Dear Yuletide Author
Dear Yuletide Author,
Hello! My name's NJ, and I'm your new best friend. This is because you are awesome and wonderful and writing wish-fulfillment fic, which is enough to guarantee you'll win the title of Best Person Ever. So, thanks for being you! *hugs*
I can already issue a blanket statement that I'll love whatever you write, but hopefully this letter will give you some ideas to make writing easier.
As a general rule, I adore:
- female characters being awesome
- gen/friendship
- cast/team stories
- plot (I can't help it, I'm a sucker for STUFF HAPPENING TO PEOPLE)
Also, you can pretty much universally exclude things like gender- and- sexually-based violence (unless there's something in a character's canon backstory that should be addressed), character-bashing (and especially women-bashing), and such. No real opinions on het vs. slash; I default to friend-shipping most times anyway, so as long as the characters stay in character, go where your heart takes you on that count. Same thing goes for ratings: innocent G-rated stuff is just as good as porny NC17 stuff. :)
(If you think it'll help, my fic can be found at here. This is where my own brain tells me to go, but my brain is not generally considered the most stable place.)
Now, on to specific fandoms (and you will quickly notice a theme among my requests):
Pan Am
Obviously, I'll adore anything you write. But if you want something more specific, basically, see the "general rule" stuff. I love the flight attendants on this show! They're all unique and have their own perspectives and pasts, and I would love to see a story that lets the four of them have an adventure. They travel the world! There's got to be all sorts of things they can get up to together. And you're more than welcome to include the boys, because they're fun too. :)
Once Upon a Time
This show hits all of my happy buttons: awesome women with diverse personalities, motivations, and actual agnecy; plot out the yin-yang; and a talented, broad cast. I know I listed specific characters, but really, I'd love anything that utilized any of the amazine women on this show, either in this world or the fairy tale world. Heck, if you want to bring in other fairy tales we haven't seen yet, feel free! No real specific requests for this one, since I love this show for so many different reasons. Everything works!
Rizzoli & Isles
At this point I'm just repeating myself, but: AWESOME WOMEN. Also, awesome men. Basically, anything that puts the core characters together just talking would be amazing. If you want to throw in a case, be my guest. I'm a sucker for cop shows and casefic is like my kryptonite. But as long as the main friendship is respected, anything is golden.
I realize I'm not giving super-specific prompts, but that's pretty much because I just want any fic for these shows. I love being pleasantly surprised by fandom, and Yuletide is pretty much the definition of "pleasantly surprised by fandom." So let me just say a big THANK YOU one more time, give you another internet glomp, and I'll let you be on your way.
You rock, Yuletide author!
-NJ