It's the most wonderful time of the year... (Dear Yuletide Writer)
Dear Yuletide Writer,
First off, I already love you. Thank you so, so much for offering to write in one of my fandoms. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. I'm equally excited to receive a story in any of those five tiny fandoms and I'm sure that no matter what you write, you will make my Yuletide with it. If you have no idea where to start, I hope this letter will help a little bit, but of course optional details are optional and feel free to write whatever you think is best!
First of all, here's a list of things I really, really like: makeouts, found families, friendship turning into more, any and all romcom tropes (for example: secretly married!!, accidentally married/married for convenience, drunk love declarations, road trips, having to share a hotel bed, fake relationships that turn into real ones, secret relationships), high school/college AUs, angst that is resolved by the end, banter, anything from G to NC17 in terms of rating, gen or romance.
There are very few things I don't like and most of them shouldn't come up, but just in case: misogyny and non-con are the two major ones. I also have a big embarrassment squick, so I prefer no major second hand embarrassment.
My LJ is 99% friends locked, but if you need to find out about things I like, you can always check my tumblr (which has anon ask messages enabled, just in case), my delicious (which I've not really been updating much lately, so sorry!), and my AO3 account, though there's not much on there because this is only my second year participating in Yuletide. I'm so sorry if this isn't too helpful, I've been slacking on internet things a little bit this year.
But now, without further ado, here are the fandoms I requested (in alphabetical order):
40 Days of Dating
Jessica Walsh, Timothy Goodman
Oh man, this was my summer obsession. I found out about 40 Days of Dating sometime around Day 15 and latched on to it completely because it's one of my all time favorite tropes (best friends falling in love) playing out (sort of) in front of my eyes, with real people. And in the beginning, everything was beautiful. Their first kiss. Their hand-holding day- pretty much everything up to their last day in Disney World (which I think was Day 39?). Needless to say, the whole project didn't at all end in the way I hoped it would (and I also kind of thought Tim was a huge dick towards the end), so clearly I need fic for this. Here are some things I'd love to read: How did their relationship/friendship continue after the 40 days? Does Tim apologize for his behavior? How did they react to certain blog posts once they saw them? How did they react to their story being made into a movie? Or if you want to venture even further than that, fic of them at the movie premiere? I'd really love fic for this that has them working things out, but if you feel it's not in the scope of realism, all I ask is that they still get along fine by the end! :)
If we matched on something other than this, but you feel like my request isn't what you were hoping to write, this is a pretty easy fandom to catch up with, as it's only 40 blog posts and you can find them here.
Ben and Kate
any
I loved this show so, so much, and I'm still really upset it was cancelled so soon. In terms of spoilers, I've seen the three unaired episodes as well if that matters. Mostly, what I'm looking for in terms of this request is any kind of interaction between these five. I love the two ships (BJ/Ben, Kate/Tommy), I love them individually, I love them all interacting with Maddie, I LOVE EVERYTHING. Just give me anything about them and I will be so, so happy! In terms of more specific requests: I'm absolutely obsessed with the fact that BJ and Ben had secretly been married for years and were kind of hooking up on and off- I love them so much and I'd love to see their relationship explored further. If you'd like to go down the Kate/Tommy route more, any romcom trope would be amazing (see above) here. I'd also love to read about the four of them (with or without Maddie, depending on your preference) going on vacation together (bonus points for a road trip), having to attend one of Maddie's school functions (with lots of shenanigans). Actually, the shenanigans probably apply to every prompt in this. Holiday fic for this show would be amazing, too.
Elementary (TV)
Sherlock Holmes, Joan Watson
THIS SHOW. I never expected to love it as much as I did, mostly because I'm not familiar with (and have never before been interested in) any other Sherlock Holmes canon. But Elementary stole my heart, and so have these two. I absolutely adore their partnership/friendship the way it is now, but I wouldn't mind seeing them in a romantic context, though it would probably have to be set a little while down the future. But basically, for this request, any romcom tropes you can put them in (whether they end up making out or not) would be amazing- only one hotel bed on a case? Yes please. Undercover marrieds? Yes please. Hurt/comfort? Yes please. Anything you can think of, really. I won't mind at all to have Detective Bell appear because he's a dreamboat, or anyone else in terms of main or secondary characters. I love them all, but my main wish is for more Sherlock/Joan in any capacity. Bonus points for sass and shenanigans (one of my favorite random moments was the “he's an ambulance- he's the ambulance“ bit with Clyde in S1, so anything along those lines is amazing).
Riordan College Series - Jaycee DeLorenzo
Ian Hollister, Ivy Rossini
On the off chance that we matched on this (because I feel like there aren't too many people who have read this), here's why this is here. I absolutely ADORED The Truth About Dating and Mating- until about 2/3 of the way through. You can see my goodreads review here in order to see what worked for me and what did not. Mostly, what I want from this request is fic for these two set after the book ended, with loads of banter and preferably little to no drama because the end of the book was a bit too much for me in terms of that. I loved their initial relationship and their freakouts about whether or not they are more than just friends, and all their scenes in the pool bar were fantastic, so anything along those lines will be amazing. I ship Ivy/Ian a lot, but I also love all of the supporting characters, especially Chelsea and Amery, so please feel free to include them as well if you want. Another thing I love about this book is the fact that it's set in college, because I find there definitely aren't enough of them, so if you could keep the college setting, I would love that. I also super loved their radio show, so if you want to just write an episode of their radio show with flirty banter and so on, that is a-okay with me as well. In any case, though, if you read my goodreads review for this one, you'll know what I like and what didn't work for me, so feel free to write absolutely anything for this tiniest of tiny fandoms.
That '70s Show
Donna Pinciotti, Eric Forman, Jackie Burkhart, Steven Hyde
Okay, full disclaimer: I've been watching this show for the first time for the past couple of months. At the time of writing this, I'm nearing the end of season 7, but by the time Yuletide reveals happen, I will be caught up - though I'm probably going to skip most of season 8 apart from the finale based on multiple friends' recommendations for me to do so, so this much as a heads up.
My ships for this show are Eric/Donna and Jackie/Hyde, and I love them both dearly for completely different reasons. It's like the two ships together fulfill everything I love in TV ships - Eric/Donna are slow, steady, best friends to lovers; Jackie/Hyde are the secret couple, the opposites attract couple, the wanting to hate each other but still loving each other anyway couple, and I love both these couples so much, so anything you want to write me for them, I will love. But, more specific prompts, maybe? I would love a 2013!AU for them and see how they'd fare in today's world. I would love for them to go on a double date. I would love fic for them all set three or five years down the road (though I'm not spoiled at all so canon may destroy this wish, but you'll know better than I do at this point) with them still together (in Eric/Donna's case) or reuniting (in Jackie/Hyde's case), and as for almost all the prompts, feel free to give me ALL of the romcom tropes you can fit if that's your thing. Feel free to include any and all other characters if you want, but please be advised that I am not the biggest fan of Kelso, so I would love if he weren't featured more than necessary. In terms of group prompts if that's more your thing - road trips are awesome and I've loved the episodes when they went away, but I'll also love fic of them just hanging out in the basement, and I'll also love character studies for any and all of them. Just, anything more you can give me for this show will be perfect because I will be going into serious withdrawals once I finished watching it.
I hope the length of my letter didn't scare you off and that there are at least a few useful things in there for you. Please just know that I'll love absolutely anything you write for me, and I cannot wait for December 25th. Thank you so much again, and I hope you have a beautiful Yuletide!