Dear Yuletide 2015
Dear Yuletide author,
I have taken a few years off from Yuletide, but this year I'm back in, and I'm excited! I am psyched you are writing for me and I hope this wretched letter will be helpful. Feel free to ignore anything that doesn't float your boat, I am mostly throwing out a bunch of stuff in hopes it will spark an idea for you.
General likes: I really love tropes and weird dumb stuff (bodyswap! time travel! pretending to be married/dating! repeating the same day over and over! only one bed in this hotel room! waking up in an alternate timeline! de-aging! the FBI ball! babyfic!). I like anything creative and weird and an unusual take on things; experimental formats; things that are funny.
If you like writing porn, I like reading it.
General dislikes: I don't really have triggers, so we're cool. The only big type of fic I'm not into is character introspection/internal monologue where a character doesn't really do anything or interact with anyone. Otherwise, the world is your oyster.
On to specific prompts! Italicized stuff is what I put in the Yuletide box, commentary on those requests is non-italicized below!
British Royalty RPF (Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, Prince William): I would be super into fic where Prince Harry has a thing for Kate Middleton in some way. I would be all over it whether he just has a secret thing for her and she has no idea, or if they were sneaking around behind William's back, or frankly, if all three of them messed around sometimes. I don't know, can't explain it. Could be set pre- or post-kids, or pre- or post-wedding.
I KNOW THIS IS A DUMB THING TO WISH FOR BUT THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS. I went from zero to sixty on this in about 10 seconds years ago (documented at the end of this livejournal entry from 2011!) and am still so into the idea. It is just really interesting to think about how the three of them are always together at state dinners or whatever other boring events, and how it's been the three of them for KIND OF FOREVER (because let's face it, Harry's on-and-off girlfriends don't matter). How Kate is kind of the perfect royal wife and seems really cool in general, so Harry will never find anyone as good, and how Harry and William are best friends and were born into this bizarre life that they probably thought no one else could ever understand. Would definitely be into the threesome option, but any of the above would be amazing!
Bedrooms and Hallways (Leo, Brendan): I super shipped Leo/Brendan, and was very disappointed this movie did not end up with them together the way it CLEARLY SHOULD HAVE BASED ON ROMCOM NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS. I would love fix-it fic where they get together in the end, or run into each other post-movie and get back together! Or I would also enjoy porn and/or makeouts set during the movie.
This weird movie is set up so much like a romcom, and then it DOES NOT DELIVER, I was very aggravated. Though I got to this movie because I watched all of Rome and was super into Mark Antony, and then lo and behold, there is this weird modern AU movie where Mark Antony and Vorenus hook-up, like a beautiful slashy fanfic dream, I honestly still can't believe it's real. So idek, except I would really like shippy fic for these two and I am psyched you offered this movie because I got really excited when I saw it in the tagset. I could also definitely be into fic dealing with their weird triangle, or Brendan's sexual identity (non-)crisis, and I really enjoyed how Brendan got kind of cranky and possessive before he admitted he wanted to bone Leo. Any of that would be great!
Veep (Dan Egan, Amy Brookheimer): I really ship Dan/Amy and would be excited for any fic about the two of them! I like how they're both horrible and don't try to hide it, and how they are weirdly kindred spirits in spite of everything. I very much enjoy how Amy being terrible makes Dan like her even more, how they allegedly hate each other but just want to hang out constantly in season 4. I'd love anything exploring their past or future relationship!
I feel like tropes would work suuuuuper well for Dan/Amy, I would love a good, idk, stuck-in-a-time-loop fic about them. But so much would be so great for them, they are very MFEO. I'm really curious about their past dating history (did he really "break her heart"?????? to the extent that Amy TOLD HER MOTHER that????) and I'd love to see Dan forced to spend time with Amy's family. But I'd also love fic set in basically any time frame -- now that neither of them work for Selina anymore, or back when they were on the campaign trail together and probably spending way too much time in shitty hotel rooms and on a shitty campaign bus, driving each other crazy. Also remember how Dan got super jealous when Amy was dating Ed, and how Amy hired a Dan-replacement when Dan had his nervous breakdown! Ugh stupid nerds, just kiss already!
For your reference, me on AO3, me on tumblr. Thanks again so much for writing for me! If you end up having any questions, you can ask kyrafic or tearupthesky, who know everything about me.
I have taken a few years off from Yuletide, but this year I'm back in, and I'm excited! I am psyched you are writing for me and I hope this wretched letter will be helpful. Feel free to ignore anything that doesn't float your boat, I am mostly throwing out a bunch of stuff in hopes it will spark an idea for you.
General likes: I really love tropes and weird dumb stuff (bodyswap! time travel! pretending to be married/dating! repeating the same day over and over! only one bed in this hotel room! waking up in an alternate timeline! de-aging! the FBI ball! babyfic!). I like anything creative and weird and an unusual take on things; experimental formats; things that are funny.
If you like writing porn, I like reading it.
General dislikes: I don't really have triggers, so we're cool. The only big type of fic I'm not into is character introspection/internal monologue where a character doesn't really do anything or interact with anyone. Otherwise, the world is your oyster.
On to specific prompts! Italicized stuff is what I put in the Yuletide box, commentary on those requests is non-italicized below!
British Royalty RPF (Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, Prince William): I would be super into fic where Prince Harry has a thing for Kate Middleton in some way. I would be all over it whether he just has a secret thing for her and she has no idea, or if they were sneaking around behind William's back, or frankly, if all three of them messed around sometimes. I don't know, can't explain it. Could be set pre- or post-kids, or pre- or post-wedding.
I KNOW THIS IS A DUMB THING TO WISH FOR BUT THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS. I went from zero to sixty on this in about 10 seconds years ago (documented at the end of this livejournal entry from 2011!) and am still so into the idea. It is just really interesting to think about how the three of them are always together at state dinners or whatever other boring events, and how it's been the three of them for KIND OF FOREVER (because let's face it, Harry's on-and-off girlfriends don't matter). How Kate is kind of the perfect royal wife and seems really cool in general, so Harry will never find anyone as good, and how Harry and William are best friends and were born into this bizarre life that they probably thought no one else could ever understand. Would definitely be into the threesome option, but any of the above would be amazing!
Bedrooms and Hallways (Leo, Brendan): I super shipped Leo/Brendan, and was very disappointed this movie did not end up with them together the way it CLEARLY SHOULD HAVE BASED ON ROMCOM NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS. I would love fix-it fic where they get together in the end, or run into each other post-movie and get back together! Or I would also enjoy porn and/or makeouts set during the movie.
This weird movie is set up so much like a romcom, and then it DOES NOT DELIVER, I was very aggravated. Though I got to this movie because I watched all of Rome and was super into Mark Antony, and then lo and behold, there is this weird modern AU movie where Mark Antony and Vorenus hook-up, like a beautiful slashy fanfic dream, I honestly still can't believe it's real. So idek, except I would really like shippy fic for these two and I am psyched you offered this movie because I got really excited when I saw it in the tagset. I could also definitely be into fic dealing with their weird triangle, or Brendan's sexual identity (non-)crisis, and I really enjoyed how Brendan got kind of cranky and possessive before he admitted he wanted to bone Leo. Any of that would be great!
Veep (Dan Egan, Amy Brookheimer): I really ship Dan/Amy and would be excited for any fic about the two of them! I like how they're both horrible and don't try to hide it, and how they are weirdly kindred spirits in spite of everything. I very much enjoy how Amy being terrible makes Dan like her even more, how they allegedly hate each other but just want to hang out constantly in season 4. I'd love anything exploring their past or future relationship!
I feel like tropes would work suuuuuper well for Dan/Amy, I would love a good, idk, stuck-in-a-time-loop fic about them. But so much would be so great for them, they are very MFEO. I'm really curious about their past dating history (did he really "break her heart"?????? to the extent that Amy TOLD HER MOTHER that????) and I'd love to see Dan forced to spend time with Amy's family. But I'd also love fic set in basically any time frame -- now that neither of them work for Selina anymore, or back when they were on the campaign trail together and probably spending way too much time in shitty hotel rooms and on a shitty campaign bus, driving each other crazy. Also remember how Dan got super jealous when Amy was dating Ed, and how Amy hired a Dan-replacement when Dan had his nervous breakdown! Ugh stupid nerds, just kiss already!
For your reference, me on AO3, me on tumblr. Thanks again so much for writing for me! If you end up having any questions, you can ask kyrafic or tearupthesky, who know everything about me.