Dear Yuletide Author
Dear Yuletide Author,
First off, thank you so much for a) having the awesome taste of sharing at least one of these rare fandoms with me, and b) for agreeing to write in one of these awesome rare fandoms. I can already tell you have THE most excellent taste. :D
As far as who I am and what I like in a story, I like well-written characterizations, I love the push/pull of friends who are lovers (although I also love a good origin romance, too), I love angst as long as it works for the characters (and there's some hope at the end), I love slice of life/quiet fics, and I love fics that give me new insight to these characters I know and love.
Not into: Major Character Death, watersports, mpreg, rape, any A/B/O dynamics, and I have a really big problem with fridging the ladies (unless it's actually part of the canon plot) or ignoring them/writing them out of the story to get the male leads together.
Now, onto the fandoms and specifics about each one, and please keep in mind that these are only suggestions, and you don't have to use any of these ideas. I promise, I'll love whatever you write, because I know you're writing from the heart and out of the same love for the source material. Also, I LOVE AUs, so don't feel like you have to a be a slave to the canon story, either!!!
(Honestly, ALL AUs ARE WELCOME IN MY HOUSE!!!)
Edge of Tomorrow
I unabashedly love the hell out of this movie and how it played with narrative conventions and how it upended the notion of the "heroic" arc. And I fell just as in love with Rita as Bill did - not just because she's a total badass, but because the film allowed her to be complex and interesting and scared and allowed her to fuck up. She's a fascinating character. And I'd love any and all fics dealing with what life is like for her now that the world's been saved and her services are no longer needed. And how she deals with a man who knows her so intimately that she's just met, and how he has to reintroduce himself to her all over again.
I'd also love a story dealing with Bill's PTSD and how screwed up he has to be from all of the traumas and deaths he's lived through and remembers, and how he's able to move past that. Gen fic is also fine for these two, although I wouldn't complain if they hooked up.
Knight and Day
This film is one of my ultimate comfort films - I just love how Roy is this perfect combination of slightly unhinged and highly competent, and how he basically fell for June at first sight, and did everything he could to do both protect her and keep her with him. And I love June - how clear-eyed she is and how smart she is, but how lost she was in her own life before Roy came crashing into it, and how awesome her entire character arc was.
I would love anything that deals with their time after the film - perhaps on the road to Cape Horn, Roy and June each dealing with their PTSD, Roy finally being reunited with his parents - I mean, anything at all, I'm here for it.
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
Bless this webcomic for finally FINALLY showcasing Bruce as a Good Chaotic Dad, and for giving us the "kids" as the hilarious and dysfunctional and totally relatable siblings they are. Honestly, I'm perfectly fine with whatever you do here - if it's Dick and Jason on patrol together or Bruce solving a case with that big ass brain of his or Duke adjusting to his new life and his new siblings and their competitive and supportive ways, or any combination of all of the above.
And I know they're not listed as characters (because I could only list 4), but Cass, Steph, Tim and Alfred are ALL totally welcome in this house (as are all members of the JL!!!! Especially Dick's adorable crush on Clark and Jason's adorable crush on Diana :D)
Ocean's Trilogy
Truthfully, I wasn't a big fan of Ocean's 12, so if you want to ignore that one, go for it. But 11 and 13 and 8 are all amazing, so feel free to borrow from those films. I'm good with caper fics, or how Danny and Rusty met fics or getting the band back together fics or the first con Danny and Debbie ever ran together as kids/young adults or Growing Up Ocean (with all of those expectations to be great con artists), or maybe a time Danny and Rusty worked with Debbie and Lou (I'm totally good with the Danny/Rusty and Debbie/Lou pairings, btw), it's all good. And whatever dynamics you want with Danny and the people in his life is fine. I just love the humor and shorthand and the competence kink and the history of the relationships he has with everyone. :) And, a post-Ocean's 8 fic also works (because I totally don't believe for a second that Danny is dead), so if you wanted to write that reunion between Danny and Debbie, feel free. :)
Spy
I love this film an absurd amount - it's so funny and charming and has SO many awesome characters and beats, and since we're never getting the sequel we need and deserve, I would love the fic where Susan and Rick keep running into each other during various missions and falling into bed despite telling themselves (and each other) "we're never doing this again, right".
(But truthfully, any fic with these two in any capacity would be great.)
Thanks so much again, and happy writing!
Brenda
First off, thank you so much for a) having the awesome taste of sharing at least one of these rare fandoms with me, and b) for agreeing to write in one of these awesome rare fandoms. I can already tell you have THE most excellent taste. :D
As far as who I am and what I like in a story, I like well-written characterizations, I love the push/pull of friends who are lovers (although I also love a good origin romance, too), I love angst as long as it works for the characters (and there's some hope at the end), I love slice of life/quiet fics, and I love fics that give me new insight to these characters I know and love.
Not into: Major Character Death, watersports, mpreg, rape, any A/B/O dynamics, and I have a really big problem with fridging the ladies (unless it's actually part of the canon plot) or ignoring them/writing them out of the story to get the male leads together.
Now, onto the fandoms and specifics about each one, and please keep in mind that these are only suggestions, and you don't have to use any of these ideas. I promise, I'll love whatever you write, because I know you're writing from the heart and out of the same love for the source material. Also, I LOVE AUs, so don't feel like you have to a be a slave to the canon story, either!!!
(Honestly, ALL AUs ARE WELCOME IN MY HOUSE!!!)
Edge of Tomorrow
I unabashedly love the hell out of this movie and how it played with narrative conventions and how it upended the notion of the "heroic" arc. And I fell just as in love with Rita as Bill did - not just because she's a total badass, but because the film allowed her to be complex and interesting and scared and allowed her to fuck up. She's a fascinating character. And I'd love any and all fics dealing with what life is like for her now that the world's been saved and her services are no longer needed. And how she deals with a man who knows her so intimately that she's just met, and how he has to reintroduce himself to her all over again.
I'd also love a story dealing with Bill's PTSD and how screwed up he has to be from all of the traumas and deaths he's lived through and remembers, and how he's able to move past that. Gen fic is also fine for these two, although I wouldn't complain if they hooked up.
Knight and Day
This film is one of my ultimate comfort films - I just love how Roy is this perfect combination of slightly unhinged and highly competent, and how he basically fell for June at first sight, and did everything he could to do both protect her and keep her with him. And I love June - how clear-eyed she is and how smart she is, but how lost she was in her own life before Roy came crashing into it, and how awesome her entire character arc was.
I would love anything that deals with their time after the film - perhaps on the road to Cape Horn, Roy and June each dealing with their PTSD, Roy finally being reunited with his parents - I mean, anything at all, I'm here for it.
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
Bless this webcomic for finally FINALLY showcasing Bruce as a Good Chaotic Dad, and for giving us the "kids" as the hilarious and dysfunctional and totally relatable siblings they are. Honestly, I'm perfectly fine with whatever you do here - if it's Dick and Jason on patrol together or Bruce solving a case with that big ass brain of his or Duke adjusting to his new life and his new siblings and their competitive and supportive ways, or any combination of all of the above.
And I know they're not listed as characters (because I could only list 4), but Cass, Steph, Tim and Alfred are ALL totally welcome in this house (as are all members of the JL!!!! Especially Dick's adorable crush on Clark and Jason's adorable crush on Diana :D)
Ocean's Trilogy
Truthfully, I wasn't a big fan of Ocean's 12, so if you want to ignore that one, go for it. But 11 and 13 and 8 are all amazing, so feel free to borrow from those films. I'm good with caper fics, or how Danny and Rusty met fics or getting the band back together fics or the first con Danny and Debbie ever ran together as kids/young adults or Growing Up Ocean (with all of those expectations to be great con artists), or maybe a time Danny and Rusty worked with Debbie and Lou (I'm totally good with the Danny/Rusty and Debbie/Lou pairings, btw), it's all good. And whatever dynamics you want with Danny and the people in his life is fine. I just love the humor and shorthand and the competence kink and the history of the relationships he has with everyone. :) And, a post-Ocean's 8 fic also works (because I totally don't believe for a second that Danny is dead), so if you wanted to write that reunion between Danny and Debbie, feel free. :)
Spy
I love this film an absurd amount - it's so funny and charming and has SO many awesome characters and beats, and since we're never getting the sequel we need and deserve, I would love the fic where Susan and Rick keep running into each other during various missions and falling into bed despite telling themselves (and each other) "we're never doing this again, right".
(But truthfully, any fic with these two in any capacity would be great.)
Thanks so much again, and happy writing!
Brenda