yuletide!
Dear yuletide writer,
Thanks so much for offering one of these tiny fandoms!
Please do remember that 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 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 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. (Unless you signed up to write 镇魂RPF, in which case please feel free to write them as romantically as you'd like! Although I still remain uninterested in smut.)
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Individual fandoms
Song of the Sea (2014)
Character: Saoirse
I loved so many aspects of Song of the Sea: its atmosphere and aesthetic, its character parallels, what it has to say about family and love and letting go (not least in reference to the selkie myth), the importance of oral tradition, the understated menace of the city and how scraps of the faerie world survive within it. So I was thrilled to see that it'd been nominated -- and thrilled that Saoirse was the one nominated character. Please tell me something of her story -- whether it's her earliest memories, her silent childhood, her experiences during the movie's timeline, her life afterwards and what it means to become fully human, any or all of the above.
I watched this film for the first time this October, and what I thought afterwards -- without even thinking of Yuletide, or fic -- was "I want to see more of Saoirse's own story". Perhaps unhelpfully, I really would be happy with fic from any part of the timeline, and any geographical setting. I suppose my only preference is that I'd rather not envision too bleak a future for her (though wistfulness or sadness or even moments of regret (which surely any child or teenager or adult might have) are more than okay).
If I matters: I've never actually visited Ireland. I'm sure I'll enjoy whatever level of verisimilitude you choose, whether it's the minutiae of modern urban life in Ireland or something wilder and fantastical.
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Mushishi
(no characters nominated)
Mushishi is the perennial fandom of my heart, and I would love pretty much anything for it, whether in the vein of canon or more light-hearted. Casefic; character studies; a scientific treatise on mushi; cyberpunk AU; something from a mushi's point of view; 1,000 words of haiku in which mushi are used as seasonal words. Seriously.
No characters were nominated, but if you'd like character-specific prompts, here are some ideas: A look at Kumado's history with Tanyuu, or his current life as a mushishi (or both), or future hijinks with Ginko and/or Tanyuu. Five Times Adashino Was Not Conned By Ginko. Tanyuu writing her own story. Tanyuu as an info broker in a cyberpunk AU. The parts of Ginko's travelling life that aren't about mushi.
What sort of Mushishi fic would you like to write? Casefic? Fic in which no humans appear? A parody of those David Attenborough-narrated documentaries? The story of what happened to [protagonist of random Mushishi chapter] after the mushi was removed? Slow-burn Ginko/Adashino? An AU or crossover or fusion? (I'm always in the market for Mushishi/Natsume Yuujinchou crossovers, just saying. Or Mononoke/Mushishi crossovers. Or any Mushishi crossovers.) Please write whatever you'd enjoy, dear author. As long as it's not PWP, I'm sure I'll be thrilled to receive it.
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镇魂 | Guardian (TV) RPF
Character: Zhu Yilong
I have a soft spot for Zhu Yilong's story and what we've seen of his offscreen persona, and I'd love an exploration of any aspect of it. Here's this actor who had a decade-long career without getting lucky with a good script or a notable work. Then he's catapulted to fame via Guardian, has that one crazy summer of 2018, and then... what? Has fame become a distraction from what he actually cares about? Has he had to create the character of 'Zhu Yilong', for those variety show appearances and interaction with fans?
...but if we matched on this, I assume you're here to write about Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu -- in which case, please do!! Whether it's set during the filming of Guardian, or the promo circuit, or the months afterwards when their careers diverged; whether it's fluffy or bittersweet -- I'd be up for any of that.
So I got interested in Zhu Yilong thanks to Guardian, and would be more than happy with fic that doesn't stray beyond Guardian-related footage. Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu really are lovely together, whether it's as Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, or as themselves on set, or in media appearances. I'm happy with any degree of shipping, from 真·兄弟情 to actual romance (but I'm still not interested in pr0n).
Since last year, though, I've also ended up watching Zhu Yilong interviews and his appearances on shows and the ads proliferating on his Weibo account, and I would be thrilled with fic about Zhu Yilong more generally.
If it matters: I know Mandarin and have been in Chinese-speaking fandom on Weibo and Lofter for a while, though not actually for 镇魂 or 镇魂RPF. I have a decent knowledge of various 镇魂RPF-related 梗 so feel free to include them! Full disclosure: I am also a huge fan of He Jiong, if that becomes relevant.
P.S. Let me take this chance to mention that I'll be away on Christmas itself, and might not get a chance to read your fic until late on Boxing Day -- my apologies!
Thanks so much for offering one of these tiny fandoms!
Please do remember that 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 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 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. (Unless you signed up to write 镇魂RPF, in which case please feel free to write them as romantically as you'd like! Although I still remain uninterested in smut.)
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Individual fandoms
Song of the Sea (2014)
Character: Saoirse
I loved so many aspects of Song of the Sea: its atmosphere and aesthetic, its character parallels, what it has to say about family and love and letting go (not least in reference to the selkie myth), the importance of oral tradition, the understated menace of the city and how scraps of the faerie world survive within it. So I was thrilled to see that it'd been nominated -- and thrilled that Saoirse was the one nominated character. Please tell me something of her story -- whether it's her earliest memories, her silent childhood, her experiences during the movie's timeline, her life afterwards and what it means to become fully human, any or all of the above.
I watched this film for the first time this October, and what I thought afterwards -- without even thinking of Yuletide, or fic -- was "I want to see more of Saoirse's own story". Perhaps unhelpfully, I really would be happy with fic from any part of the timeline, and any geographical setting. I suppose my only preference is that I'd rather not envision too bleak a future for her (though wistfulness or sadness or even moments of regret (which surely any child or teenager or adult might have) are more than okay).
If I matters: I've never actually visited Ireland. I'm sure I'll enjoy whatever level of verisimilitude you choose, whether it's the minutiae of modern urban life in Ireland or something wilder and fantastical.
---
Mushishi
(no characters nominated)
Mushishi is the perennial fandom of my heart, and I would love pretty much anything for it, whether in the vein of canon or more light-hearted. Casefic; character studies; a scientific treatise on mushi; cyberpunk AU; something from a mushi's point of view; 1,000 words of haiku in which mushi are used as seasonal words. Seriously.
No characters were nominated, but if you'd like character-specific prompts, here are some ideas: A look at Kumado's history with Tanyuu, or his current life as a mushishi (or both), or future hijinks with Ginko and/or Tanyuu. Five Times Adashino Was Not Conned By Ginko. Tanyuu writing her own story. Tanyuu as an info broker in a cyberpunk AU. The parts of Ginko's travelling life that aren't about mushi.
What sort of Mushishi fic would you like to write? Casefic? Fic in which no humans appear? A parody of those David Attenborough-narrated documentaries? The story of what happened to [protagonist of random Mushishi chapter] after the mushi was removed? Slow-burn Ginko/Adashino? An AU or crossover or fusion? (I'm always in the market for Mushishi/Natsume Yuujinchou crossovers, just saying. Or Mononoke/Mushishi crossovers. Or any Mushishi crossovers.) Please write whatever you'd enjoy, dear author. As long as it's not PWP, I'm sure I'll be thrilled to receive it.
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镇魂 | Guardian (TV) RPF
Character: Zhu Yilong
I have a soft spot for Zhu Yilong's story and what we've seen of his offscreen persona, and I'd love an exploration of any aspect of it. Here's this actor who had a decade-long career without getting lucky with a good script or a notable work. Then he's catapulted to fame via Guardian, has that one crazy summer of 2018, and then... what? Has fame become a distraction from what he actually cares about? Has he had to create the character of 'Zhu Yilong', for those variety show appearances and interaction with fans?
...but if we matched on this, I assume you're here to write about Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu -- in which case, please do!! Whether it's set during the filming of Guardian, or the promo circuit, or the months afterwards when their careers diverged; whether it's fluffy or bittersweet -- I'd be up for any of that.
So I got interested in Zhu Yilong thanks to Guardian, and would be more than happy with fic that doesn't stray beyond Guardian-related footage. Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu really are lovely together, whether it's as Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, or as themselves on set, or in media appearances. I'm happy with any degree of shipping, from 真·兄弟情 to actual romance (but I'm still not interested in pr0n).
Since last year, though, I've also ended up watching Zhu Yilong interviews and his appearances on shows and the ads proliferating on his Weibo account, and I would be thrilled with fic about Zhu Yilong more generally.
If it matters: I know Mandarin and have been in Chinese-speaking fandom on Weibo and Lofter for a while, though not actually for 镇魂 or 镇魂RPF. I have a decent knowledge of various 镇魂RPF-related 梗 so feel free to include them! Full disclosure: I am also a huge fan of He Jiong, if that becomes relevant.
P.S. Let me take this chance to mention that I'll be away on Christmas itself, and might not get a chance to read your fic until late on Boxing Day -- my apologies!