest in the name of the fic's ship" because let's face it: if Narrator is so worried about her Man running off with Jolene, I think she's talking to the wrong person when she's asking Jolene not to "take him." In other words: our Narrator deserves better than her Man, and Jolene is Better. But I still ask for no cheating, please.)
Thank you so much, dear writer!! Yuletide is one of my favorite events and I'm so excited to participate this year! c:
Thanks again,
Sara
