Oct 28, 2012 15:44
Dear Yuletide Author,
First of all, thank you for your patience while I got my thoughts together for this letter. I'm very excited to see what you write for me! I'm a lover of character and worldbuilding, so if the characters and the world feel right, I'm sure I'll love whatever you come up with.
I'm an escapist at heart, and I love to be taken to another world or another time, whether that be the world of the high-roller inhabited by Emma and the team or the world of mediaeval Shrewsbury or the 1950s Army or the Roman Republic. Transport me and let me escape for a while, and I'll be enchanted.
I love these canons I've asked for because of the characters, and character is key for me in any fanwork. I want to be reading more about these people who I've come to love and especially the way they interact with each other. The surest way to make me happy is make me feel like I'm spending more time with these characters.
I'm a lover of drama and character studies, so something exploring the relationships between characters is always welcome. Some sort of adventure in the tone of the original canon is fun, too: running a con in Hustle, solving a problem in Cadfael, the thrill of Roman politics, or the sort of shenanigans that populate M*A*S*H would all be fascinating to see.
In general, I prefer things to stick pretty close to canon, especially ships. I don't really like smut for smut's sake. I'm not a fan of ships that have some reason they won't work in canon (for example, Mickey/Emma while they're working together when they've decided not to let that happen) or aren't true to the characters. Ships that do work with the canon and the characters, though, go right ahead!
This is just an idea of the sort of stuff I like. I'm in no way picky about genre, so don't feel restricted: if the characters feel true, I'll be thrilled.
Thank you so much, dear author. I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Love,
JK
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