Dear Yuletide Writer 2012
First of all, thank you for taking on one of my requests. I am very much looking forward to whatever you and your muse come up with, and I appreciate the time I know you will put into thinking about and writing my story.
I will give just a few notes here which will hopefully help (and not hinder) you as you’re working on your assignment.
General bits: I am a fan of both angst and hurt/comfort. I tend to love fic that is dark, but I have also enjoyed fluff in the past-and all things in between are fine, too. I am a stickler for good grammar and spelling, and I prefer the characters in a story to sound like the characters in the source they come from. I have absolutely no problem with any of the main genres: gen, het, or slash--whatever the story calls for is fine by me. Smut is not necessary at all, but if it happens to fit in with the plot you come up with, smut is definitely okay. (Though it may be worth noting that I prefer my smut pretty vanilla.)
My original prompts, followed by more specific comments:
Days of Our Lives
I am a recent convert to the Will/Sonny relationship, but I fell hard and fast. I would love to read just about anything about these two. I am a fan of the angsty, so if you're able to throw in some angst (and Will seems to attract the angst!), that would be awesome. But whatever you're thinking of for these two will certainly make for a happy holiday for me.
Also, as I said way above, I am a big hurt/comfort fan, so anything of that ilk would also be most welcome and loved. (If you need a preference, I would love Will to be the hurt and Sonny to be the comfort.) (For what it's worth, I have been watching Days on and off--mostly off--for decades, literally, so I am familiar with most of the characters who have been there for a long time. My favorite relationsip, other than Will's with Sonny, is Will's with Marlena, so if that were tossed in, I would not complain.)
Kings
This was my favorite show of 2009, bar none. I am a huge fan of the Jack/Joseph pairing, so anything involving them would be awesome (either pre-Pilgrimage or fix-it). If Jack/Joseph does not float your boat (in the way that Jack/David does not float mine), I would be thrilled with a Jack character piece. He was my favorite character and I'd love to see him explored further (either pre-show, missing scene, or what might have happened if the show had been picked up for another season).
I spent the entirety of the summer of 2009 completely and utterly obsessed with this show. In particular, I was crazy about the Jack/Joseph relationship (even after they bumped Joseph off). I would love fic which deals with any aspect of the Jack/Joseph relationship. Like I said in my prompt, if Jack/Joseph wasn't your thing, I would be thrilled with any kind of Jack character study. I found him an incredibly fascinating character and I don't think we learned nearly enough about him. I am fine with Jack and David friendship, but would prefer no Jack/David slash. I just didn't see it there.
Notting Hill
I would love to see post-movie fic about Anna and Will. How does he adjust to being married to a celebrity? How do they do as parents? How do they each blend into the other's lives? I love this movie so much, and the end has always left me wanting more.
Not much more I can say on this one. I recently watched this again and got a hankering for more!
Political Animals
This show was my favorite thing about this past summer, and T.J. was my favorite character. I would love any story which centers on him. Past, present, future, anything's fine. I particularly loved his relationship with Douglas, so pulling that in would be wonderful (just no twincest, please). The angstier you are able to make things for T.J., the happier I will be.
I am not sure I can say much more about this. I adored T.J. (who felt like Jack from Kings all reincarnated just for me). There's not a lot of fic for this show, so I would love just about anything so long as it's T.J.-centric.
Thank you, once again, for being willing to write fic for one of my requests. I will anxiously await finding out which you chose to write and reading the fruits of your labor.
Happy writing!!
Chelsea