Dear Yuletide Writer 2014
Hello,
Thank you for writing a story for me! This letter is obviously totally optional, and sometimes contradicts itself, so don't worry about trying to meet every detail (or even the majority of them). I just want to offer some more insight and ideas to help you write more easily. If it doesn't help you, please ignore it. You can also look through my past letters ( 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009) for more information.
My AO3 name is Liviania.
Do not wants:
Rape (dubcon is fine)
The word slut
Religion bashing
Body horror (except in horror stories)
Hurt/comfort
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Yes please:
Genderswapping (woke up a girl/boy and always a girl/boy are both fine)
Humor and/or crack
Worldbuilding
AUs
Extreme violence
Shipping
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Requested fandoms:
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey III
Okay, I just got two awesome fics for this series last year, so it is probably a bit much to ask for it again. But Blue Lily, Lily Blue just came out and I have it in my head.
I'd like pretty much anything for this series, and feel free to include characters I didn't request. I love the way the Raven Boys, Blue, Blue's family, the Gray Man, and so on play off of each other.
What would I like with Blue and Dick specifically? Maybe Blue telling Dick his fate - predicting how it will go in canon or making an AU of earlier events. Ronan, Noah, and Adam finding out about them. Them figuring out Ronan's thing for Adam. The couple that spelunks together stays together. Unlikely future!fic where Blue is the worst political wife ever.
I know, I know! Two fics last year! The kind of fic people would kill to get for Yuletide! But Blue Lily, Lily Blue fueled my fannish flames and I couldn't resist asking again. I'm greedy. If I get lucky one year, why wouldn't I get lucky two years?
I requested Blue and Gansey because I love the slow burn of their relationship. It's building slowly because some relationships just start slower, they're considerate of Adam's feelings, and Blue can't kiss anyone. There are lots of opportunities for pining, significant touches, and even sillier phone calls than those that happened in canon.
If you do go for Ronan, Noah, and/or Adam finding out they like each other/are going to date, it can be a total disaster. But I think it would be interesting if everyone was totally cool with it (but cracked jokes at their expense anyway because they're with each other like that).
Feel free to include characters and relationships other than Blue and Gansey. (And, shipwise, you don't have to limit it to Blue/Gansey. We've got canon confirmation that they all love each other.)
Gotham (TV)
Fish Mooney (Gotham TV)
I love so much about this series so far. I like the way the tone is both noir and camp, and the beautiful sets. I like the indications of how far Gotham has to fall now that the Waynes are dead.
As for Fish herself, I adore her intensity and how it is slowly shading in a little. Also, her earring game is on point. I'd really like fic about Fish's past - how did she rise to her current position? Alternately, I'd love on-the-job fic, particularly of her interactions with Butch (platonic) and Liza/Secret Weapon (which I ship in a perverse way). Does Fish ever get her hands dirty or does she always pass the job on? I also think there could be an interesting story about her past with Bullock. They are very friendly. Or maybe her relationship with Falcone? Did something make it sour beyond her lust for power? How did Fish and the Penguin meet?
And, honestly, I'd be open to fic of her seducing absolutely anyone. For nefarious purposes, of course.
Side note: If you want to get artsy, I am always open to fic from Gotham's point of view.
I feel like this show gets better by the episode. (And I am keeping up, so feel free to incorporate new canon details up to whenever stories are revealed if you feel like it.) Fish is a magnetic presence, and I love thinking about how she became the woman she is and what she'll do in the future. (After all, she is one of the few characters that's a true wild card.)
I'm having trouble elaborating! The show is so new and I think I included most of my ideas in my prompt ... Remember, if there's more you want to know, you can just contact me through the mods. But I think I covered everything.
Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies)
Rocket Raccoon (Guardians of the Galaxy movies), Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy movies)
I enjoyed this movie a ridiculous amount and, like many people, my favorites were Rocket and Groot.
I'd love fic about how they came to be friends and bounty hunter buddies. Did they escape from a lab together? Or post-canon fic, where Rocket is worried about his newly fragile buddy. Or where they're trying to navigate being friends with other people. How does Rocket react when someone else deciphers an "I am Groot" first?
If you want to get shippy, anything goes.
I am seriously impressed by Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel's voice work. Even when I read fic, I can hear their voices in my head. These characters definitely left an impression. They're funny, of course, but Rocket also got that heart-rending speech about being an experiment and Groot now has to grow up all over again. There's room for angst if that's how you want to go. Honestly, I think my prompts sound a bit too angsty now. Humor is great! I mean, it's hard to write humor, but I think if you picked these two to write you probably wanted that challenge.
I am happy with something that's just Rocket and Groot, but feel free to write them with the other Guardians too. They might be my faves, but I liked all of the characters. You don't even have to limit it to the Guardians. Any characters in the movie, really. Even the Nova Corps. Have they had run-ins with the law before?
If you do write an AU for this one, please keep them a raccoon and a tree. Turn them into something off-the-wall, maybe, but no human!AUs.
Thank you for writing a story for me! This letter is obviously totally optional, and sometimes contradicts itself, so don't worry about trying to meet every detail (or even the majority of them). I just want to offer some more insight and ideas to help you write more easily. If it doesn't help you, please ignore it. You can also look through my past letters ( 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009) for more information.
My AO3 name is Liviania.
Do not wants:
Rape (dubcon is fine)
The word slut
Religion bashing
Body horror (except in horror stories)
Hurt/comfort
--
Yes please:
Genderswapping (woke up a girl/boy and always a girl/boy are both fine)
Humor and/or crack
Worldbuilding
AUs
Extreme violence
Shipping
--
Requested fandoms:
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey III
Okay, I just got two awesome fics for this series last year, so it is probably a bit much to ask for it again. But Blue Lily, Lily Blue just came out and I have it in my head.
I'd like pretty much anything for this series, and feel free to include characters I didn't request. I love the way the Raven Boys, Blue, Blue's family, the Gray Man, and so on play off of each other.
What would I like with Blue and Dick specifically? Maybe Blue telling Dick his fate - predicting how it will go in canon or making an AU of earlier events. Ronan, Noah, and Adam finding out about them. Them figuring out Ronan's thing for Adam. The couple that spelunks together stays together. Unlikely future!fic where Blue is the worst political wife ever.
I know, I know! Two fics last year! The kind of fic people would kill to get for Yuletide! But Blue Lily, Lily Blue fueled my fannish flames and I couldn't resist asking again. I'm greedy. If I get lucky one year, why wouldn't I get lucky two years?
I requested Blue and Gansey because I love the slow burn of their relationship. It's building slowly because some relationships just start slower, they're considerate of Adam's feelings, and Blue can't kiss anyone. There are lots of opportunities for pining, significant touches, and even sillier phone calls than those that happened in canon.
If you do go for Ronan, Noah, and/or Adam finding out they like each other/are going to date, it can be a total disaster. But I think it would be interesting if everyone was totally cool with it (but cracked jokes at their expense anyway because they're with each other like that).
Feel free to include characters and relationships other than Blue and Gansey. (And, shipwise, you don't have to limit it to Blue/Gansey. We've got canon confirmation that they all love each other.)
Gotham (TV)
Fish Mooney (Gotham TV)
I love so much about this series so far. I like the way the tone is both noir and camp, and the beautiful sets. I like the indications of how far Gotham has to fall now that the Waynes are dead.
As for Fish herself, I adore her intensity and how it is slowly shading in a little. Also, her earring game is on point. I'd really like fic about Fish's past - how did she rise to her current position? Alternately, I'd love on-the-job fic, particularly of her interactions with Butch (platonic) and Liza/Secret Weapon (which I ship in a perverse way). Does Fish ever get her hands dirty or does she always pass the job on? I also think there could be an interesting story about her past with Bullock. They are very friendly. Or maybe her relationship with Falcone? Did something make it sour beyond her lust for power? How did Fish and the Penguin meet?
And, honestly, I'd be open to fic of her seducing absolutely anyone. For nefarious purposes, of course.
Side note: If you want to get artsy, I am always open to fic from Gotham's point of view.
I feel like this show gets better by the episode. (And I am keeping up, so feel free to incorporate new canon details up to whenever stories are revealed if you feel like it.) Fish is a magnetic presence, and I love thinking about how she became the woman she is and what she'll do in the future. (After all, she is one of the few characters that's a true wild card.)
I'm having trouble elaborating! The show is so new and I think I included most of my ideas in my prompt ... Remember, if there's more you want to know, you can just contact me through the mods. But I think I covered everything.
Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies)
Rocket Raccoon (Guardians of the Galaxy movies), Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy movies)
I enjoyed this movie a ridiculous amount and, like many people, my favorites were Rocket and Groot.
I'd love fic about how they came to be friends and bounty hunter buddies. Did they escape from a lab together? Or post-canon fic, where Rocket is worried about his newly fragile buddy. Or where they're trying to navigate being friends with other people. How does Rocket react when someone else deciphers an "I am Groot" first?
If you want to get shippy, anything goes.
I am seriously impressed by Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel's voice work. Even when I read fic, I can hear their voices in my head. These characters definitely left an impression. They're funny, of course, but Rocket also got that heart-rending speech about being an experiment and Groot now has to grow up all over again. There's room for angst if that's how you want to go. Honestly, I think my prompts sound a bit too angsty now. Humor is great! I mean, it's hard to write humor, but I think if you picked these two to write you probably wanted that challenge.
I am happy with something that's just Rocket and Groot, but feel free to write them with the other Guardians too. They might be my faves, but I liked all of the characters. You don't even have to limit it to the Guardians. Any characters in the movie, really. Even the Nova Corps. Have they had run-ins with the law before?
If you do write an AU for this one, please keep them a raccoon and a tree. Turn them into something off-the-wall, maybe, but no human!AUs.