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Dear Yuletide Author
25 Oct 2020 02:28 pmThank you so much for writing for me! Yuletide is my favourite time of year and I am really looking forward to reading my gift. You’ll see some common threads in my requests, and I hope they make sense. Basically I love fics that stick close to canon, I love found-family tropes and the comfort part of h/c. (I’m comfortable with the hurt part as well, as long as it isn’t too graphic or lingered over.) I’ve requested shippy prompts for the most part, but if I had to choose between shippiness and gen h/c, I’d choose the h/c, hands down. Basically - if I love a character, I want them to suffer (a little), and then be looked after (a lot).
My DNWs are also variations on a theme: please no graphic non-con (although references to it are fine), and please no AUs such as mer-people, mpreg, A/O/B, or anything that fundamentally changes the universe the canon is set in. Canon-divergent stuff is fine, though. I also like Maggie (TD) and Becky (Askewniverse) so if you include them in the fic, please don’t hurt them or have something awful happen to them, an amicable split is fine.
I haven’t written a long and detailed letter this year because I’ve come to the realisation that my likes and requests are actually pretty consistent year-on-year, even if the fandoms and character change somewhat. I like complicated, morally grey characters, and I like sarcastic banter. I like found-family and h/c. And - if you’re writing sex scenes - I like a focus on kissing. It turns out I’m a simple soul at heart, and I just like seeing my faves be happy & loved.... after a bit of suffering, of course. Anyway, my Yuletide tag links to all my letters over the years if you want to get a flavour of what I have asked for and loved in the past, but I feel like this pretty much distils it down to the fundamentals. I’m a simple soul at heart!
Please have fun writing, and I am sure to enjoy whatever you come up with.
True Detective: Rust, Marty
I watched S1 of True Detective this year (late to the party, I know) and honestly, it blew my mind. I am fully on board with what a great character Rust is, and I was fascinated with his relationship with Marty. I’d love to see more of Rust being taken care of, and slowly opening up to Marty. I feel like the show laid them open to each other to such an extent that they would have to work to build up their walls - to the rest of the world, if nothing else - before they could return to some semblance of normality. I don’t have anything too prescriptive in mind here - I’d love something close to canon, that develops their relationship. I love first-times, h/c, deep links between messed up people, and found-family. The show is unrelentingly brutal and I’m not expecting sunshine and roses, but please don’t break them beyond repair.
Studio 60: Jack Rudolph
I went back and forth on whether to ask for Jack AND someone, but I realised that I was primarily interested in Jack himself and his relationship with the wider S60 ensemble. I feel like we only see him interact with them when something has gone wrong and he is trying to find a solution, sometimes at a cost to himself. I’d love to see them standing up for him. Maybe something goes wrong with the court case? Maybe there is some sort of scandal and the media has a field day? Maybe his drinking isn’t as under control as he pretends? If you’d like to write shippy fic that would also be very welcome. I don’t have a preferred pairing, I’d be happy seeing him with anyone, but some suggestions - maybe Simon, following on from their rapport at the end of the series? Jordan and/or Danny, given that they’re the closest to him? But I’d be happy with anything, really. As before my bullet-proof links are found-family, h/c, and grumpy arseholes being looked after.
Askewniverse: Dante, Randal
Speaking of grumpy arseholes... I am still, 15 years later, astonished that Randal managed to tell Dante that he loves him (even if I don’t quite believe his assertion that it’s a purely heterosexual way). I miss these utter idiots. Who would have thought that Randal would be the more well-adjusted of the two? I’d love to see a getting-together story (with Becky, if you like, or hand-waving an amicable split if you’d prefer). Alternatively, I will always any and all h/c, and I feel like we haven’t seen Randal vulnerable (beyond that one scene with Dante). Having something external & upsetting force that openness would be interesting. Maybe playing off the alt ending to Clerks (only this time Randal is the one caught in the robbery) or something less eventful but still upsetting (a family argument, or a break-up) - basically forcing a crack in that facade and actually having Dante do some work to cheer him up or reach him or connect with him somehow. I don’t really mind whether you keep it light and fluffy as the canon, or if you go a bit darker, but please don’t damage them beyond repair.
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