Yuletide
Dear Yuletide Author!
Hello and thank you for taking part in this frankly ludicrous endeavour, and for writing something for me. This is the first Dear Yuletide Author letter I've written - in the past, I've rather left it up to the person writing.
In general, I like things that fit in with established canon - though I'm not a canon fanatic, and I don't nitpick. I mean that, if Snape is a teacher at Hogwarts in canon, I'm not a great fan of stories that have him being the Minister of Magic. Similarly, I prefer prologue, interstitial or (particularly) stories set after the events of canon to ones that conflict. I enjoy speculating about what happens next.
I tend to like the characters to act in ways that feel like they're the same characters as those in the original material.
I vehemently dislike crossovers.
I'm quite easy when it comes to... you know, the things that people put into fanfic often. I'm not going to be displeased by sex, nosex, kink, nokink, suggestiveness or people just chatting.
I like people chatting.
I put everything I could think of into my weird and eclectic collection of prompts. I always enjoy getting a story, and the fact that someone wrote it for me already means it's kind of great.
I'd rather you enjoyed writing it than you felt that you had to do x y and z to please me. A story that someone enjoyed writing is always better, in my book, than one they didn't, even if it doesn't match my exacting requirements perfectly.
Write the story you want to read. I'll probably want to read it too.
Prompt specific things:
Secretary: I like Lee's agency. I wonder if they made it work, or if they went around the same kind of cycle again and again. Can Edward overcome his insecurity?
A Tale Of Time City: I was really interested in Faber John and the Time Lady - I think they're quite ambiguous morally, and I wonder why Time City was created. Faber John in particular seems to have quite the ego.
Three Colours: Red: Once again, ambiguity and uncertainty. I guess that I don't want resolution, just some kind of exploration.
I notice that, although these three fandoms are pretty disparate, there's a running thread of morally ambiguous and complex relationships. Maybe that's my theme for the year. Anyway, please have run, Authorperson, whichever one you write. Thanks again!
borusa
Hello and thank you for taking part in this frankly ludicrous endeavour, and for writing something for me. This is the first Dear Yuletide Author letter I've written - in the past, I've rather left it up to the person writing.
In general, I like things that fit in with established canon - though I'm not a canon fanatic, and I don't nitpick. I mean that, if Snape is a teacher at Hogwarts in canon, I'm not a great fan of stories that have him being the Minister of Magic. Similarly, I prefer prologue, interstitial or (particularly) stories set after the events of canon to ones that conflict. I enjoy speculating about what happens next.
I tend to like the characters to act in ways that feel like they're the same characters as those in the original material.
I vehemently dislike crossovers.
I'm quite easy when it comes to... you know, the things that people put into fanfic often. I'm not going to be displeased by sex, nosex, kink, nokink, suggestiveness or people just chatting.
I like people chatting.
I put everything I could think of into my weird and eclectic collection of prompts. I always enjoy getting a story, and the fact that someone wrote it for me already means it's kind of great.
I'd rather you enjoyed writing it than you felt that you had to do x y and z to please me. A story that someone enjoyed writing is always better, in my book, than one they didn't, even if it doesn't match my exacting requirements perfectly.
Write the story you want to read. I'll probably want to read it too.
Prompt specific things:
Secretary: I like Lee's agency. I wonder if they made it work, or if they went around the same kind of cycle again and again. Can Edward overcome his insecurity?
A Tale Of Time City: I was really interested in Faber John and the Time Lady - I think they're quite ambiguous morally, and I wonder why Time City was created. Faber John in particular seems to have quite the ego.
Three Colours: Red: Once again, ambiguity and uncertainty. I guess that I don't want resolution, just some kind of exploration.
I notice that, although these three fandoms are pretty disparate, there's a running thread of morally ambiguous and complex relationships. Maybe that's my theme for the year. Anyway, please have run, Authorperson, whichever one you write. Thanks again!
borusa