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tellitslantDear 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.
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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, Lanfear
You do not need to write all characters in this. I'm most interested in the following pairings, either as / or as &: Lanfear and Liandrin; Lanfear and Moiraine; Alanna and Moiraine. I don't particularly want a fic about just Moiraine or just Lanfear, but I am happy to get a fic that's just about Liandrin or just about Alanna. Feel free to include other characters from the series as long as my chosen ones are the focus. I'm most interested in Aes Sedai politicking and relationships.
There's so much history between the Aes Sedai particularly! I would love to see a piece from that history or how that history informs what we see on screen. 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? 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 before we met up with them?
I am really interested in exploring what Lanfear says about visiting Liandrin's dreams. What ARE the 'interesting fixations' she has/ Do they... perhaps... have to do with Moiraine? Does Lanfear watch Liandrin dreaming about Moiraine, or perhaps show up in her dream AS Moiraine? Or is it something else?
I'm very curious about what passed between Lanfear and Moiraine in the Ways after 2x07 - were they there long enough that they slept at all? Or does Lanfear pop into Moiraine's dreams after the end of s2 since Moiraine did a good job with her last order about the banner?
With Moiraine and Alanna, I'd love to read something about their past in the Tower! I'd also love to see something set in the immediate aftermath of 2x08 - in 2x07, Alanna told Moiraine she was no longer alone. What does that mean to Moiraine, especially as she's grappling with what has happened with Siuan? How does their long friendship let Alanna comfort her?
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.
Although I have read the books, it is important to me that a show fic is a SHOW fic and not something that assumes it knows how the show will treat the rest of the books. Anyone who's only watched the show should be able to understand it - but if you have read the books and want to insinuate or foreshadow, that's fun!
I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn and/or Crueltide for this fandom!
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Doom Patrol - Laura De Mille, Rita Farr
So I have definitely only watched the Michelle Gomez seasons of this, but I was genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed the entire fucked-up family of this show? I really love them all! But Laura and her tragedy just really gets me. (I am writing this immediately after watching "Youth Patrol" so no spoilers but WOW I have a lot of feelings about her.)
I just want an exploration of her and Rita's complicated relationship. Rita blames Laura so hard for what happened to Malcom that Laura now blames herself EVEN THOUGH it wasn't really her fault and she fought so hard to keep the Sisterhood safe? But their chemistry is off the charts and there's just so much ambiguity between the two of them. I would love something set at any point in their relationship, whether in their shared past or in their current present.
If you want to lean into the fuckery of the show and toy with some amnesia-induced dubcon, I would be up for that! There are probably points in between s3 and s4 where neither of them have their full memories, and there are times throughout both seasons where only one does at a time, and I feel like there's a lot to play with there? I'd love to see something shippy but I'm also deeply into watching them fuck up their missions and re-learn who each other is and re-navigate all the weight of their past, on and on.
Just, please. I'm SO TIRED of the butts plotline. Please no butts.
I will be keeping up with the series as it airs so don't worry about spoiling me!
I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn and/or Crueltide for this fandom!
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Heart of Stone - Rachel Stone, Nomad
I'm an absolute sucker for female spies AND over-the-top spy shenanigans and gadgets so frankly this slightly ridiculous film was ridiculous in exactly the ways that work for me. I'm also a total sucker for the shifting loyalties of double agents.
I would love to know more about Nomad and her relationship with Rachel, either before or after the film. It seemed like Nomad was really instrumental in bringing Rachel in to the Charter - I'd love to read your take on that. Rachel says they met at around 22, but it's not clear whether SHE was around 22 or they both were - although Nomad says they've spent 20 years building the Charter... How did they work together - was one of them higher in rank or did they both work their way up together? Was Nomad ever a field agent (apparently she's the newest King)? Tell me about a mission they went on together! Were they the only people they could each trust at any point - I especially wonder about Rachel being undercover and coming 'home' to someone who really knew her... Nomad seems a bit jealous of Rachel's closeness to her MI6 team.
What about after the film - Rachel saved Nomad's life! How did they feel about seeing each other after that? A tough thing to say thank you for, especially after their fight! How do they make that up?
What did Nomad think and feel, watching Stone throughout the film, almost completely unable to help her? That scene where Stone calls in, all business - Nomad takes a moment to say "I was worried about you" and Stone jabs at her with "Were you?" - tell me about that! And the trust between them even after that, as Nomad was certain Stone would save her...
I love London, if you know the city and want to set something there, or I'd be thrilled to learn about anywhere in the world you want to set a spy story.
I'd love it if you wrote something shippy but I'd be just as happy with something exploring a deep important complicated platonic partnership. I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn for this fandom.
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That's it! Thanks so much for writing for me. I can't wait to see what you come up with and I hope you have fun!
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
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.
*
Wheel of Time - Moiraine Damodred, Liandrin Guirale, Alanna Mosvani, Lanfear
You do not need to write all characters in this. I'm most interested in the following pairings, either as / or as &: Lanfear and Liandrin; Lanfear and Moiraine; Alanna and Moiraine. I don't particularly want a fic about just Moiraine or just Lanfear, but I am happy to get a fic that's just about Liandrin or just about Alanna. Feel free to include other characters from the series as long as my chosen ones are the focus. I'm most interested in Aes Sedai politicking and relationships.
There's so much history between the Aes Sedai particularly! I would love to see a piece from that history or how that history informs what we see on screen. 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? 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 before we met up with them?
I am really interested in exploring what Lanfear says about visiting Liandrin's dreams. What ARE the 'interesting fixations' she has/ Do they... perhaps... have to do with Moiraine? Does Lanfear watch Liandrin dreaming about Moiraine, or perhaps show up in her dream AS Moiraine? Or is it something else?
I'm very curious about what passed between Lanfear and Moiraine in the Ways after 2x07 - were they there long enough that they slept at all? Or does Lanfear pop into Moiraine's dreams after the end of s2 since Moiraine did a good job with her last order about the banner?
With Moiraine and Alanna, I'd love to read something about their past in the Tower! I'd also love to see something set in the immediate aftermath of 2x08 - in 2x07, Alanna told Moiraine she was no longer alone. What does that mean to Moiraine, especially as she's grappling with what has happened with Siuan? How does their long friendship let Alanna comfort her?
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.
Although I have read the books, it is important to me that a show fic is a SHOW fic and not something that assumes it knows how the show will treat the rest of the books. Anyone who's only watched the show should be able to understand it - but if you have read the books and want to insinuate or foreshadow, that's fun!
I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn and/or Crueltide for this fandom!
*
Doom Patrol - Laura De Mille, Rita Farr
So I have definitely only watched the Michelle Gomez seasons of this, but I was genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed the entire fucked-up family of this show? I really love them all! But Laura and her tragedy just really gets me. (I am writing this immediately after watching "Youth Patrol" so no spoilers but WOW I have a lot of feelings about her.)
I just want an exploration of her and Rita's complicated relationship. Rita blames Laura so hard for what happened to Malcom that Laura now blames herself EVEN THOUGH it wasn't really her fault and she fought so hard to keep the Sisterhood safe? But their chemistry is off the charts and there's just so much ambiguity between the two of them. I would love something set at any point in their relationship, whether in their shared past or in their current present.
If you want to lean into the fuckery of the show and toy with some amnesia-induced dubcon, I would be up for that! There are probably points in between s3 and s4 where neither of them have their full memories, and there are times throughout both seasons where only one does at a time, and I feel like there's a lot to play with there? I'd love to see something shippy but I'm also deeply into watching them fuck up their missions and re-learn who each other is and re-navigate all the weight of their past, on and on.
Just, please. I'm SO TIRED of the butts plotline. Please no butts.
I will be keeping up with the series as it airs so don't worry about spoiling me!
I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn and/or Crueltide for this fandom!
*
Heart of Stone - Rachel Stone, Nomad
I'm an absolute sucker for female spies AND over-the-top spy shenanigans and gadgets so frankly this slightly ridiculous film was ridiculous in exactly the ways that work for me. I'm also a total sucker for the shifting loyalties of double agents.
I would love to know more about Nomad and her relationship with Rachel, either before or after the film. It seemed like Nomad was really instrumental in bringing Rachel in to the Charter - I'd love to read your take on that. Rachel says they met at around 22, but it's not clear whether SHE was around 22 or they both were - although Nomad says they've spent 20 years building the Charter... How did they work together - was one of them higher in rank or did they both work their way up together? Was Nomad ever a field agent (apparently she's the newest King)? Tell me about a mission they went on together! Were they the only people they could each trust at any point - I especially wonder about Rachel being undercover and coming 'home' to someone who really knew her... Nomad seems a bit jealous of Rachel's closeness to her MI6 team.
What about after the film - Rachel saved Nomad's life! How did they feel about seeing each other after that? A tough thing to say thank you for, especially after their fight! How do they make that up?
What did Nomad think and feel, watching Stone throughout the film, almost completely unable to help her? That scene where Stone calls in, all business - Nomad takes a moment to say "I was worried about you" and Stone jabs at her with "Were you?" - tell me about that! And the trust between them even after that, as Nomad was certain Stone would save her...
I love London, if you know the city and want to set something there, or I'd be thrilled to learn about anywhere in the world you want to set a spy story.
I'd love it if you wrote something shippy but I'd be just as happy with something exploring a deep important complicated platonic partnership. I would be into a fill that suits Yuleporn for this fandom.
*
That's it! Thanks so much for writing for me. I can't wait to see what you come up with and I hope you have fun!