Dear Yuletide Santa
So after refreshing about nine million times, looking for my assignee's Santa letter, it occurs to me that perhaps I should write one of my own, on the off chance I'm not the only obsessive person in the world... XD
Dear Writer,
I'm afraid I may have been more cryptic than usual in my prompts for this season's Yuletide, but if they've left you in want of further guidance, never fear: I am easily pleased, and already thrilled that you're going to be so kind as to write me anything at all. Writing always takes effort - sometimes pleasurable, sometimes torturous - and your willingness to undertake it for me makes me seven kinds of happy right from the start.
As for more specifics, I enjoy unexpected perspectives. I love the worm's eye view. This is most obvious in my first request, since as much as I enjoy the title character of the Dresden Files, it's his companions who tend to make me smile the most. Bob and Mister may be less complex or complicated than Harry, but I always suspect that there's more to them both that we simply don't see in canon, due to the fact that it is not their story being told.
My love of minor characters carries over to my second request, although Ivan Vorpatril is arguably one of the most popular characters in the series. For all that Gregor and Miles and Alys might roll their eyes about "that idiot Ivan," it seems he's still oddly dependable. That he is also loyal as the day is long and often more sensible than his brilliantly hyperactive cousin (at least where staying alive is concerned) makes him a wonderfully sympathetic character. He's the go-to person whenever Miles goes off the deep end, but I can't help thinking it would be fun to see what happens when Ivan himself is the one in trouble.
My Peter Pan request is not actually for slash - although heaven help me, I've written that pairing. There is just something so poignant about the whole story of the boy who never grows up to me, and yet once again I can't help turning that on its head and wondering about the pirate who is always about to die. It's the contrast of eternal youth and inescapable mortality that interests me there, and I often wonder whether Hook might be choosing the game of swords as his only alternative to time's crocodile. I also wonder whether Peter could sympathize with such a choice, since in his own way, he's escaping the crocodile too. Symbolism is everything in this fandom, but putting a genuine, human face on symbolic characters is what makes their stories interesting to me.
And finally, there's Michitaka. I adore vigilantes in fiction. I like their cold-blooded righteousness, and their angsty shouldering of responsibilities that technically don't belong to them. I like their lawlessness, but I like it best when they are hopelessly good at rationalizing the undeniably criminal aspect of what it is they're doing. Michitaka is so defensively professional, but he's playing a very dangerous game. I'd love to see what happens when all his careful structure falls apart. The fact that vampiric damage control might factor into that just makes it better.
I've probably given too many details now - I love to fangirl, but really the first part is still true: I am really grateful that you're doing this and I really am easily pleased. Write something funny, fluffy, sappy, angsty, fatal, romantic, vicious, philosophical - write something you would enjoy reading yourself, and I will certainly enjoy it as well. Thanks again, and happy writing. :)
-treneka
Dear Writer,
I'm afraid I may have been more cryptic than usual in my prompts for this season's Yuletide, but if they've left you in want of further guidance, never fear: I am easily pleased, and already thrilled that you're going to be so kind as to write me anything at all. Writing always takes effort - sometimes pleasurable, sometimes torturous - and your willingness to undertake it for me makes me seven kinds of happy right from the start.
As for more specifics, I enjoy unexpected perspectives. I love the worm's eye view. This is most obvious in my first request, since as much as I enjoy the title character of the Dresden Files, it's his companions who tend to make me smile the most. Bob and Mister may be less complex or complicated than Harry, but I always suspect that there's more to them both that we simply don't see in canon, due to the fact that it is not their story being told.
My love of minor characters carries over to my second request, although Ivan Vorpatril is arguably one of the most popular characters in the series. For all that Gregor and Miles and Alys might roll their eyes about "that idiot Ivan," it seems he's still oddly dependable. That he is also loyal as the day is long and often more sensible than his brilliantly hyperactive cousin (at least where staying alive is concerned) makes him a wonderfully sympathetic character. He's the go-to person whenever Miles goes off the deep end, but I can't help thinking it would be fun to see what happens when Ivan himself is the one in trouble.
My Peter Pan request is not actually for slash - although heaven help me, I've written that pairing. There is just something so poignant about the whole story of the boy who never grows up to me, and yet once again I can't help turning that on its head and wondering about the pirate who is always about to die. It's the contrast of eternal youth and inescapable mortality that interests me there, and I often wonder whether Hook might be choosing the game of swords as his only alternative to time's crocodile. I also wonder whether Peter could sympathize with such a choice, since in his own way, he's escaping the crocodile too. Symbolism is everything in this fandom, but putting a genuine, human face on symbolic characters is what makes their stories interesting to me.
And finally, there's Michitaka. I adore vigilantes in fiction. I like their cold-blooded righteousness, and their angsty shouldering of responsibilities that technically don't belong to them. I like their lawlessness, but I like it best when they are hopelessly good at rationalizing the undeniably criminal aspect of what it is they're doing. Michitaka is so defensively professional, but he's playing a very dangerous game. I'd love to see what happens when all his careful structure falls apart. The fact that vampiric damage control might factor into that just makes it better.
I've probably given too many details now - I love to fangirl, but really the first part is still true: I am really grateful that you're doing this and I really am easily pleased. Write something funny, fluffy, sappy, angsty, fatal, romantic, vicious, philosophical - write something you would enjoy reading yourself, and I will certainly enjoy it as well. Thanks again, and happy writing. :)
-treneka