Yuletide Letter 2017
Dear Yuletide Writer,
Thank you so much for signing up for this challenge! It brings me huge amounts of joy every year. I am an unashamed fangirl, and can be won over by love and enthusiasm in writing, so please, follow your heart and write what you want to write.
That being said, if you're looking for inspiration, here are a few of my favourite things:
Fic-Kinks
- Competency (kink, such a kink, omg)
- Respect
- Power dynamics (testing boundaries, defining relative status, all the way to SSC s/D if you so desire)
- Characters (they are why I love fandoms--I deeply appreciate plot, but I have to love the characters and the journey they're on in the story)
- Developing relationships (see also: characters)
- Conflict/Tension/Heartache (not angst for the sake of it, but legitimate obstacles that must be overcome)
- Slow build/Friends or colleagues becoming lovers (the journey!)
- Snark, sass, and banter (snarky characters are my Achilles heel)
- Slash (without a doubt, this is my comfort zone)
- Queerness (I ♥ respectful explorations of asexual and transgender romantic relationships)
- Magical/Ritual sex (IDEK, it is my secret shame and delight, I eat it up like popcorn)
- Biological imperative (much like the above...Veela, werewolves, going into heat, I find it addictive when approached well)
Anti-kinks
- Non-con (although I would bend this for a respectful treatment of a survivor if that is where you find yourself drawn)
- Torture (I cannot really handle it. Safe-Sane-Consensual BDSM does not fall into this category for me)
- Discrimination (misogyny, racism, homophobia etc.--again, unless it's there for a good reason necessary for the story, not condoned)
- A/B/O dynamics (the exception to this being their natural context within wolf packs, where the omega is the peacekeeper, diplomat, and glue binding the pack together, because that I can get behind)
Disclosure
- There is not a lot I haven't written, I think...for various challenges, I've tried out mpreg, knotting, needle kink, crack!fic...in summary, I live in a glass house, and will not be throwing any stones. If you want to try something out, please consider me a safe place to try it.
- I also love podfic, so if you feel more comfortable reading aloud than posting your story, I would be overjoyed with either option.
- If you want to poke around to see what I like, my fics are here in my journal or here on Ao3, and my recs are here on del.icio.us.
- I am well over 18 and comfortable with any level of explicitness and adult content.
Fandom-specific
Exiles: I love Val and Alin, and their relationship. They are friends and lovers and partners, very different people but still equals with different strengths and talents and vulnerabilities, both a little broken by the world and their pasts, but unshakable in their relationship and faith/belief in one other. We only ever see them through the eyes of others in The Ruins of Ambrai, but so much is revealed through those glimpses of them together. Their backstory, or missing scenes, or a canon divergence...any of that would thrill me. I am a total sucker for magic systems and exploring the world of the novels, so if you want to run with ladder lore or time awareness or any of it, I would be delighted to read it!
Matthew Swift: This is the only one of my fandoms that I don't have a pairing or relationship for, because what I love is Matthew himself (obviously with Angels On Board) and the world of the series, and how Matthew interacts with other characters and the world around him. I would be intrigued to see a glimpse of the world before A Madness of Angels, or an AU where Matthew didn't die first, a chance to get to know some of the characters like Alfred Khan and Dana Mikeda better. There's something fascinating for me about the way the world was before, and Matthew's role in it. Also, obviously, the magic. The urban sorcery of this universe absolutely blows my mind.
Necromancer Chronicles: This might have been the first actual novel I read featuring both a transgender character and polyamory, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I loved the way it was handled, the emotional complexity and conflicted characters, the gradual build and shift and the messy tangle of feelings, and the physical negotiations and implications. I wanted to read another three novels just about Savedra, Ashlin, and Nikos. I have in fact pouted furiously at the lack of them in other books, because I want more. Any exploration of their unorthodox relationship and situation would be amazing. Please note: The only reason that I left Ashlin off the requested character list is because if you want to write backstory about Nikos and Savedra's relationship forming/developing, that would be fantastic as well.
Fastlane: This is my guilty pleasure fandom. I love these beautiful, sarcastic, trouble-making people, their relationships and the way all three main characters (Van, Deaq, and Billie) balance each other out. There's a lot to explore there and I would be overjoyed by anything, from a serious story to something comically over-the-top.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thank you so much for writing. ♥
Thank you so much for signing up for this challenge! It brings me huge amounts of joy every year. I am an unashamed fangirl, and can be won over by love and enthusiasm in writing, so please, follow your heart and write what you want to write.
That being said, if you're looking for inspiration, here are a few of my favourite things:
Fic-Kinks
- Competency (kink, such a kink, omg)
- Respect
- Power dynamics (testing boundaries, defining relative status, all the way to SSC s/D if you so desire)
- Characters (they are why I love fandoms--I deeply appreciate plot, but I have to love the characters and the journey they're on in the story)
- Developing relationships (see also: characters)
- Conflict/Tension/Heartache (not angst for the sake of it, but legitimate obstacles that must be overcome)
- Slow build/Friends or colleagues becoming lovers (the journey!)
- Snark, sass, and banter (snarky characters are my Achilles heel)
- Slash (without a doubt, this is my comfort zone)
- Queerness (I ♥ respectful explorations of asexual and transgender romantic relationships)
- Magical/Ritual sex (IDEK, it is my secret shame and delight, I eat it up like popcorn)
- Biological imperative (much like the above...Veela, werewolves, going into heat, I find it addictive when approached well)
Anti-kinks
- Non-con (although I would bend this for a respectful treatment of a survivor if that is where you find yourself drawn)
- Torture (I cannot really handle it. Safe-Sane-Consensual BDSM does not fall into this category for me)
- Discrimination (misogyny, racism, homophobia etc.--again, unless it's there for a good reason necessary for the story, not condoned)
- A/B/O dynamics (the exception to this being their natural context within wolf packs, where the omega is the peacekeeper, diplomat, and glue binding the pack together, because that I can get behind)
Disclosure
- There is not a lot I haven't written, I think...for various challenges, I've tried out mpreg, knotting, needle kink, crack!fic...in summary, I live in a glass house, and will not be throwing any stones. If you want to try something out, please consider me a safe place to try it.
- I also love podfic, so if you feel more comfortable reading aloud than posting your story, I would be overjoyed with either option.
- If you want to poke around to see what I like, my fics are here in my journal or here on Ao3, and my recs are here on del.icio.us.
- I am well over 18 and comfortable with any level of explicitness and adult content.
Fandom-specific
Exiles: I love Val and Alin, and their relationship. They are friends and lovers and partners, very different people but still equals with different strengths and talents and vulnerabilities, both a little broken by the world and their pasts, but unshakable in their relationship and faith/belief in one other. We only ever see them through the eyes of others in The Ruins of Ambrai, but so much is revealed through those glimpses of them together. Their backstory, or missing scenes, or a canon divergence...any of that would thrill me. I am a total sucker for magic systems and exploring the world of the novels, so if you want to run with ladder lore or time awareness or any of it, I would be delighted to read it!
Matthew Swift: This is the only one of my fandoms that I don't have a pairing or relationship for, because what I love is Matthew himself (obviously with Angels On Board) and the world of the series, and how Matthew interacts with other characters and the world around him. I would be intrigued to see a glimpse of the world before A Madness of Angels, or an AU where Matthew didn't die first, a chance to get to know some of the characters like Alfred Khan and Dana Mikeda better. There's something fascinating for me about the way the world was before, and Matthew's role in it. Also, obviously, the magic. The urban sorcery of this universe absolutely blows my mind.
Necromancer Chronicles: This might have been the first actual novel I read featuring both a transgender character and polyamory, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I loved the way it was handled, the emotional complexity and conflicted characters, the gradual build and shift and the messy tangle of feelings, and the physical negotiations and implications. I wanted to read another three novels just about Savedra, Ashlin, and Nikos. I have in fact pouted furiously at the lack of them in other books, because I want more. Any exploration of their unorthodox relationship and situation would be amazing. Please note: The only reason that I left Ashlin off the requested character list is because if you want to write backstory about Nikos and Savedra's relationship forming/developing, that would be fantastic as well.
Fastlane: This is my guilty pleasure fandom. I love these beautiful, sarcastic, trouble-making people, their relationships and the way all three main characters (Van, Deaq, and Billie) balance each other out. There's a lot to explore there and I would be overjoyed by anything, from a serious story to something comically over-the-top.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thank you so much for writing. ♥