Dear Yuletide Writer
Hello dear Yuletide person,
First of all, I already love you for your great taste and you may just be my new favorite person, whether we matched on books, RPF, or TV. Thank you ever so much for writing for me. I’m so excited to be receiving a story in one of my tiny fandoms, no matter which one I end up getting. I’m sure that you’ll make my Yuletide with whatever you end up writing me. But if you’re like me and have no idea where to start, here are a few optional details to go with my requests!
First of all, here's a list of things I really, really like in fic, always: makeouts, found families, friendship turning into more/best friends falling in love, any and all romcom tropes (for example: secretly married!!, accidentally married/married for convenience, drunken love declarations, road trips, having to share a hotel bed, fake relationships that turn into real ones, secret relationships), angst that is resolved by the end, banter, anything from gen to explicit 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: character bashing, misogyny and non-con are the three major ones. I also have a big embarrassment squick, so I would love if you’d avoid putting the characters into situations that could possibly give someone major second-hand embarrassment.
I’ve been slacking on internet things lately where you can snoop on my interests, so all I have in terms of ~receipts are very old tumblr tags and some goodreads reviews. Apologies for that.
But now, without further ado, here are the fandoms I requested this year in alphabetical order:
The Hating Game - Sally Thorne (Lucy Hutton, Joshua Templeman)
I only just read this book a little while ago, but I adored it SO SO MUCH. The pacing of it was EXCELLENT and I thought it was really well done. It was also funny in a way most contemporary romances rarely are. I’m grossly into Lucy/Josh. The way she wanted to strangle him with her bare hands. The way he never judges her for freaking out. Their elevator makeout. They are so hot!! What I’d love to read for this book is Josh’s POV - how in love is he with Lucy throughout the whole thing (very, I know, but show me please!). I’d love to get some future shenanigans with Josh working elsewhere, but obviously still keeping Lucy on her toes in her work. I’d love to see how their changed positions change their dynamics. I’d love to get any glimpse of them we didn’t get - holidays, for instance (Christmas or NYE-themed fic would be amazing for them if you’re into that sort of thing). I’d love to hear about Josh’s first trip to the strawberry farm! I’d love to see how they bring their dumb games into the bedroom because they can no longer play at work. I’d love to see their wedding. I’d love to see any glimpse into the future of their relationship, really. Anything immediately post-canon is totally cool, too. Just, I love these two SO MUCH and while their story was already satisfying, I am greedy and I want mooooore.
Here's my goodreads review for the book.
The Office (US) RPF (B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling)
These two have been RUINING MY LIFE for years. It is probably my most consistent fandom at this point, and it's a fandom of, like, 3. I've been lucky enough to have received amazing fic for them for Yuletide before, but there is still so very little fic for them and I'm greedy, especially since I feel like they weren’t as life ruin-y on social media in 2016 as they had been in prior years, so I’m craving more of them. So many things about them are TOO MUCH. THEY’RE SOUP SNAKES!!! Him saying in an interview that they can't get married now because everyone would tell them 'I told you so.' BJ is the second love of her life after her TV show!!!! ALL of their instagram pictures together. Everything is a lot. Basically, what I’m looking for with this request is any kind of tropey situation you can put them in. If you’re not comfortable writing them in a romantic context, I’m happy to receive gen in any way, shape, or form; but if you’re up for romance stuff, here are a few ideas: they’ve actually been secretly married for years, they do get married and everyone does tell them I told you so, what is it like when they do get married - if you’re not into marriage fic: tell me about them during The Office (earlier seasons or at the very end), employ any of the tropes mentioned above (road trip, hurt/comfort), why and how do they get back together after so many years? this tweet? Whatever you can think of, believe me, I will love it!
If you need more references, this is my tumblr tag for them that I haven’t updated in a while, but it’s pretty comprehensive.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli (Simon Spier, Bram Greenfeld, Abby Suso, Leah)
I actually read this book for the first time over a year ago, but I still think about it very consistently and re-read it a fair bit. It just makes my heart flutter and makes me so, so happy every time. Simon and Bram are the cutest and I adore their emails to no end. The ending of this book is I think one of my favorite things I’ve read in YA and it’s just everything I adore - finding out someone’s secret identity and being in love with that person. SIGH FOREVER. So yes, if you’d rather only write Simon/Bram, please feel free, as I love them so, so much. I’d love to get some more of their emails, especially them writing to each other after the identity reveal. I love Simon’s voice, but I’d also really love to get Bram’s POV throughout the whole thing- when he finds out it’s Simon he’s emailing with, for example. Or future fic set in the not-too-distant future (while they’re still in high school). If you'd rather write a story about Abby and Leah- awesome, I adore them! I know Leah’s book is coming as the third book Becky Albertalli is writing and my hope to all hopes is that Abby/Leah will be a thing in that, so if you wanted to write anything about that, particularly how it comes about, that would be beyond amazing. If you don’t, no problem at all- I’d also really love to see their future friendship - maybe with Leah learning to like Abby more and them just becoming closer and each other’s confidantes. I also love them individually and I’d be very happy to read more about them and their lives in high school. I kind of adore creeksecrets as a weird Postsecret for their school, so if you want to bring that into the story, that’s totally cool too (but I’d rather it be brought into the story in a cute way than in a sad or mean way). But basically, I’ll love anything more you can come up with for this wonderful canon that makes me so happy because I feel like there's so much more potential for more stories there.
Here's my goodreads review for this book.
Soho Loft Series (Brooklyn Campbell, Jessica Lennox, Samantha Ennis, Hunter Blair)
Oh, how I’ve longed for amazing F/F contemporary romance. I was beyond ecstatic when I found these books. I can’t believe how tropey and awesome and well-written they were and how much they made me FEEL. I also loved how much of a character NYC was because it’s my favorite place in the world and these books made me feel like I was actually THERE. I asked for the protagonists of the first two books because I just slightly preferred them to Hope and Mallory, but obviously I love Mallory (and Hope) and if you’d like to include them in the story, please feel free. But basically, here’s what I’d like for the four characters I nominated: anything more you can give me for them! I thought all of their stories were actually satisfying, but they still left me wanting to read more about them as established couples. If you’d like to focus more on Brooklyn and Jessica, I’d love to get a better look at their wedding than we did from the epilogue in book 3. I’d be so pleased to read more about them taking care of Ashton and how caring for a teenager works out for them. If by any chance you read Waiting in the Wings too, I'd also be super happy to read about the first time Brooklyn meets Adrienne. If you’d rather focus on Sam and Hunter, I’d LOVE to get some backstory of them in college - tell me about them as friends back then and how it influences their relationship now. Or, give me future fic for them- how are they five years down the road? If you want to write about all of them equally, tell me about major holidays they all spend together! Tell me about fancy parties in formal dress they all attend and how into each other Sam/Hunter and Brooklyn/Jess are. Tell me about big milestones a few years down the road. Show me how the ‘outsiders’ (Jess, and Hope if you want) fit into this established group. Write me more Midnight Chocolate! Basically, anything that shows how into each other the couples are and how much the friends love each other is going to be amazing.
Here are my goodreads reviews for Kiss the Girl, Just Three Words, and (if you want it for a frame of reference) Ready or Not.
You Me Her (Jack Travarsky, Emma Travarsky, Izzy Silva)
This show is the poly-romantic comedy of my DREAMS!!! I watched the whole thing in a disgustingly short time because I was so into everything they were doing with regards to these three and negotiating their poly arrangement. I LOVE how much both Jack and Emma are into Izzy and I love how much Izzy is into both of them. I’m super into them as a threesome, but if you’d rather focus on one person and give me backstory, that is totally cool and I’d love to read backstory for one of the ladies. Tell me about Emma’s history of bisexuality! Tell me more about Izzy, whatever that may be? If you’d rather write about the triad, awesome! Here are some things I’d love to read for them: fic set immediately after S1 ended, with them trying to figure and work things out in their relationship; domesticity fic with them just hanging out at the house doing whatever (I ADORED that episode when they all hung out and got high and ate pizza and banged), them all going on vacation together to a place where no one knows them, future fic - what happens if they decide to have children? How is that going to work? Just, anything more you can give me for this teeny tiny canon would be very much appreciated!
My You Me Her tag on tumblr only contains one post, sigh. Blame it on the fact that no one watches this show combined with how I haven't really used tumblr in over a year, but I promise I love this show A LOT.
Phew, that's 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 no matter what I said in the letter, 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!
PS. In case you're here for potential treating purposes: Wow, thank you, I already love you, and my username on AO3 is the same - Sonni89.