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Dear Yulegoat,
THANK YOU FOR WRITING FOR ME! (I am such a doofus, I forgot to put that in.)
general notes
I'm pretty much a gen-and-het fan unless I've specified a fem/slash pairing. If all else fails, friendship is an excellent thing!
Definitely focus on the female characters I've requested, because I always want more fic about the female characters in a fandom, but there's no need to exclude the guys. They don't have boy cooties, I just like the girls better.
I don't like humiliation and incest, but I do like my female characters awesome. I also have a fondness for action/adventure, but if you can't write that then slice-of-life is great. Darkness and death and despair isn't a problem unless you leave them no ray of hope at the end, and while I would prefer not to get the straight porn, I don't mind sex at all!
Sex, romance, and relationships are a part of life, and I like stories that integrate that into the narrative.
Please be careful with the isms: racism, sexism, ableism, orientalism are my main concerns.
I've said most of this before in my post: writing for me: gifts, ficathons, anything! Hopefully this helps qualify a few things.
Crazy Tokyo Paradise [Kozuki Tsukasa, Shirogami Ryuji]
I asked for Tsukasa and Ryuji, and I'd really like something about their relationship and how things change or adjust as they grow up. They're 14 when the manga ends - that's quite a few years to 'grown up' in my books, and I'd like to see your take on where they end up, or how they end up where they do.
Some angles to think about:
- How do Tsukasa's conflicts manifest as a girl brought up by cops but who's now working in a gokuda clan?
- Ryuji is sexually experienced, while Tsukasa's pretty much an innocent - how do they deal with the physical/sexual side of things?
- Tsukasa's the daughter of a really famous warrior-woman among the gokuda, but the woman she thinks of as her mother was a cop: how does that affect the way she's seen by the clan vs. how she sees herself?
I like this canon because...well, mostly the Tsukasa/Ryuji relationship hit my kinks. Opposite backgrounds, she's not supposed to fall in love with him but she does - and doesn't moon around after him! She decides that if she can't have him, she'll still protect him, and she'll do what's right for him. And that is awesome, IMO. I love stories where (for some reason or another) a character can't be with the one they love, but they're not all sulky and pouty about it: they go out and they act out of love for that person, without expecting the one they love to necessarily reciprocate. Total kink for me!
Exiles - Melanie Rawn [Cailet, Josselin, Sarra, Mikel]
I've always had this thing for the Cailet/Josselin relationship. Maybe it's because they do fit the trope of 'repressed woman/sexually knowledgeable man' that often pops up in traditional romance novels, but the power differentials are completely turned around - Cailet's the mature one in the prime of her power, and Josselin's the young soul coming into his own.
If you can't do Cailet/Josselin, then perhaps the friendship between the Ambrai sisters? Perhaps how they're dealing now that the identities they've clung to for their whole lives have been torn away. How they deal with each other up close and not separated by the length of Lenfell.
Some angles to think about:
- Who makes the first move in the Cailet/Josselin relationship? Is there encouragement from the people around them? Setting-up?
- How does Sarra feel about her Mageborn gifts - a power she's feared all her life? Does Cailet help her work through it? Telo? Taigan? Mikel? Or someone unexpected?
- What about the Ambrai identity crisis? They're taking back their name at a time when Ambrais are becoming feared - what kind of conflicts might this produce?
I love this canon because Rawn has such wonderfully complex and complicated universes (even if the original story premise was basically Star Wars). I love that Cailet is so messed up emotionally, but also so powerful - that she keeps her emotions in check, but to some extent she doesn't trust them. (Man, that is so Jedi. Really. Jedi. Totally. Jedi.) I wanted to see Joss court Cailet for real and now that she knows he's not the traitor, she's all bemused. And I kind of love the idea of Joss angsting a little bit about this woman who he's in love with but can't have - she's above him in status and life experience and he's not Collan to be so confident about himself and what he wants in life.
And, y'know, Lenfell. MY GOD. LENFELL.
Elenium/Tamuli Series - David & Leigh Eddings [Aphrael, Talen, Sparkhawk, Khalad]
It would be nice to see Aphrael a little less certain of herself when it comes to Talen. I know that Eddings writes his female characters as though they're utterly sure of themselves when it comes to the guys they're interested in, but I'd like something a little different. Sure, Aphrael knows people and emotions and love and everything, but I'd kind of like a situation where (as Danae) she can't stamp her foot and just have everything her way. Where she tries to make people love her and they don't, or even if they do, they don't just bow to her whim.
Things to think about:
- How does Aphrael keep 'Flute' and 'Danae' separate? Does she? What does she think about sex (other than that she can't spend all day in bed with Talen)? Do things change as her body grows up and she becomes subject to Hormones or are goddesses above that kind of thing?
- Other than Sparkhawk, Vanion, and Sephrenia, who else knows or finds out about Danae? How? What happens next?
- What kind of trouble does Danae get into - as a child, as a teenager, as a young woman, and as a princess of Elenia?
Eddings was my adolescent reading drug of choice. Twenty years on, I can see his flaws and faults and the tropes that sit screaming in the middle of the character landscape, but I still love his books. They're a brain candy read, with wonderful black humour, interesting characters, and a great plot.
In Death series - JD Robb [Dallas, Peabody, Rourke, McNab]
I admit, I'd prefer a case-file story, but if it's not possible, then some kind of interaction between Dallas and other characters is great. A party or an event that she'd rather not be at? A situation she doesn't want to get involved in?
I love all the characters in this series, but especially Dallas and the women of the series. Peabody, Mira, Mavis, Louise, Nadine, etc. Any and all that you want to include is fine by me!
No questions for this one. It's probably the most open of all my requests.
In this canon? I adore Eve. Even with Robb's penchant for rape/incest/angst/DidNotDoTheResearch!wicca, I love that Eve deals and keeps going. I love that she's scarred inside but she does the job. I love that she's functional and holding it together, and that she's good at what she does and is acknowledged by it. Her relationship with Rourke is so beautiful and yet so complicated, too; but they manage to navigate it with love and care and affection. Actually, all Eve's relationships with those around her - with Peabody, Feeney, Mira, Mavis... The family she's gathered over time who'll back her from the get-go and who love her in their own particular way as she allows.
Finally, dear Yulegoat, I hope that whatever it is you're writing for me, you enjoy writing it and don't stress too much about it. Yuletide is for the love of small fandoms, and should be at least a little fun amidst the hair-tearing and muse-blocking and general frustration of trying to write a fic!
(And thank you for doing this! Again!)
THANK YOU FOR WRITING FOR ME! (I am such a doofus, I forgot to put that in.)
general notes
I'm pretty much a gen-and-het fan unless I've specified a fem/slash pairing. If all else fails, friendship is an excellent thing!
Definitely focus on the female characters I've requested, because I always want more fic about the female characters in a fandom, but there's no need to exclude the guys. They don't have boy cooties, I just like the girls better.
I don't like humiliation and incest, but I do like my female characters awesome. I also have a fondness for action/adventure, but if you can't write that then slice-of-life is great. Darkness and death and despair isn't a problem unless you leave them no ray of hope at the end, and while I would prefer not to get the straight porn, I don't mind sex at all!
Sex, romance, and relationships are a part of life, and I like stories that integrate that into the narrative.
Please be careful with the isms: racism, sexism, ableism, orientalism are my main concerns.
I've said most of this before in my post: writing for me: gifts, ficathons, anything! Hopefully this helps qualify a few things.
Crazy Tokyo Paradise [Kozuki Tsukasa, Shirogami Ryuji]
I asked for Tsukasa and Ryuji, and I'd really like something about their relationship and how things change or adjust as they grow up. They're 14 when the manga ends - that's quite a few years to 'grown up' in my books, and I'd like to see your take on where they end up, or how they end up where they do.
Some angles to think about:
- How do Tsukasa's conflicts manifest as a girl brought up by cops but who's now working in a gokuda clan?
- Ryuji is sexually experienced, while Tsukasa's pretty much an innocent - how do they deal with the physical/sexual side of things?
- Tsukasa's the daughter of a really famous warrior-woman among the gokuda, but the woman she thinks of as her mother was a cop: how does that affect the way she's seen by the clan vs. how she sees herself?
I like this canon because...well, mostly the Tsukasa/Ryuji relationship hit my kinks. Opposite backgrounds, she's not supposed to fall in love with him but she does - and doesn't moon around after him! She decides that if she can't have him, she'll still protect him, and she'll do what's right for him. And that is awesome, IMO. I love stories where (for some reason or another) a character can't be with the one they love, but they're not all sulky and pouty about it: they go out and they act out of love for that person, without expecting the one they love to necessarily reciprocate. Total kink for me!
Exiles - Melanie Rawn [Cailet, Josselin, Sarra, Mikel]
I've always had this thing for the Cailet/Josselin relationship. Maybe it's because they do fit the trope of 'repressed woman/sexually knowledgeable man' that often pops up in traditional romance novels, but the power differentials are completely turned around - Cailet's the mature one in the prime of her power, and Josselin's the young soul coming into his own.
If you can't do Cailet/Josselin, then perhaps the friendship between the Ambrai sisters? Perhaps how they're dealing now that the identities they've clung to for their whole lives have been torn away. How they deal with each other up close and not separated by the length of Lenfell.
Some angles to think about:
- Who makes the first move in the Cailet/Josselin relationship? Is there encouragement from the people around them? Setting-up?
- How does Sarra feel about her Mageborn gifts - a power she's feared all her life? Does Cailet help her work through it? Telo? Taigan? Mikel? Or someone unexpected?
- What about the Ambrai identity crisis? They're taking back their name at a time when Ambrais are becoming feared - what kind of conflicts might this produce?
I love this canon because Rawn has such wonderfully complex and complicated universes (even if the original story premise was basically Star Wars). I love that Cailet is so messed up emotionally, but also so powerful - that she keeps her emotions in check, but to some extent she doesn't trust them. (Man, that is so Jedi. Really. Jedi. Totally. Jedi.) I wanted to see Joss court Cailet for real and now that she knows he's not the traitor, she's all bemused. And I kind of love the idea of Joss angsting a little bit about this woman who he's in love with but can't have - she's above him in status and life experience and he's not Collan to be so confident about himself and what he wants in life.
And, y'know, Lenfell. MY GOD. LENFELL.
Elenium/Tamuli Series - David & Leigh Eddings [Aphrael, Talen, Sparkhawk, Khalad]
It would be nice to see Aphrael a little less certain of herself when it comes to Talen. I know that Eddings writes his female characters as though they're utterly sure of themselves when it comes to the guys they're interested in, but I'd like something a little different. Sure, Aphrael knows people and emotions and love and everything, but I'd kind of like a situation where (as Danae) she can't stamp her foot and just have everything her way. Where she tries to make people love her and they don't, or even if they do, they don't just bow to her whim.
Things to think about:
- How does Aphrael keep 'Flute' and 'Danae' separate? Does she? What does she think about sex (other than that she can't spend all day in bed with Talen)? Do things change as her body grows up and she becomes subject to Hormones or are goddesses above that kind of thing?
- Other than Sparkhawk, Vanion, and Sephrenia, who else knows or finds out about Danae? How? What happens next?
- What kind of trouble does Danae get into - as a child, as a teenager, as a young woman, and as a princess of Elenia?
Eddings was my adolescent reading drug of choice. Twenty years on, I can see his flaws and faults and the tropes that sit screaming in the middle of the character landscape, but I still love his books. They're a brain candy read, with wonderful black humour, interesting characters, and a great plot.
In Death series - JD Robb [Dallas, Peabody, Rourke, McNab]
I admit, I'd prefer a case-file story, but if it's not possible, then some kind of interaction between Dallas and other characters is great. A party or an event that she'd rather not be at? A situation she doesn't want to get involved in?
I love all the characters in this series, but especially Dallas and the women of the series. Peabody, Mira, Mavis, Louise, Nadine, etc. Any and all that you want to include is fine by me!
No questions for this one. It's probably the most open of all my requests.
In this canon? I adore Eve. Even with Robb's penchant for rape/incest/angst/DidNotDoTheResearch!wicca, I love that Eve deals and keeps going. I love that she's scarred inside but she does the job. I love that she's functional and holding it together, and that she's good at what she does and is acknowledged by it. Her relationship with Rourke is so beautiful and yet so complicated, too; but they manage to navigate it with love and care and affection. Actually, all Eve's relationships with those around her - with Peabody, Feeney, Mira, Mavis... The family she's gathered over time who'll back her from the get-go and who love her in their own particular way as she allows.
Finally, dear Yulegoat, I hope that whatever it is you're writing for me, you enjoy writing it and don't stress too much about it. Yuletide is for the love of small fandoms, and should be at least a little fun amidst the hair-tearing and muse-blocking and general frustration of trying to write a fic!
(And thank you for doing this! Again!)