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Whoo, Yuletide! I picked a really weird group of fandoms for this: a book, a video game, a TV show, and a painting? But I'd be thrilled with fic for any of them!
Uh, general things I like... I really prefer happy endings. I don't mind angst in the middle of a story, but I'd rather see the characters come out on top. I also like humor! And I like porn, and kinky porn, if that's the sort of thing you enjoy writing, but I also like fluff and domesticity.
I don't like... horrible brutal tragedy, I guess? But I don't think my requests lend themselves to that :P
Some more info about specific requests:
Princess Series - Jim C. Hines
Talia Malak-el-Dashat
Talia's so awesome. Isn't Talia awesome? I'd love fic that pairs her with a woman, be it Snow, or another canon character, or even an OC. Talia falling for a fairy girl of some kind could provide all sorts of interesting issues to write about.
Alternatively, I'd be happy to just see Talia kicking some major ass.
Talia is the best character ever. I just picked Talia alone because I didn't want you to feel confined to Talia/Snow (although I do love them, and if you want to write Talia/Snow, go for it!) I would also sincerely be happy with Talia gen if you're not feeling the femslash angle.
I like her emotional awkwardness and how it contrasts with her badassery. Something about her being endearingly awkward in love would be wonderful. Or you could just have her fight off a bazillion pirates :P
Right now I've only gotten a chapter or so into Red Hood's Revenge, but I'll be done with it by the reveal, so don't worry about spoilers!
Sakura Wars: So Long My Love
Subaru Kujo
Subaru is similar to Talia in being totally awesome. For pairings, I think it'd be interesting to see Subaru in a relationship with one of the other romance options -- there was a history with Ratchet, Subaru and Cheiron seemed to have a rapport of some kind, and there's plenty to be done with the musicals and Subaru playing opposite one of the girls.
But I do think Subaru's ending with Shin was pretty cute, so if you really want to write that, go right ahead.
Aaaand if none of that strikes your fancy, gen about Subaru being a badass is always welcome!
Just like with Talia, I picked Subaru alone because I think a lot of different pairings would be interesting and didn't want to be restrictive, and I'd also be happy with Subaru gen. I'd love to see a musical of some sort included, if you're comfortable with that, particularly if it's a hilarious butchering of something famous like the whole thing with Hamlet.
I asked for Subaru/someone other than Shin as a first choice because, well, this is such a tiny fandom, and if I'm going to ask for something I might as well ask for something no one would be likely to write under their own initiative :P I just like rarepairs! But if you really want to do Subaru/Shin I would be perfectly happy with that, too. It might be fun to play with Peppermint, and different combinations of Subaru presenting as masculine or feminine and Shin in regular clothes or crossdressing. On the gen side, friendship fic with Subaru opening up in post-game is an option, in addition to hilariously terrible musicals!
The only thing I ask is that Subaru's biological sex never be revealed, and the gender ambiguity maintained. You don't have to worry about pronouns or anything, though; the other characters call Subaru "she" and Subaru doesn't seem to mind, so that's no problem. Because of this caveat, this is the only request I'd say no to porn for... unless you can make it happen without anyone discovering Subaru's equipment, which could be pretty entertaining.
Olympia (painting)
Olympia
I love this painting because of its unsettling, in-your-face sexuality. Plus she's really pretty; that helps :P
I would love to get an erotic piece, possibly with some f/f in there if you're up for it, since I do love historical femslash. But if you're more comfortable writing a lower rating, that's fine, too. I'll try to give more ideas in my letter, since this is a peculiar sort of thing to write fic for and I don't want to leave you floundering in an ocean of possibilities, but do know that I would be happy with just about anything about this painting you could want to write.
If you matched on one of my other requests and are drawing a blank, this might be another option for you! I'm not an art buff by any means, so if you just skim the Wikipedia article and look at the painting, that's all the info you need to make me happy. Of course, if you actually want to do a bunch of research on 19th century French courtesans, go for it!
As I said, I would love hot sex, because this painting is so wonderfully, bluntly sexual. I always lean toward femslash, but het porn would also be a-okay (I mean, given her profession she's PROBABLY sleeping with men, after all) -- hell, if you want, go for both. But if you're uncomfortable writing explicit fic, please don't freak out; I will be perfectly thrilled with whatever you write.
I think you could go two really different ways with this. You could maybe do a day in the life of the demi-mondaine or something like that, with the painting as a window into a full fictional world, where she has a full life going on. On the other hand, you could write something where the characters in the painting itself come to life and interact with other paintings (a la the paintings in Harry Potter, to use an easy example).
I hope that was helpful enough. I know it's odd to write fic for a painting!
Desperate Housewives
Katherine Mayfair, Robin Gallagher, Bree Van de Kamp
I love both Katherine/Robin and Katherine/Bree, so feel free to write either if you're up for f/f (and if you're really ambitious and feel like breaking poor Bree's brain, feel free to go for the threesome!)
I also really like the humor and interweaving stories of the show, so if you want to write something along those lines that'd be great, whether femslashy or gen.
Even with all the bizarre directions the character went, I still really like Katherine. I shipped Katherine/Bree pretty much the instant she was introduced, and I like their friendship and the way they get each other better than anyone around them. On the other hand, Robin won me over very quickly, and I enjoyed her and Katherine's (far too short) storyline immensely. So the choice is up to you, really, or you could write something gen-y if you prefer.
A Christmas story might be fun for this fandom, just as an idea. A bit of disaster before a happy ending would be fun!
Uh, general things I like... I really prefer happy endings. I don't mind angst in the middle of a story, but I'd rather see the characters come out on top. I also like humor! And I like porn, and kinky porn, if that's the sort of thing you enjoy writing, but I also like fluff and domesticity.
I don't like... horrible brutal tragedy, I guess? But I don't think my requests lend themselves to that :P
Some more info about specific requests:
Princess Series - Jim C. Hines
Talia Malak-el-Dashat
Talia's so awesome. Isn't Talia awesome? I'd love fic that pairs her with a woman, be it Snow, or another canon character, or even an OC. Talia falling for a fairy girl of some kind could provide all sorts of interesting issues to write about.
Alternatively, I'd be happy to just see Talia kicking some major ass.
Talia is the best character ever. I just picked Talia alone because I didn't want you to feel confined to Talia/Snow (although I do love them, and if you want to write Talia/Snow, go for it!) I would also sincerely be happy with Talia gen if you're not feeling the femslash angle.
I like her emotional awkwardness and how it contrasts with her badassery. Something about her being endearingly awkward in love would be wonderful. Or you could just have her fight off a bazillion pirates :P
Right now I've only gotten a chapter or so into Red Hood's Revenge, but I'll be done with it by the reveal, so don't worry about spoilers!
Sakura Wars: So Long My Love
Subaru Kujo
Subaru is similar to Talia in being totally awesome. For pairings, I think it'd be interesting to see Subaru in a relationship with one of the other romance options -- there was a history with Ratchet, Subaru and Cheiron seemed to have a rapport of some kind, and there's plenty to be done with the musicals and Subaru playing opposite one of the girls.
But I do think Subaru's ending with Shin was pretty cute, so if you really want to write that, go right ahead.
Aaaand if none of that strikes your fancy, gen about Subaru being a badass is always welcome!
Just like with Talia, I picked Subaru alone because I think a lot of different pairings would be interesting and didn't want to be restrictive, and I'd also be happy with Subaru gen. I'd love to see a musical of some sort included, if you're comfortable with that, particularly if it's a hilarious butchering of something famous like the whole thing with Hamlet.
I asked for Subaru/someone other than Shin as a first choice because, well, this is such a tiny fandom, and if I'm going to ask for something I might as well ask for something no one would be likely to write under their own initiative :P I just like rarepairs! But if you really want to do Subaru/Shin I would be perfectly happy with that, too. It might be fun to play with Peppermint, and different combinations of Subaru presenting as masculine or feminine and Shin in regular clothes or crossdressing. On the gen side, friendship fic with Subaru opening up in post-game is an option, in addition to hilariously terrible musicals!
The only thing I ask is that Subaru's biological sex never be revealed, and the gender ambiguity maintained. You don't have to worry about pronouns or anything, though; the other characters call Subaru "she" and Subaru doesn't seem to mind, so that's no problem. Because of this caveat, this is the only request I'd say no to porn for... unless you can make it happen without anyone discovering Subaru's equipment, which could be pretty entertaining.
Olympia (painting)
Olympia
I love this painting because of its unsettling, in-your-face sexuality. Plus she's really pretty; that helps :P
I would love to get an erotic piece, possibly with some f/f in there if you're up for it, since I do love historical femslash. But if you're more comfortable writing a lower rating, that's fine, too. I'll try to give more ideas in my letter, since this is a peculiar sort of thing to write fic for and I don't want to leave you floundering in an ocean of possibilities, but do know that I would be happy with just about anything about this painting you could want to write.
If you matched on one of my other requests and are drawing a blank, this might be another option for you! I'm not an art buff by any means, so if you just skim the Wikipedia article and look at the painting, that's all the info you need to make me happy. Of course, if you actually want to do a bunch of research on 19th century French courtesans, go for it!
As I said, I would love hot sex, because this painting is so wonderfully, bluntly sexual. I always lean toward femslash, but het porn would also be a-okay (I mean, given her profession she's PROBABLY sleeping with men, after all) -- hell, if you want, go for both. But if you're uncomfortable writing explicit fic, please don't freak out; I will be perfectly thrilled with whatever you write.
I think you could go two really different ways with this. You could maybe do a day in the life of the demi-mondaine or something like that, with the painting as a window into a full fictional world, where she has a full life going on. On the other hand, you could write something where the characters in the painting itself come to life and interact with other paintings (a la the paintings in Harry Potter, to use an easy example).
I hope that was helpful enough. I know it's odd to write fic for a painting!
Desperate Housewives
Katherine Mayfair, Robin Gallagher, Bree Van de Kamp
I love both Katherine/Robin and Katherine/Bree, so feel free to write either if you're up for f/f (and if you're really ambitious and feel like breaking poor Bree's brain, feel free to go for the threesome!)
I also really like the humor and interweaving stories of the show, so if you want to write something along those lines that'd be great, whether femslashy or gen.
Even with all the bizarre directions the character went, I still really like Katherine. I shipped Katherine/Bree pretty much the instant she was introduced, and I like their friendship and the way they get each other better than anyone around them. On the other hand, Robin won me over very quickly, and I enjoyed her and Katherine's (far too short) storyline immensely. So the choice is up to you, really, or you could write something gen-y if you prefer.
A Christmas story might be fun for this fandom, just as an idea. A bit of disaster before a happy ending would be fun!