[YULETIDE]

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Dear Yuletide writer,
Thanks so much for writing a story for me! I am very excited to see what you come up with.  I have given you some ideas about what I like in each canon, but if you already have an idea, then as long as it doesn't hit up against my DNWs I look forward to it!  Write something you will have fun with.

If you're here browsing letters, I'm kathryne at AO3 and my account is set to allow gift works/treats.

do not want

I do not want to read: rape; animal abuse or death; self-harm; kid!fic. I am okay with violence in service to the story; I am okay with canon-typical violence. I'm also not interested in complete AUs (ie, coffee-shop-type AUs). I do enjoy AUs where one thing in canon is changed and we explore the ramifications of it.

I’m not a big fan of the heteronormative assumption that there’s only one way to progress a relationship and anyone in a relationship must necessarily want co-habitation and homeownership and marriage and children. In fact, I’m really not interested in stories about child-rearing, though dealing with adult children already established in canon can be interesting.

do want

I love stories about women relying on each other. I like seeing moments in fic that give deeper meaning to moments we see on screen. I like porn; I like G-ratings; I like ratings in between. I strongly prefer more developed stories rather than shorter vignettes strung together on a theme.

I love complicated relationships between complicated women, where things aren't necessarily completely straightforward but that doesn't mean they're wrong.  I love power dynamics, and subverting them.

I like gen, but I also write and love everything right up to NC-17. I really enjoy power dynamics in bed, and rough sex that's either an expression of love or of... something darker. I also love laughter and silliness and exploration and snuggles! For contemporary canons and characters who would be into it, sex toys, strap-ons, lingerie etc - yes.

If you feel like going for some good old tropes, some of my favourites include: bedsharing; road trips; huddling for warmth; mutual pining that gets resolved.

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Wheel of Time - Moiraine Damodred, Liandrin Guirale, Alanna Mosvani

There's so much history between all three of these women! I would love to see a piece from that history or how that history informs what we seen on screen. Truly interested in any of these relationships.

I think Liandrin and Moiraine clearly had some sort of relationship in the past - what happened? Does Alanna just flirt with everyone and have she and Moiraine ever followed through? What were they like as Novices together? What have Alanna and Liandrin been up to on the road together, outside (some of) the Tower politics, and how did Liandrin try to consolidate power on the road?

I think the month between Logain's gentling and their arrival in Tar Valon is just begging for fic. How do the other Aes Sedai look at Liandrin for gentling Logain - do they see it as getting revenge for Kerene and is she a bit of a hero? Or has she gone against the Amyrlin and is everyone worried for her? How do Alanna and Moiraine cope on the road together, and with Liandrin? If you wanted to write Liandrin/Alanna as Liandrin and Alanna having a relationship that's actually mostly about an absent Moiraine, that would also be interesting - I think they orbit her in a fascinating way.

If you are writing a Moiraine relationship, I would prefer not to erase her relationship with Siuan, however you choose to handle that.

If you don't want to write femslash, that is totally okay! A lot of the above prompts could be explored in gen ways. I am also just in loooove with Aes Sedai politicking. I'd love to see Liandrin and/or Alanna in the Tower and how they navigate or inform the currents there. Feel free to include any of the other Aes Sedai we've seen so far (or any good guesses from the books, if you are a book person - I read them years ago and am spoiled for what I don't remember, but I also 100% believe that a show fic should be readable by someone who only knows the show, so if you don't know the books don't worry!). I don't particularly want a fic about just Moiraine - I'd like to explore her relationships with one or both of the other two - but I am happy to get a fic that's just about Liandrin or just about Alanna, or one that's about any two of the three.

I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn and/or Crueltide for this fandom!

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Una Chin-Riley, La'an Noonien-Singh

I love that these two women get each other in a way that no one else on the ship seems to! I want to know more about their history with each other, please. How did they meet? How did they learn to support each other? How have they rescued each other before? I am interested in this from a shippy point of view, but I am also interested in gen stories about women rescuing each other, I promise.

I love that the two of them are comfortable with each other in a way that kind of transcends military discipline. I love that they're willing to be vulnerable with each other (during the shore leave episode). I want to know how they got there!

I love fraught mentor-protegée dynamics. Did they work together before and that got in the way of a relationship? Did they have a relationship and then discover they had to work together?

What does Una know about La'an's family background, and how does that affect how they relate to each other? When did she find out, and did it change how she sees La'an?

Also I'd enjoy an episode-like shenaningans story that has some of the other cast in supporting roles, if you want to write something like that, as long as Una and/or La'an are the focus. Or something on the ship about how they navigate their relationship now that reveals some of what(ever) it used to be.

If you don't want to write any of the above, I would be interested in reading backstory that is mostly or solely focussed on Una, if you want, but I'm not really looking for a solo La'an story. Also, while I am a fan of other Trek, I don't fully remember everything about Khan Noonien-Singh, so... feel free to put in Easter eggs if you want, but I may or may not get them!

Also, this is obviously completely and totally optional, but if you find yourself interested in writing about the storybook universe (or ramifications thereof) and wanting to explore the relationship between Una's and Ortegas' characters there, that would also be cool!

I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn for this fandom, but preferably not Crueltide.

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Secret Six - Jeannette, Scandal Savage

I just want to know about the backstory these two share. Tell me about the two of them terrorising various countrysides! I would love to read about them fighting and fucking, just fighting, just fucking, or carving some time out of the mayhem to.. bond? However they bond??? I love that they have a romantic past that turned into a friendship and would like to see more of where they came from, how they got there, how they learned about each other, etc.

I am particularly interested in Jeannette's animosity towards the Amazons. I would love to see that explored, either with Scandal along for the ride or not. However, if that doesn't interest you, anything else about the two of them will be great! Sorry that this prompt is a little shorter than the others - I just have less of a specific vision and a more wide-ranging interest!

When I say in my DNWs that I'm okay with canon-typical violence, I know that means a lot more in this canon than in some others, and again: totally okay.

I would much prefer to have a story set before the start of the comics. If you want to bring in other DCU characters as appropriate, that's fine, as long as they're not the focus.

I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn and/or Crueltide for this fandom.

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And that's that! I hope you have fun writing whatever you choose to write and have a very happy Yuletide. Thank you again!