Dear Yuletide Author

[saucydiva]

Dear Yuletide author,

I am so excited for yuletide this year! This is my fifth year participating (see still-relevant letters from 2012 and 2013 and 2014 and 2015) and I am always impressed by the quality of work with these exchanges.

I'm Diaphenia on AO3.

Comments

[throwingpens]

"for more on her, please check the entire internet."

you are my favorite.

[saucydiva]

I mean, imagine how many articles I'd have to link to. It would be SO MANY.

[throwingpens]

At least a thousand.

[abluestocking]

Hillary ♥

I love that request and the way you've written it.

Are you interested in election fic if the thing that we are all hoping happens does indeed happen? (*does not tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing*)

[saucydiva]

I love Hillary SO MUCH. Like, she's a legit badass. I mean I know I get almost non-stop coverage of her currently, but I still want to spend SO MUCH time with her.

I'm totally down for that. OBVIOUSLY we will know the outcome by Yuletide (unless we have repeat of 2000 and also we only have eight justices, ha ha ha life is garbage Rachel Maddow pointed this out last week and I died a little) but like I wasn't even sure how to word that without invoking wrath. But YES to future!fic (maybe I'll edit that in, that seems the best way to put it).

[blithers]

Ha, I think our requests for Superstore and the Good Place basically want the same thing. Twinsies!

Also, I am super into the idea of a US politics high school AU?? I keep thinking how amazing that could be.

[saucydiva]

I mean, that HSAU fic may exist. IT MIGHT. I never think to look for it. But I want it SO MUCH. Just think: Hillary running for class president against rich kid Trump (C student, didn't bother attending midterms), consulting with Obama and student teacher Biden. Prom with Hillary and Bill, who has spent all of senior year trying to woo her. Double dates with the Obamas and the Clintons, bowling. Marco Rubio, class dweeb. Prank wars. Hillary fights to get female students into shop class. Rachel Maddow as the weirdly political gossip columnist. Hillary nominated to prom queen, annoyed by the idea but all the students vote for her anyway. ANY OF THESE THINGS.

Also, I totally read your letter on, what, Tuesday, whenever you posted it, and I was like, I gotta step up my prompts to match Blithers. Or just link to her letter and ask people to put my name on it, also that's fine.

[throwingpens]

I want this. You will write this. Or else.

[kindness_says]

I want this.

Actually, I was a little like, really? initially when I saw this fandom nominated (not surprised at all, just more like...surely we have plenty of these people in our lives right now?), but also I was v curious about requests. And your letter is wonderful (all of it, but especially the Hillary part). Among many other things about Hillary, I do love the Bill/Hillary relationship, especially early days and now. Your HSAU thoughts delight me. (Post-election,) I am really moved in a weird way to read this request, and your amendment, and...I suppose I just wanted to share some fellow feeling. One thing that's been helping to hold me together this month is knowing that nearly everyone in our slice of the Internet is feeling the same way.

Anyway, that's all. Also, I'm wondering if I might know who you are but not realize it, because we obviously have mutual friends, but I am an Internet ghost and don't know anybody's name.

[alley_skywalker]

Hilary and Michelle as BFFs <3 (Also Obama, Michelle, Joe Biden and Hilary as BFFs <3)

[saucydiva]

I mean it's like this video:
https://youtu.be/IeCWs4xf7EU
Like look at all these grown ups stumping for our lady