Dear Yuletide Author!
So first of all, ignore all my optional details and anything in this post if you have an idea that wants to get out. I will be excited by anything in these fandoms and the story I would most like to read is the one you most want to write.
My one small caveat is, please no gore!
My requests this year:
Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, Eric the Cavalier
I would love a story about Eric going paladin (there can never be enough versions of that plot for me), and if you are into shipping I would also be into Eric/Hank, Eric/Diana, or Eric/Sheila, and if none of those work for you just give me whatever story you dream up about Eric and I will be happy!
Basically, I love Eric and his ongoing struggle to stave off fear and misery with snark, his refusal to admit he cares about anyone but himself and how that more and more clearly becomes a lie the longer they spend in the Realm. I love the idea of him becoming a paladin; I especially love the idea of the MOMENT when he finally cracks out of that hard defensive chrysalis into the light. But maybe it's not a moment; maybe it's a slow creeping thing where no one can pinpoint where he actually tips over. I'm interested in all the different ways the paladin thing could be done -- a more serious version where Eric really has to make the commitment and sacrifice (and what would he have to sacrifice?) or one more in line with the tone of the original cartoon where he just gains new powers possibly as a consequence of stepping up and being more mature. You also don't have to do the paladin thing at all -- I'd be just as interested in any story of him growing past the guy we see in the cartoons, or backstory for him showing his past, or a story of him after he goes back home.
I'd also love to see that interact with his friendships and/or a ship. I love his prickly relationship with Diana, and how she refuses to be either sympathetic or cowed by him; I love how he both resents and admires Hank and wants at once to cut him down and also desperately wants him to be the rock that he can cling to. I'm interested to see what happens when Eric becomes more of a leader--what happens when he and Hank really disagree on something?
I also was thinking about Eric/Sheila, which I feel like could be interesting in the context of that more serious story, where Eric is actually having to suffer to become a paladin, and Sheila so clearly identifies herself as sympathetic, as a comforter--on a meta level the gendered nature of that irritates me but they gave me Diana so I am okay with it--and I like the potential emotional complications of her and Eric getting close and how the rest of the gang react to it.
Anyway, hopefully all of that is food for thought, and something in there sparks a story!
Witchblade (TV), Sara, Kenneth Irons
My one caveat here is, I always need Sara to come out on top in the end. I *would* especially love some kind of twisty Sara/Irons mediated by the Witchblade if that worked for you: antagonist shipping is my jam. But I would also love just any story about Sara learning more about the Witchblade with Irons needling her in his usual way. I know nothing of comics canon and prefer season 1 by a lot, FWIW, but bring in whatever elements you want and I will enjoy them!
I don't have a lot to add here but I figure that the Witchblade vid I made which actually has Sara/Irons elements to it does a good job of conveying my feelings about this fandom and their bizarre love triangle. ;)
Forever Knight, Nick, Lacroix
I would love Nick/Lacroix slash of basically any variety, a threesome with Janette very welcome. I would also love something set post Last Knight, with Nick alive and having been taken away by Lacroix, the two of them coming to some kind of rapprochement after all, or I would love something set earlier in their relationship, Lacroix teaching Nick or saving him from some scrape, possibly with other vampires or some other supernatural creature? I'm also delighted for any elements of vampire mythology you want to pull in.
I love the combination of antagonism and alliance between these two characters so much. They can move through every kind of relationship towards one another in the span of a day it feels like.
I also really love the idea of Lacroix as having immense ancient power. If you're doing this post-series, I'd be interested to see some exploration of whether Divya's destruction maybe makes him still more powerful, and what that means; he's obviously disconnected from the world and humanity--but maybe he did that partly out of guilt; what if now he's crossing a line towards becoming one of the truly ancient ones at the same time he no longer wants to hold himself completely apart from humanity?
Hope something there creates a spark!
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My one small caveat is, please no gore!
My requests this year:
Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, Eric the Cavalier
I would love a story about Eric going paladin (there can never be enough versions of that plot for me), and if you are into shipping I would also be into Eric/Hank, Eric/Diana, or Eric/Sheila, and if none of those work for you just give me whatever story you dream up about Eric and I will be happy!
Basically, I love Eric and his ongoing struggle to stave off fear and misery with snark, his refusal to admit he cares about anyone but himself and how that more and more clearly becomes a lie the longer they spend in the Realm. I love the idea of him becoming a paladin; I especially love the idea of the MOMENT when he finally cracks out of that hard defensive chrysalis into the light. But maybe it's not a moment; maybe it's a slow creeping thing where no one can pinpoint where he actually tips over. I'm interested in all the different ways the paladin thing could be done -- a more serious version where Eric really has to make the commitment and sacrifice (and what would he have to sacrifice?) or one more in line with the tone of the original cartoon where he just gains new powers possibly as a consequence of stepping up and being more mature. You also don't have to do the paladin thing at all -- I'd be just as interested in any story of him growing past the guy we see in the cartoons, or backstory for him showing his past, or a story of him after he goes back home.
I'd also love to see that interact with his friendships and/or a ship. I love his prickly relationship with Diana, and how she refuses to be either sympathetic or cowed by him; I love how he both resents and admires Hank and wants at once to cut him down and also desperately wants him to be the rock that he can cling to. I'm interested to see what happens when Eric becomes more of a leader--what happens when he and Hank really disagree on something?
I also was thinking about Eric/Sheila, which I feel like could be interesting in the context of that more serious story, where Eric is actually having to suffer to become a paladin, and Sheila so clearly identifies herself as sympathetic, as a comforter--on a meta level the gendered nature of that irritates me but they gave me Diana so I am okay with it--and I like the potential emotional complications of her and Eric getting close and how the rest of the gang react to it.
Anyway, hopefully all of that is food for thought, and something in there sparks a story!
Witchblade (TV), Sara, Kenneth Irons
My one caveat here is, I always need Sara to come out on top in the end. I *would* especially love some kind of twisty Sara/Irons mediated by the Witchblade if that worked for you: antagonist shipping is my jam. But I would also love just any story about Sara learning more about the Witchblade with Irons needling her in his usual way. I know nothing of comics canon and prefer season 1 by a lot, FWIW, but bring in whatever elements you want and I will enjoy them!
I don't have a lot to add here but I figure that the Witchblade vid I made which actually has Sara/Irons elements to it does a good job of conveying my feelings about this fandom and their bizarre love triangle. ;)
Click to viewForever Knight, Nick, Lacroix
I would love Nick/Lacroix slash of basically any variety, a threesome with Janette very welcome. I would also love something set post Last Knight, with Nick alive and having been taken away by Lacroix, the two of them coming to some kind of rapprochement after all, or I would love something set earlier in their relationship, Lacroix teaching Nick or saving him from some scrape, possibly with other vampires or some other supernatural creature? I'm also delighted for any elements of vampire mythology you want to pull in.
I love the combination of antagonism and alliance between these two characters so much. They can move through every kind of relationship towards one another in the span of a day it feels like.
I also really love the idea of Lacroix as having immense ancient power. If you're doing this post-series, I'd be interested to see some exploration of whether Divya's destruction maybe makes him still more powerful, and what that means; he's obviously disconnected from the world and humanity--but maybe he did that partly out of guilt; what if now he's crossing a line towards becoming one of the truly ancient ones at the same time he no longer wants to hold himself completely apart from humanity?
Hope something there creates a spark!
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