Dear Yuletide Author
Dear Yuletide Author
Thank you so much for taking on one of my requests. First of all, the characters I picked are characters I will generally read anything with. I mean that. That's part of why I picked them. I've read literally every single story out there with them (that I could find, and I've been looking a LOT), and some of them were way off of my usual tastes but I still loved them because, you know, THOSE characters. So don't worry about going wrong there. I am sure that whatever you come up with will be just fine.
That said, if you wish to mold the story more to my personal tastes, here's some information.
General notes
At the bottom of my heart, I'm rather cruel and sadistic when it comes to my favorite characters. If you happen to feel violent, please, by all means, go ahead and break them. Reversible damage, irreversible damage, graphic, un-graphic, detailed, vague, it's all fine with me. Break them, damage them, hurt them, maim them, mentally, physically, either, both, and make them deal with it. Whatever you feel comfortable with writing, if any of those, go ahead, I'll love it. Anything short of death, please. I'm game for pretty much anything else, but don't kill my requested characters. Thank you.
Now, obviously, if that's just not down your line of writing, I'll be more than happy with a lot of other things, too. I love it when characters are redeemed/given a chance to redeem themselves; I like character studies; background stories; stories set in the characters' past; just a normal day of their lives; plot or no plot; what if..?, original characters, alternate universe, action, no action, suspense, hurt/comfort, angst, etc.
I'm more than fine with gen. I like gen. Much of the time, I prefer gen. I'm not opposed to anything other per se. It's just that I'm not into romance or reading about sex a lot. I prefer friendship to sex in a story, but I've read very sex-centric ones, including outright porn, that I've loved. If you need to go down that road to write, please stick with the characters' canon orientations. Now, I'm aware that with my choice of fandoms and characters I've made things difficult for you if you're a slash-only writer. That's not because I'm against slash as such. It's just that most of the people I really want to read a new story about RIGHT NOW unfortunately happen to be canon-straight, and I'm somewhat against changing inherent facts about a character to suit the author or reader. People wouldn't change a character's natural hair color either just because they happen to like red-heads, right? It's part of keeping them in-character for me.
Feel free to come up with a way out, though. One suggestion would be picking a minor character who's either gay or not defined in canon, have him fall for "my" character and go with UST there. Having a very clearly alternate universe might work, too. If slash is what you need to write to be happy/creative, I'm sure there are other ways, too. If it isn't, I'd very happily read gen (het, too, but same thing goes, I'm not really into romance or sex descriptions). One other thing, pretty please, don't give me positions that quite simply will not anatomically work or would require a contortionist. Sure way to throw me out of a story.
Likes: horses, dogs, birds, dark fiction (there's no such thing as too dark), characters being redeemed/redeeming themselves, background stories, character history, morally/ethically "grey" characters, characters who play by their own set of rules, "evil" characters that are undisputably human, see paragraph one of "general notes", weather, witty conversation, detailed description, bladed weapons
Dislikes: diary style, cats, death of my requested character, anatomically impossible positions in sex scenes, mpreg, gender swap, repetitive description
Fandom-Specific
MacGyver
Requested Character: Murdoc
My favorite assassin. I love this borderline mad guy and his over-the-top attempts at catching MacGyver. I love his "relationship" to his sister, his moments of showing he's more than just that crazy assassin in Cleo Rocks, his fear of snakes, everything that makes him "human" in addition to being a cold-blooded killer. Tell me about Murdoc. His thoughts during a hit; a scene from his past; a scene from his future; him watching his sister when she was still alive; learning about her death; oh, what if she actually WAS still alive?; how did he get to be an assassin in the first place?; anything you can think of. And, of course, if you want to/would break him for me, you'd not even have to make up a situation. Shortly after pretty much any episode would work wonderfully ;) (Widowmaker aftermath, hinthint). Or anything you can come up with. Pick your supporting characters to your liking, there's no character I really despise in this show. Bottom line, though? Based on my reaction to what's out there, If it's got Murdoc in it, I'm going to love it.
High Chaparral
Requested Character: Manolito Montoya
I love Mano for more reasons than I can count. Or list. Love his first appearance stealing Big John's horse, his attitude towards pretty much everyone, including and especially the Apache, his relationship with the other regular characters, him preferring to be a cow hand for Big John to acting as his father's heir; his loyalty; his willingness to do what has to be done. If I wasn't madly in love with him before, I certainly was after Ride the Savage Land. The one thing I was a bit annoyed at at times were his squabbles with his father. Make him happy; make him sad; let me watch him during a day at work; what about his time in England?; show me his past in Europe or Mexico; his future; his childhood; a rodeo; something about his comanchero buddies; If you wish to use the Apache, I'd prefer them leaning towards the positive. I'm German, we have a thing for the Apache. It's genetic. There's no character in the show that I loathe, so please pick your supporting characters to your own taste or according to what works with your story. Pick your supporting characters to your liking, there's no character I really despise in this show.
And, well… paragraph 1 under "general" applies, of course.
Again - I haven't read a Mano-centric fic yet that I didn't like.
Covington Cross
Requested Character: Richard Grey
A wonderful show that didn't last nearly long enough.
I like nearly all of the Grey family, except for Armus, whom I cannot stand. I listed Richard because having him in the story is a must for me. Everyone else, anyone else - optional. I don't like Armus, but I can deal with him there, so long as I have Richard to balance him out. Richard, second son and knight. I love his open-minded moments, with Rachel and otherwise. His interaction with his sister and brothers. his attitude; those scenes that show him as the very young man he is, in spite of trying to act the reasonable heir to his father;
Show me Richard growing up; Richard years after the show; him and his siblings out to have some fun in the village; the "aftermath" of a marriage between Sir Thomas and Lady Elizabeth; Richard and his siblings visiting London, maybe on their own; a tourney; Richard having to learn something entirely new (I was just thinking of him teaching the woodcutter to act like a lord… and I so love Eviction); bring Rachel back; let him marry Charlotte; let him break up with Charlotte;
And, well… paragraph 1 under "general" applies, of course.
I've never yet read a Covington Cross fic that I hated. Period.
Thank you so much for taking on one of my requests. First of all, the characters I picked are characters I will generally read anything with. I mean that. That's part of why I picked them. I've read literally every single story out there with them (that I could find, and I've been looking a LOT), and some of them were way off of my usual tastes but I still loved them because, you know, THOSE characters. So don't worry about going wrong there. I am sure that whatever you come up with will be just fine.
That said, if you wish to mold the story more to my personal tastes, here's some information.
General notes
At the bottom of my heart, I'm rather cruel and sadistic when it comes to my favorite characters. If you happen to feel violent, please, by all means, go ahead and break them. Reversible damage, irreversible damage, graphic, un-graphic, detailed, vague, it's all fine with me. Break them, damage them, hurt them, maim them, mentally, physically, either, both, and make them deal with it. Whatever you feel comfortable with writing, if any of those, go ahead, I'll love it. Anything short of death, please. I'm game for pretty much anything else, but don't kill my requested characters. Thank you.
Now, obviously, if that's just not down your line of writing, I'll be more than happy with a lot of other things, too. I love it when characters are redeemed/given a chance to redeem themselves; I like character studies; background stories; stories set in the characters' past; just a normal day of their lives; plot or no plot; what if..?, original characters, alternate universe, action, no action, suspense, hurt/comfort, angst, etc.
I'm more than fine with gen. I like gen. Much of the time, I prefer gen. I'm not opposed to anything other per se. It's just that I'm not into romance or reading about sex a lot. I prefer friendship to sex in a story, but I've read very sex-centric ones, including outright porn, that I've loved. If you need to go down that road to write, please stick with the characters' canon orientations. Now, I'm aware that with my choice of fandoms and characters I've made things difficult for you if you're a slash-only writer. That's not because I'm against slash as such. It's just that most of the people I really want to read a new story about RIGHT NOW unfortunately happen to be canon-straight, and I'm somewhat against changing inherent facts about a character to suit the author or reader. People wouldn't change a character's natural hair color either just because they happen to like red-heads, right? It's part of keeping them in-character for me.
Feel free to come up with a way out, though. One suggestion would be picking a minor character who's either gay or not defined in canon, have him fall for "my" character and go with UST there. Having a very clearly alternate universe might work, too. If slash is what you need to write to be happy/creative, I'm sure there are other ways, too. If it isn't, I'd very happily read gen (het, too, but same thing goes, I'm not really into romance or sex descriptions). One other thing, pretty please, don't give me positions that quite simply will not anatomically work or would require a contortionist. Sure way to throw me out of a story.
Likes: horses, dogs, birds, dark fiction (there's no such thing as too dark), characters being redeemed/redeeming themselves, background stories, character history, morally/ethically "grey" characters, characters who play by their own set of rules, "evil" characters that are undisputably human, see paragraph one of "general notes", weather, witty conversation, detailed description, bladed weapons
Dislikes: diary style, cats, death of my requested character, anatomically impossible positions in sex scenes, mpreg, gender swap, repetitive description
Fandom-Specific
MacGyver
Requested Character: Murdoc
My favorite assassin. I love this borderline mad guy and his over-the-top attempts at catching MacGyver. I love his "relationship" to his sister, his moments of showing he's more than just that crazy assassin in Cleo Rocks, his fear of snakes, everything that makes him "human" in addition to being a cold-blooded killer. Tell me about Murdoc. His thoughts during a hit; a scene from his past; a scene from his future; him watching his sister when she was still alive; learning about her death; oh, what if she actually WAS still alive?; how did he get to be an assassin in the first place?; anything you can think of. And, of course, if you want to/would break him for me, you'd not even have to make up a situation. Shortly after pretty much any episode would work wonderfully ;) (Widowmaker aftermath, hinthint). Or anything you can come up with. Pick your supporting characters to your liking, there's no character I really despise in this show. Bottom line, though? Based on my reaction to what's out there, If it's got Murdoc in it, I'm going to love it.
High Chaparral
Requested Character: Manolito Montoya
I love Mano for more reasons than I can count. Or list. Love his first appearance stealing Big John's horse, his attitude towards pretty much everyone, including and especially the Apache, his relationship with the other regular characters, him preferring to be a cow hand for Big John to acting as his father's heir; his loyalty; his willingness to do what has to be done. If I wasn't madly in love with him before, I certainly was after Ride the Savage Land. The one thing I was a bit annoyed at at times were his squabbles with his father. Make him happy; make him sad; let me watch him during a day at work; what about his time in England?; show me his past in Europe or Mexico; his future; his childhood; a rodeo; something about his comanchero buddies; If you wish to use the Apache, I'd prefer them leaning towards the positive. I'm German, we have a thing for the Apache. It's genetic. There's no character in the show that I loathe, so please pick your supporting characters to your own taste or according to what works with your story. Pick your supporting characters to your liking, there's no character I really despise in this show.
And, well… paragraph 1 under "general" applies, of course.
Again - I haven't read a Mano-centric fic yet that I didn't like.
Covington Cross
Requested Character: Richard Grey
A wonderful show that didn't last nearly long enough.
I like nearly all of the Grey family, except for Armus, whom I cannot stand. I listed Richard because having him in the story is a must for me. Everyone else, anyone else - optional. I don't like Armus, but I can deal with him there, so long as I have Richard to balance him out. Richard, second son and knight. I love his open-minded moments, with Rachel and otherwise. His interaction with his sister and brothers. his attitude; those scenes that show him as the very young man he is, in spite of trying to act the reasonable heir to his father;
Show me Richard growing up; Richard years after the show; him and his siblings out to have some fun in the village; the "aftermath" of a marriage between Sir Thomas and Lady Elizabeth; Richard and his siblings visiting London, maybe on their own; a tourney; Richard having to learn something entirely new (I was just thinking of him teaching the woodcutter to act like a lord… and I so love Eviction); bring Rachel back; let him marry Charlotte; let him break up with Charlotte;
And, well… paragraph 1 under "general" applies, of course.
I've never yet read a Covington Cross fic that I hated. Period.