Dear Yuletide 2012
Dear Yuletide author,
For my long list of general likes and dislikes that probably bores everybody, see my past letters! 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. The more recent ones are more helpful than the less recent ones. The short version of my likes and dislikes is, I like things to be weird, and I don't have triggers. The mnemonic version is Underaged Space Incest. Would I be cool with this story as underaged incest set in a space AU? Yes.
Specific requests (what I wrote in the yuletide box in italics, more info in regular text):
Saturday Night Live RPF (Seth/Amy) -- I suuuuuuuuuuper ship Seth and Amy. I love how Seth always says she's his best friend from the cast, and how Seth was the only one with her on her Best Of commentary, and how delighted they always seem to be to be in each other's company. He was clearly her SNL work-husband, and I love how they were new kids the same year, and Seth still doing the Amy tap at the end of Weekend Update kills me. Any fic where they make out and/or have sexytimes would be awesome, especially now that she is divorced from Arnett! I would especially love fic set post-divorce, but if you feel weird about that, anything else is fine too, real world or AU.
Yes, that IS mostly my prompt from last year. Now that Poehler is divorced, the world needs Seth/Amy, it's the only upside. Don't care what you do with Seth's girlfriend. P.S. Would I enjoy seeing Seth having to interact with his mortal enemy who took Amy away from him, i.e., Archie Arnett? Yes. (Though I totally understand if that bothers you, obviously it is not necessary!)
The Voice RPF (Blake/Christina) -- Remember how Blake was a Christina Aguilera SUPERFAN for years before he ever met her? I would love fic where they do it (or make out, or want to do it), like, a lot a lot a lot. Only way you can go wrong is to insert Adam Levine into this as a love interest for either one of them, because I hate that misogynist so much. (I'm okay with him appearing as long as we're all clear on the fact that he's the worst.) Also I don't care that much what you do with Miranda and Matt, do what you gotta do. I'd prefer no one to get demonized, but I don't have strong feelings about either one of them, so. AUs are also super cool! Or Blake taking her fishing (and then doing it)! Or, like, write the Your Body video scenario where all the dudes Christina kills are Adam, and then she goes and finds Blake in her pickup truck and they Bonnie and Clyde it! So many options!
Yep, love them! They have been super flirty lately, too. I really enjoy how they've been besties ever since Adam lost his mind during the bitch incident at the end of season 2. (Sorry if you like Adam. I will never forgive him for that.) Things that could be possible prompts: this clearly spurious tabloid article that is canon of my heart and gives me a lot of feelings! Blake making Christina his marital free pass! Basically anything with the two of them that is not misogynistic (whyyyy Christina attracts so much misogyny is beyond me) will thrill my heart.
Greek and Roman Mythology (Ariadne, Theseus) -- I would really like a modern (or other alternate setting; apocalyptic, pirate, whatever!) retelling of the Labyrinth myth, focusing on Ariadne. Feminist retellings of fairy tales/myths are so awesome, and she is a totally fascinating character. Also of late I have seen a lot of Minotaur imagery in pop culture (on Dexter, a serial killer dressed up like the Minotaur; Katy Perry's Wide Awake video), so creepy/horror retellings would also be really welcome! There are a lot of directions to take this, and I would be into any of them.
I'm more interested in Ariadne than Theseus, obviously, so I'm cool with anything centered on her, shippy or not, giving her depth and agency. There's a lot of interesting motifs in this myth -- the tribute of 7 boys and 7 girls thing that's so creepy and has that Hunger Games appeal; the maze and monster that are pretty compelling images. I feel like there are a lot of different interesting settings that could bring out new things in the story or shift the focus, so I'd be into anything creative there. I love modern allusions to this myth; the ones I mentioned above, or things like the character of Ariadne in Inception, so that kind of thing is also welcome! (By which I mean, a straight retelling that's accurate to the myth is not necessary -- you could tell a different story with similar images/themes, for instance.) Go into your id and find what appeals to you on this one, dear yuletider. (Also if you want to stick to an ancient Greek setting, that is okay too, I am just trying to give a lot of prompts! Keep it interesting and you'll be golden.)
So yeah, hope that all helps! You can always ask kyrafic or tearupthesky for help if you need it, they know everything I like.
(And as always, write what you want, I will love anything for these fandoms! I have very catholic tastes.)
For my long list of general likes and dislikes that probably bores everybody, see my past letters! 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. The more recent ones are more helpful than the less recent ones. The short version of my likes and dislikes is, I like things to be weird, and I don't have triggers. The mnemonic version is Underaged Space Incest. Would I be cool with this story as underaged incest set in a space AU? Yes.
Specific requests (what I wrote in the yuletide box in italics, more info in regular text):
Saturday Night Live RPF (Seth/Amy) -- I suuuuuuuuuuper ship Seth and Amy. I love how Seth always says she's his best friend from the cast, and how Seth was the only one with her on her Best Of commentary, and how delighted they always seem to be to be in each other's company. He was clearly her SNL work-husband, and I love how they were new kids the same year, and Seth still doing the Amy tap at the end of Weekend Update kills me. Any fic where they make out and/or have sexytimes would be awesome, especially now that she is divorced from Arnett! I would especially love fic set post-divorce, but if you feel weird about that, anything else is fine too, real world or AU.
Yes, that IS mostly my prompt from last year. Now that Poehler is divorced, the world needs Seth/Amy, it's the only upside. Don't care what you do with Seth's girlfriend. P.S. Would I enjoy seeing Seth having to interact with his mortal enemy who took Amy away from him, i.e., Archie Arnett? Yes. (Though I totally understand if that bothers you, obviously it is not necessary!)
The Voice RPF (Blake/Christina) -- Remember how Blake was a Christina Aguilera SUPERFAN for years before he ever met her? I would love fic where they do it (or make out, or want to do it), like, a lot a lot a lot. Only way you can go wrong is to insert Adam Levine into this as a love interest for either one of them, because I hate that misogynist so much. (I'm okay with him appearing as long as we're all clear on the fact that he's the worst.) Also I don't care that much what you do with Miranda and Matt, do what you gotta do. I'd prefer no one to get demonized, but I don't have strong feelings about either one of them, so. AUs are also super cool! Or Blake taking her fishing (and then doing it)! Or, like, write the Your Body video scenario where all the dudes Christina kills are Adam, and then she goes and finds Blake in her pickup truck and they Bonnie and Clyde it! So many options!
Yep, love them! They have been super flirty lately, too. I really enjoy how they've been besties ever since Adam lost his mind during the bitch incident at the end of season 2. (Sorry if you like Adam. I will never forgive him for that.) Things that could be possible prompts: this clearly spurious tabloid article that is canon of my heart and gives me a lot of feelings! Blake making Christina his marital free pass! Basically anything with the two of them that is not misogynistic (whyyyy Christina attracts so much misogyny is beyond me) will thrill my heart.
Greek and Roman Mythology (Ariadne, Theseus) -- I would really like a modern (or other alternate setting; apocalyptic, pirate, whatever!) retelling of the Labyrinth myth, focusing on Ariadne. Feminist retellings of fairy tales/myths are so awesome, and she is a totally fascinating character. Also of late I have seen a lot of Minotaur imagery in pop culture (on Dexter, a serial killer dressed up like the Minotaur; Katy Perry's Wide Awake video), so creepy/horror retellings would also be really welcome! There are a lot of directions to take this, and I would be into any of them.
I'm more interested in Ariadne than Theseus, obviously, so I'm cool with anything centered on her, shippy or not, giving her depth and agency. There's a lot of interesting motifs in this myth -- the tribute of 7 boys and 7 girls thing that's so creepy and has that Hunger Games appeal; the maze and monster that are pretty compelling images. I feel like there are a lot of different interesting settings that could bring out new things in the story or shift the focus, so I'd be into anything creative there. I love modern allusions to this myth; the ones I mentioned above, or things like the character of Ariadne in Inception, so that kind of thing is also welcome! (By which I mean, a straight retelling that's accurate to the myth is not necessary -- you could tell a different story with similar images/themes, for instance.) Go into your id and find what appeals to you on this one, dear yuletider. (Also if you want to stick to an ancient Greek setting, that is okay too, I am just trying to give a lot of prompts! Keep it interesting and you'll be golden.)
So yeah, hope that all helps! You can always ask kyrafic or tearupthesky for help if you need it, they know everything I like.
(And as always, write what you want, I will love anything for these fandoms! I have very catholic tastes.)