yuletide~
Dear yuletide writer,
If you offered any of these fandoms, you are already amazing -- thank you very much for doing so!
As always: optional details are optional, and this letter even more so.
But if you would like more details, here goes.
General likes/dislikes:
I'd love fic of any (mix of) mood(s) and length; it doesn't necessarily have to keep to the mood of canon. Slice-of-life fic, casefic, character studies, vignettes, plotty fic -- it's all cool. I do enjoy short fic or fic in which nothing much actually happens, if that helps.
I'm a gen fan, but pairingfic is fine too. However, I'm not interested in sex. If you'd like to write pairingfic, I'd prefer UST or deep but complicated feelings rather than passionate declarations of love/lust/happy fluffy romance/angsty doomed romance/etc.
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Individual fandoms
UN-GO
Character: Kaishou Rinroku
I find Kaishou Rinroku fascinating, and I'd love almost anything featuring him. A deeper insight into his motives and personal convictions, more backstory, a pointed exchange with Shinjuurou, a look at what sort of father he is/was to Rie -- whatever. But I'd really prefer no pairings. (Exceptions: unromantic UST with Shinjuurou, or anything about his relationship with his late wife, because seriously, what sort of husband would Rinroku be?? Rinroku's thoughts on Izumi's obvious loyalty/affection for him are fine, too, but no reciprocation on his part, please.)
Kaishou doesn't have to be the sole focus of the fic; I find the contrast between his and Shinjuurou's respective philosophies really interesting, for instance!
My fascination with Kaishou Rinroku aside, I also just really love UN-GO as a series -- how sharp and deliberate its writing is, how it understands the darkest parts of humanity and society yet insists that the world is still worth something. If you'd prefer to write less character-driven fic that looks at the society we see in UN-GO and how Kaishou's part of all that, or about the rise of the postwar order, that would be amazing too.
And frankly I'd also be 100% up for completely silly fic in the style of the Inga's Diary/因果日記 shorts, if you wanted to go in that direction instead.
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京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga
Character: Myoue | Yakushimaru
Pretty much anything with a focus on the new Myoue would be amazing. There are so many missing years of his life that we didn't get to see, and I'd love a look at those -- whether it's his childhood, or how he and his siblings grow up in the absence of their parents, or how he becomes the person we see in the main series timeline. Or perhaps something post-series, finding reasons to stay around a little longer? A look at how his relationship with Koto develops? Or even just a vignette from life during or before the events of the series itself.
His story does go to some dark places psychologically, and I'm comfortable with however far you might want to delve into that.
Kyousougiga, man. What a series. So full of life and ideas and compellingly-drawn characters; able to depict both exuberance and emptiness, love and loneliness. Basically I just have a lot of feelings about this series and about the younger Myoue in particular and I would love fic that taps into any/all of the issues in the series.
Mirror-Kyoto is also fascinating, and fic with a focus on world-building would be great too, as long as Myoue is in there somehow! I've been to Kyoto a few times and loved it, and a Kyousougiga!spin on actual Kyoto locations would be lovely to read about.
As mentioned in my sign-up, given that canon includes [spoilers + trigger warning] suicide attempts and suicidal ideation, I am comfortable with how much or how little you want to address that whole angle [/spoilers].
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コンクリート・レボルティオ～超人幻想～ | Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou
Characters: Any
Nominated characters: Hitoyoshi Jiro, Hoshino Kikko, Kino Emi, Yoshimura "Jaguar" Hyouma
I chose 'Any' very deliberately, and fic with any one or more of the nominated characters would be great! Concrete Revolutio is a canon with so much room for exploration, and I'd love stories from any corner of its setting, worldbuilding, or timeline.
If that's not helpful, then here are some specific ideas: scenes from the timeskip, whether it's Jiro adapting to the wandering life or Kikko making compromises or Emi balancing between the worlds or Jaguar grappling with causality and possibilities. Speaking of which: anything about Jaguar's time-travelling would be amazing. Or about how Jiro has to live with so much power trapped within him; how Kikko has another side (and what's her relationship with that aspect of her? When does that stop being her 'true' identity?); how Emi belongs to another world entirely, and how that world interacts with the human one. Plot-driven fic that reads like an episode of canon would be great. Ensemble fic that just has these characters interacting (whether it's a high-tension debate or a relaxed day at the Bureau) would also be great.
If you'd like to write pairingfic, I don't have any ship preferences, so go ahead! But I'm more interested in how the characters' respective philosophies, situations and motives affect any given relationship, rather than a focus on romantic feelings or sexual tension, sorry.
There are so many things about Concrete Revolutio just waiting to be explored: from character backstories to their evolving motivations, from big-picture societal change to the circumstances and conflict underlying any individual event. It's an incredibly rich canon and I'd love fic that draws upon all and any aspects of it.
Even more ideas, if that helps:
- How does Jiro actually see the other characters/what do they mean to him? What was his childhood like? What's the nature of Jiro's existence at the end of the series?
- What was Kikko's life like before the Bureau? What role does Ullr play, really? Who is 'Hoshino Kikko' and who is 'Hoshinoko' and how does that change?
- What does it mean to be a youkai ruler, but also an intermediary between the youkai and human worlds? Emi's watched over Jiro for years; how have her feelings about him changed? What does Emi think about these humans and their schemes, their preoccupation with power, their belief in justice?
- If you would like to write non-serious fic in which Emi and Kikko commiserate over Jiro and all his flaws, please feel free, ahaha x_x
- What does Jaguar care about, when you get down to it? What was his life before/after he started getting involved in canon's timeline?
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(An extra comment: So I realise that my sign-up includes two Mizushima Seiji+Aikawa Shou series, and both series feature e.g. a disillusioned hero who nevertheless wants to keep believing in humanity, thoughts about society and politics and power, an idealistic young woman who has a bit of a fascination with said hero, a dangerous otherworldly shapeshifting older woman, a preoccupation with humanity's darkest motives vs reasons for hope, a dodgy ossan played by Miki Shinichirou... Basically what I'm saying is, if you also love both series and would like to write any kind of setting-swap/character-swap/crossover/fusion AU shenanigans, I am SO HERE FOR THAT.)
If you offered any of these fandoms, you are already amazing -- thank you very much for doing so!
As always: optional details are optional, and this letter even more so.
But if you would like more details, here goes.
General likes/dislikes:
I'd love fic of any (mix of) mood(s) and length; it doesn't necessarily have to keep to the mood of canon. Slice-of-life fic, casefic, character studies, vignettes, plotty fic -- it's all cool. I do enjoy short fic or fic in which nothing much actually happens, if that helps.
I'm a gen fan, but pairingfic is fine too. However, I'm not interested in sex. If you'd like to write pairingfic, I'd prefer UST or deep but complicated feelings rather than passionate declarations of love/lust/happy fluffy romance/angsty doomed romance/etc.
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Individual fandoms
UN-GO
Character: Kaishou Rinroku
I find Kaishou Rinroku fascinating, and I'd love almost anything featuring him. A deeper insight into his motives and personal convictions, more backstory, a pointed exchange with Shinjuurou, a look at what sort of father he is/was to Rie -- whatever. But I'd really prefer no pairings. (Exceptions: unromantic UST with Shinjuurou, or anything about his relationship with his late wife, because seriously, what sort of husband would Rinroku be?? Rinroku's thoughts on Izumi's obvious loyalty/affection for him are fine, too, but no reciprocation on his part, please.)
Kaishou doesn't have to be the sole focus of the fic; I find the contrast between his and Shinjuurou's respective philosophies really interesting, for instance!
My fascination with Kaishou Rinroku aside, I also just really love UN-GO as a series -- how sharp and deliberate its writing is, how it understands the darkest parts of humanity and society yet insists that the world is still worth something. If you'd prefer to write less character-driven fic that looks at the society we see in UN-GO and how Kaishou's part of all that, or about the rise of the postwar order, that would be amazing too.
And frankly I'd also be 100% up for completely silly fic in the style of the Inga's Diary/因果日記 shorts, if you wanted to go in that direction instead.
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京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga
Character: Myoue | Yakushimaru
Pretty much anything with a focus on the new Myoue would be amazing. There are so many missing years of his life that we didn't get to see, and I'd love a look at those -- whether it's his childhood, or how he and his siblings grow up in the absence of their parents, or how he becomes the person we see in the main series timeline. Or perhaps something post-series, finding reasons to stay around a little longer? A look at how his relationship with Koto develops? Or even just a vignette from life during or before the events of the series itself.
His story does go to some dark places psychologically, and I'm comfortable with however far you might want to delve into that.
Kyousougiga, man. What a series. So full of life and ideas and compellingly-drawn characters; able to depict both exuberance and emptiness, love and loneliness. Basically I just have a lot of feelings about this series and about the younger Myoue in particular and I would love fic that taps into any/all of the issues in the series.
Mirror-Kyoto is also fascinating, and fic with a focus on world-building would be great too, as long as Myoue is in there somehow! I've been to Kyoto a few times and loved it, and a Kyousougiga!spin on actual Kyoto locations would be lovely to read about.
As mentioned in my sign-up, given that canon includes [spoilers + trigger warning] suicide attempts and suicidal ideation, I am comfortable with how much or how little you want to address that whole angle [/spoilers].
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コンクリート・レボルティオ～超人幻想～ | Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou
Characters: Any
Nominated characters: Hitoyoshi Jiro, Hoshino Kikko, Kino Emi, Yoshimura "Jaguar" Hyouma
I chose 'Any' very deliberately, and fic with any one or more of the nominated characters would be great! Concrete Revolutio is a canon with so much room for exploration, and I'd love stories from any corner of its setting, worldbuilding, or timeline.
If that's not helpful, then here are some specific ideas: scenes from the timeskip, whether it's Jiro adapting to the wandering life or Kikko making compromises or Emi balancing between the worlds or Jaguar grappling with causality and possibilities. Speaking of which: anything about Jaguar's time-travelling would be amazing. Or about how Jiro has to live with so much power trapped within him; how Kikko has another side (and what's her relationship with that aspect of her? When does that stop being her 'true' identity?); how Emi belongs to another world entirely, and how that world interacts with the human one. Plot-driven fic that reads like an episode of canon would be great. Ensemble fic that just has these characters interacting (whether it's a high-tension debate or a relaxed day at the Bureau) would also be great.
If you'd like to write pairingfic, I don't have any ship preferences, so go ahead! But I'm more interested in how the characters' respective philosophies, situations and motives affect any given relationship, rather than a focus on romantic feelings or sexual tension, sorry.
There are so many things about Concrete Revolutio just waiting to be explored: from character backstories to their evolving motivations, from big-picture societal change to the circumstances and conflict underlying any individual event. It's an incredibly rich canon and I'd love fic that draws upon all and any aspects of it.
Even more ideas, if that helps:
- How does Jiro actually see the other characters/what do they mean to him? What was his childhood like? What's the nature of Jiro's existence at the end of the series?
- What was Kikko's life like before the Bureau? What role does Ullr play, really? Who is 'Hoshino Kikko' and who is 'Hoshinoko' and how does that change?
- What does it mean to be a youkai ruler, but also an intermediary between the youkai and human worlds? Emi's watched over Jiro for years; how have her feelings about him changed? What does Emi think about these humans and their schemes, their preoccupation with power, their belief in justice?
- If you would like to write non-serious fic in which Emi and Kikko commiserate over Jiro and all his flaws, please feel free, ahaha x_x
- What does Jaguar care about, when you get down to it? What was his life before/after he started getting involved in canon's timeline?
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(An extra comment: So I realise that my sign-up includes two Mizushima Seiji+Aikawa Shou series, and both series feature e.g. a disillusioned hero who nevertheless wants to keep believing in humanity, thoughts about society and politics and power, an idealistic young woman who has a bit of a fascination with said hero, a dangerous otherworldly shapeshifting older woman, a preoccupation with humanity's darkest motives vs reasons for hope, a dodgy ossan played by Miki Shinichirou... Basically what I'm saying is, if you also love both series and would like to write any kind of setting-swap/character-swap/crossover/fusion AU shenanigans, I am SO HERE FOR THAT.)