YULETIDE 2015
To begin, thank you for agreeing to write me fic about one of these fandoms! I am so happy and excited, and I'm sure I will be an absolute mess about whatever it is you end up writing.
As far as general things I am into: character studies, AUs (all the AUs for everyone!!!), slice-of-life fic, romcom tropes (pretending to date? awesome. pretending to be married? awesome. sharing a bed? awesome), roadtrips, non-linear narratives, people who cannot stay away from each other no matter how unhealthy and destructive it might be, sharp snappy dialogue, and stories that read like poetry. I like makeouts, and I like porn, but I'm not super into PWP -- I'm more interested in how the way people fuck reveals them and what it says about someone or the relationship between two (or three!) people.
Things i dislike: non-con or dub-con and character-bashing, kid fic.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE RPF [Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Cecily Strong]
I love these three women so much, and I would be really interested in reading any story about any of them in any and all combinations. A story dealing with Cecily's time on Update, from any advice Tina and Amy can give her beforehand, and any comfort or stories they tell her while she's doing it that help her when she makes the decision to leave Update. Helping her figure out if she likes it, if she likes it enough to sacrifice potential sketch time for guaranteed tv time, and letting her know it's okay if she doesn't. This could be a story with all three of them, but it could also just be a story that focuses mainly on Cecily.
And, I'm such a sucker for putting these people, particularly, in any sort of AU setting. Give me a Thelma and Louise (Maybe just Tina and Amy? Maybe a version with Tina, Amy and Cecily? -- I don't know, but to reiterate, I'd love any and every combination of these three), or an AU where these three are the late night talk show giants, or the classic high school or college AUs. Tina and Amy passing the torch of the campuses improv club to Cecily! Whatever your brain can come up with, I'm here for it.
Overall, if you'd want to get shippy with Amy and Tina, I'm into it! Comedy wives! Is there tension there? Guilt? Or is it natural and easy? -- They just love each other. It is what it is. But any sort of friendship fic is great, too, if that's what you're comfortable with. Tina being there for Amy during the divorce. The two of them at Second City -- eating cheap hamburgers and sharing cheap motel rooms when they traveled around the country. Tina being so happy when Amy gets on SNL and both of them knowing she is going to be One of the Greats.
ALMOST FAMOUS [Penny Lane]
Penny Lane is really wonderful, because there is a sadness and a bittersweetness to her, like she knows how the story she's in goes, but she still has hope that maybe it'll end up differently. And when it doesn't end up differently, it crushes her spirit. I'd like to know anything about her. Her beginnings as a Band-Aid, how she got into music and what it means to her. Give me a story about Penny Lane growing up and becoming the complicated woman we see in the film. Or give me a story about Penny Lane in Morocco after the film. Her ability to move on and move forward, to become someone a little more guarded and worn but still hopeful and kind. Maybe she falls in love again!
I'd love a story tracking Penny's love life. The shallowness of it and the contradiction of how real it is and can be at the same time, how much it means to her and how it has the ability to consume her. How people seem to fall in love with her just as easily as they throw her away. Penny Lane: the jaded hopeless romantic.
FRANCES HA [Frances Halladay, Sophie Levee]
The first time I watched this movie, it really left me with the best, quietest, most profound feeling that I really can't describe. It was moving, and bittersweet, and very real. I loved the tone of it, and I loved the richness of it.
I obviously also adore the relationship between Frances and Sophie, and I would be interested in anything you'd want to write about their friendship, whether you focus on their college days together, the two of them after the film ends, or maybe even look more deeply into what Sophie is doing and feeling during the film. The romance of friendship here worked really well for me. How much they love each other and also have the ability to hurt each other. Friendships are complex and there are so many things at work: growing up, growing together, growing apart, just growing and not knowing what that means for where they stand. I like the romance of their friendship, but I'm not particularly interested in turning that friendship into romance.
GIRLS LIKE GIRLS [Coley, Sonya]
This! Music! Video! It's so gorgeous, and I've watched it a truly embarrassing number of times, and I've cried about it. Girls!!!
I want to know everything about Coley and Sonya. I want to know who they are: what music they listen to and where their tastes overlap and where they don't. I want to know if they've always been best friends or if that came later in their young lives. I want to know what, if any, activities they do. I want to know how they feel about love. Is one of them a hopeless romantic? Is one of them a cynic? I want the build up to the events of the video, the tension and the falling and the confusion of it all. The fear of losing what they have if they go after what they want. I want the after: the giddiness and the kissing, the dates and the transition into what they've wanted to be for so long but were scared of. Anything and anything you want to give me about them? I want it.
GIRL MEETS WORLD [Maya Hart, Lucas Friar]
I've been gaga over these two and their relationship for almost as long as I've been watching this show. Their dynamic is undeniably my favorite thing about it. The affection in the teasing has always been so clear to me, and it's funny and fun to watch. After the mess (I mostly don't mean that as a negative qualifier) that was Texas, I'm still very much into them, no less but maybe more than I had been, if possible. I'd love fic of any variety, really, something exploring season one and the first half of season two from Maya's perspective and how she feels about Lucas. Fic set in canon after Texas where they begin to deal with how they feel about each other, their fear and their confusion. Set fic far in the future! Trope-y fic: fake dating! sneaking around! friends with benefits! Explore any sort of AU! A When Harry Met Sally one appeals to me, or some sort of Bonnie and Clyde, or Celeste and Jesse Forever, but to reiterate, I'm super into AUs of ALL SORTS. Let your imagination run wild!
If you're not into them romantically, that's cool, too. I love their dynamic in whatever form -- they were my favorite part of the show long before I thought the writers would ever explore them romantically -- so friendship or bonding fic would be lovely as well. Or, if you want to focus on Lucas, I'm interested in your take on his past, his anger issues and fighting, a strained relationship with his father, dealing with shame and embarrassment from falling off the sheep, trying to reinvent himself and be Mr. Perfect and the struggle inherent in that.
Or you could focus on Maya! Her views on family and her father, religion, (I know we're getting episodes that touch on both these topics soon, whether you choose to go with those or use them as starting points or do something different I don't mind -- I'm really wary about how the show will handle religion, particularly). How she feels broken, like good things can't happen to her, cynical. If you do focus on Maya, I don't want fic centered around her friendship with Riley, which is why I didn't include Riley in my request. Of course you can include parts of that, because she loves Riley and Riley is a super important part of her life, but I'm not really interested in exploring their dynamic or reiterating that they are the! most! important! people! to! each! other! over and over.
You can find my old tumblr here, my relatively new one here, and my ao3 account here, so you can see just how excitable and embarrassing I truly am. once again, thank you so much for writing me a story for any of these fandoms.
As far as general things I am into: character studies, AUs (all the AUs for everyone!!!), slice-of-life fic, romcom tropes (pretending to date? awesome. pretending to be married? awesome. sharing a bed? awesome), roadtrips, non-linear narratives, people who cannot stay away from each other no matter how unhealthy and destructive it might be, sharp snappy dialogue, and stories that read like poetry. I like makeouts, and I like porn, but I'm not super into PWP -- I'm more interested in how the way people fuck reveals them and what it says about someone or the relationship between two (or three!) people.
Things i dislike: non-con or dub-con and character-bashing, kid fic.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE RPF [Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Cecily Strong]
I love these three women so much, and I would be really interested in reading any story about any of them in any and all combinations. A story dealing with Cecily's time on Update, from any advice Tina and Amy can give her beforehand, and any comfort or stories they tell her while she's doing it that help her when she makes the decision to leave Update. Helping her figure out if she likes it, if she likes it enough to sacrifice potential sketch time for guaranteed tv time, and letting her know it's okay if she doesn't. This could be a story with all three of them, but it could also just be a story that focuses mainly on Cecily.
And, I'm such a sucker for putting these people, particularly, in any sort of AU setting. Give me a Thelma and Louise (Maybe just Tina and Amy? Maybe a version with Tina, Amy and Cecily? -- I don't know, but to reiterate, I'd love any and every combination of these three), or an AU where these three are the late night talk show giants, or the classic high school or college AUs. Tina and Amy passing the torch of the campuses improv club to Cecily! Whatever your brain can come up with, I'm here for it.
Overall, if you'd want to get shippy with Amy and Tina, I'm into it! Comedy wives! Is there tension there? Guilt? Or is it natural and easy? -- They just love each other. It is what it is. But any sort of friendship fic is great, too, if that's what you're comfortable with. Tina being there for Amy during the divorce. The two of them at Second City -- eating cheap hamburgers and sharing cheap motel rooms when they traveled around the country. Tina being so happy when Amy gets on SNL and both of them knowing she is going to be One of the Greats.
ALMOST FAMOUS [Penny Lane]
Penny Lane is really wonderful, because there is a sadness and a bittersweetness to her, like she knows how the story she's in goes, but she still has hope that maybe it'll end up differently. And when it doesn't end up differently, it crushes her spirit. I'd like to know anything about her. Her beginnings as a Band-Aid, how she got into music and what it means to her. Give me a story about Penny Lane growing up and becoming the complicated woman we see in the film. Or give me a story about Penny Lane in Morocco after the film. Her ability to move on and move forward, to become someone a little more guarded and worn but still hopeful and kind. Maybe she falls in love again!
I'd love a story tracking Penny's love life. The shallowness of it and the contradiction of how real it is and can be at the same time, how much it means to her and how it has the ability to consume her. How people seem to fall in love with her just as easily as they throw her away. Penny Lane: the jaded hopeless romantic.
FRANCES HA [Frances Halladay, Sophie Levee]
The first time I watched this movie, it really left me with the best, quietest, most profound feeling that I really can't describe. It was moving, and bittersweet, and very real. I loved the tone of it, and I loved the richness of it.
I obviously also adore the relationship between Frances and Sophie, and I would be interested in anything you'd want to write about their friendship, whether you focus on their college days together, the two of them after the film ends, or maybe even look more deeply into what Sophie is doing and feeling during the film. The romance of friendship here worked really well for me. How much they love each other and also have the ability to hurt each other. Friendships are complex and there are so many things at work: growing up, growing together, growing apart, just growing and not knowing what that means for where they stand. I like the romance of their friendship, but I'm not particularly interested in turning that friendship into romance.
GIRLS LIKE GIRLS [Coley, Sonya]
This! Music! Video! It's so gorgeous, and I've watched it a truly embarrassing number of times, and I've cried about it. Girls!!!
I want to know everything about Coley and Sonya. I want to know who they are: what music they listen to and where their tastes overlap and where they don't. I want to know if they've always been best friends or if that came later in their young lives. I want to know what, if any, activities they do. I want to know how they feel about love. Is one of them a hopeless romantic? Is one of them a cynic? I want the build up to the events of the video, the tension and the falling and the confusion of it all. The fear of losing what they have if they go after what they want. I want the after: the giddiness and the kissing, the dates and the transition into what they've wanted to be for so long but were scared of. Anything and anything you want to give me about them? I want it.
GIRL MEETS WORLD [Maya Hart, Lucas Friar]
I've been gaga over these two and their relationship for almost as long as I've been watching this show. Their dynamic is undeniably my favorite thing about it. The affection in the teasing has always been so clear to me, and it's funny and fun to watch. After the mess (I mostly don't mean that as a negative qualifier) that was Texas, I'm still very much into them, no less but maybe more than I had been, if possible. I'd love fic of any variety, really, something exploring season one and the first half of season two from Maya's perspective and how she feels about Lucas. Fic set in canon after Texas where they begin to deal with how they feel about each other, their fear and their confusion. Set fic far in the future! Trope-y fic: fake dating! sneaking around! friends with benefits! Explore any sort of AU! A When Harry Met Sally one appeals to me, or some sort of Bonnie and Clyde, or Celeste and Jesse Forever, but to reiterate, I'm super into AUs of ALL SORTS. Let your imagination run wild!
If you're not into them romantically, that's cool, too. I love their dynamic in whatever form -- they were my favorite part of the show long before I thought the writers would ever explore them romantically -- so friendship or bonding fic would be lovely as well. Or, if you want to focus on Lucas, I'm interested in your take on his past, his anger issues and fighting, a strained relationship with his father, dealing with shame and embarrassment from falling off the sheep, trying to reinvent himself and be Mr. Perfect and the struggle inherent in that.
Or you could focus on Maya! Her views on family and her father, religion, (I know we're getting episodes that touch on both these topics soon, whether you choose to go with those or use them as starting points or do something different I don't mind -- I'm really wary about how the show will handle religion, particularly). How she feels broken, like good things can't happen to her, cynical. If you do focus on Maya, I don't want fic centered around her friendship with Riley, which is why I didn't include Riley in my request. Of course you can include parts of that, because she loves Riley and Riley is a super important part of her life, but I'm not really interested in exploring their dynamic or reiterating that they are the! most! important! people! to! each! other! over and over.
You can find my old tumblr here, my relatively new one here, and my ao3 account here, so you can see just how excitable and embarrassing I truly am. once again, thank you so much for writing me a story for any of these fandoms.