Dear Yule Goat
So, you're writing me a Yuletide fic. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and, may I add, SQUEEEE! I love my obscure fandoms, and just the fact that you're writing in them for me is enough to make me very happy; optional details are very much optional.
General info:
I only have a few major turn-offs: No anal sex, no rape, no darkfic/unhappy endings/character death (bittersweet is fine), no infidelity (especially emotional infidelity), and nothing that will set off a humiliation squick.
Things I like: Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Character-driven stories. Strong females. Focus on female characters. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Pairings of where both characters are dominant types and how they make it work. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship.
AUs are fine, crackfic is fine. Crossovers are fine, though if you want to do that I ask that they be with another fandom I'm at least familiar with (feel free to poke around my journal to see). I have a certain weakness for fluff, so long as it is not too much at the expense of plot. If you prefer angst, I'd appreciate it if you don't go overboard, but I do like stories where they have to earn their happy ending.
I’m a huge fan of het; I’m also a huge fan of gen. F/f is cool, but I’m not as keen on m/m. Obviously this isn't relevant for some of my requests, but if you’re writing for a canon where there are canon pairings, I’d much prefer you didn't break up any canon pairings. I'm fine with the inclusion of non-canon relationships in addition, but please no infidelity - open or poly relationships are great, as is setting something before the canon relationship started.
If you write me hot pr0n, I will love you. If you write more subtly hot suggestiveness and flirtation, I will love you even more. If you write me drama and adventure, I will love you. If you write me low-rated sweet romance, I will love you. If you write me low-rated sweet gen, I will love you. It's all good.
Pretty much nothing makes me happier than awesome women being awesome.
Fandom specific details:
(I wrote more for some of these than others, but that's just because I had an easier time coming up with ideas for some; I would be equally happy with a fic from any of these fandoms. And I'm just tossing out ideas here; feel free to disregard them all if you like.)
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Pretty much anything from Pern would make me extremely happy. Canon characters or OCs, 9th pass or elsewhere in time, it's all good. I'd prefer dragons playing a large role - Pern has great worldbuilding all around, and the holders and crafters are cool and all, but it's the dragonriders and Weyr culture in general that capture my imagination the most, and I'd prefer a focus on female characters - there are so many BAMF women in Pern, I want to see them being awesome - but even those are totally optional.
If you're looking for inspiration, here are various ideas that I'd love to see explored: Mirrim and Menolly being friends. Mirrim and Path being the HBICs they are. Mirrim and Path as weyrlings - it can’t have been easy for them. How Mirrim and T’gellan got together. What if Menolly Impressed a dragon? Menolly in the time following Dragonsinger; she made a lot of progress in that first week, but she must have still been adjusting to life at Harper Hall for a while after that. Weyrleaders throughout the ages would be interesting - Sean and Sorka, M'hall and Torene, K'van and Zulaya, Moreta, and F'lon are all among my favorites as well. What’s the story of how Torene was searched? Or Moreta? Or Brekke? Show me some of the events of Masterharper of Pern from F’lon’s perspective. What was Larna like and how did she end up with F’lon - she doesn’t seem to have been too impressed with him initially. Tell me about F'lar and F'nor as weyrlings. Tell me about Lessa's childhood before Fax took over Ruatha. Show me Lessa and Mnementh ganging up on F’lar. Show me anything featuring F'lar and Lessa, be it fluff or snark and banter or being visionaries or making clever plots to thwart political enemies (bonus points for the more Ramoth and Mnementh are involved). Weyr life from the perspective of one of the women of the Lower Caverns would be neat. Or a dragon's perspective on the strange things that their humans get up to.
I have a somewhat interesting relationship with Pern; I love it, but at the same time I feel kind of guilty about loving it, because of the unconscious sexism, classism, homophobia, and glamorized rape. I was fine with the in-canon sexism that Lessa, Menolly and Mirrim struggled with, because McCaffrey recognized that it was a problem. I was creeped out by what she didn't seem to recognize, like the all-male Weyrleader meeting in Dragonquest, the drudges, etc. So if you want to address Mirrim facing sexism and so forth that's totally fine, and if you want to not even get into that sort of thing and have bronze riders having lots of totally accepted gay sex and Weyrwomen having summit meetings, that's fine too. But I'm not really looking for a story whose main purpose is deconstructing Pern. Again, just give me people being awesome, and I'll be happy.
A note on canon: I know Dragonriders of Pern is an awfully sprawling series; I'd be happy to receive a fic just based on any one of the books if you don't know them all/feel you need to refresh your canon knowledge/aren't familiar with the canon but want to give this one a try. On the other hand, I know the entire series very well and would be very happy to receive a story based on any of the books or combination thereof (although I do tend to try to forget the existence of Todd's books).
Thanks to edonohana for letting me borrow from her comments about -isms in Pern, as she said it far better than I could.
Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Any (Jehane, Ammar, Rodrigo, and/or Miranda)
Basically anything about Ammar and Jehane would fill me with squee, they are pretty much everything I love in a pairing.
If that's not so much your thing, there are plenty of other stories I'd love to see. Show me something of the Belmontes' courtship or the early days of their marriage. Show me more of the trio having adventures or even just hanging around in Ragosa bantering and having UST. Show me what Jehane and Miranda meeting would have looked like if if had happened in a non-tragic situation. Write me something about Jehane or Miranda being the badass independent women that they are. Fill in some of the time between the end of the main story and the epilogue.
I didn't specify characters because I'm very fond of all the characters nominated and would be very happy to receive a story focusing on any one or combination of them; but please note that I do want a story in this fandom to focus on Jehane, Ammar, Rodrigo, and/or Miranda.
I love how rich and complex the character dynamics in this book are. I love the canon couples, I love the friendships, I love the UST, and I'd love to receive a fic focusing on any of those dynamics. I'm also totally open to OT3 or OT4 fic.
Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Princess (Fairy Tale)
Intelligent female viewpoint, please; subversion of damsel-in-distressyness makes my day. Some kind of creative retelling would be awesome (modern, steampunk, spoof, genderbent, etc.) Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, The Princess and the Pea, and Twelve Dancing Princesses are among my favorite stories, but I'm not picky. Or write some kind of mashup of a bunch of stories. Or write an original fairytale.
I see this as probably het or gen, but a femslash fairytale could be interesting. I'd also be open to a crossover or fusion with some other fandom. One of the things I love most about fairytales is that there are so many variants on them already and so many different things you can do with them.
Resources if you still want to know more after the length of this letter:
If you want to stalk me, I have various ramblings on fandom in this livejournal, mixed in with ramblings about my life. Fandom-specific musings can be found under the "Pern" and "Al-Rassan" tags.
My writing can be found on my fic journal calen_fic as well as on AO3.
A full list of my narrative kinks is here.
I have an in-depth post on why I love Dragonflight (that being my favorite of the Pern books).
General info:
I only have a few major turn-offs: No anal sex, no rape, no darkfic/unhappy endings/character death (bittersweet is fine), no infidelity (especially emotional infidelity), and nothing that will set off a humiliation squick.
Things I like: Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Character-driven stories. Strong females. Focus on female characters. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Pairings of where both characters are dominant types and how they make it work. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship.
AUs are fine, crackfic is fine. Crossovers are fine, though if you want to do that I ask that they be with another fandom I'm at least familiar with (feel free to poke around my journal to see). I have a certain weakness for fluff, so long as it is not too much at the expense of plot. If you prefer angst, I'd appreciate it if you don't go overboard, but I do like stories where they have to earn their happy ending.
I’m a huge fan of het; I’m also a huge fan of gen. F/f is cool, but I’m not as keen on m/m. Obviously this isn't relevant for some of my requests, but if you’re writing for a canon where there are canon pairings, I’d much prefer you didn't break up any canon pairings. I'm fine with the inclusion of non-canon relationships in addition, but please no infidelity - open or poly relationships are great, as is setting something before the canon relationship started.
If you write me hot pr0n, I will love you. If you write more subtly hot suggestiveness and flirtation, I will love you even more. If you write me drama and adventure, I will love you. If you write me low-rated sweet romance, I will love you. If you write me low-rated sweet gen, I will love you. It's all good.
Pretty much nothing makes me happier than awesome women being awesome.
Fandom specific details:
(I wrote more for some of these than others, but that's just because I had an easier time coming up with ideas for some; I would be equally happy with a fic from any of these fandoms. And I'm just tossing out ideas here; feel free to disregard them all if you like.)
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Pretty much anything from Pern would make me extremely happy. Canon characters or OCs, 9th pass or elsewhere in time, it's all good. I'd prefer dragons playing a large role - Pern has great worldbuilding all around, and the holders and crafters are cool and all, but it's the dragonriders and Weyr culture in general that capture my imagination the most, and I'd prefer a focus on female characters - there are so many BAMF women in Pern, I want to see them being awesome - but even those are totally optional.
If you're looking for inspiration, here are various ideas that I'd love to see explored: Mirrim and Menolly being friends. Mirrim and Path being the HBICs they are. Mirrim and Path as weyrlings - it can’t have been easy for them. How Mirrim and T’gellan got together. What if Menolly Impressed a dragon? Menolly in the time following Dragonsinger; she made a lot of progress in that first week, but she must have still been adjusting to life at Harper Hall for a while after that. Weyrleaders throughout the ages would be interesting - Sean and Sorka, M'hall and Torene, K'van and Zulaya, Moreta, and F'lon are all among my favorites as well. What’s the story of how Torene was searched? Or Moreta? Or Brekke? Show me some of the events of Masterharper of Pern from F’lon’s perspective. What was Larna like and how did she end up with F’lon - she doesn’t seem to have been too impressed with him initially. Tell me about F'lar and F'nor as weyrlings. Tell me about Lessa's childhood before Fax took over Ruatha. Show me Lessa and Mnementh ganging up on F’lar. Show me anything featuring F'lar and Lessa, be it fluff or snark and banter or being visionaries or making clever plots to thwart political enemies (bonus points for the more Ramoth and Mnementh are involved). Weyr life from the perspective of one of the women of the Lower Caverns would be neat. Or a dragon's perspective on the strange things that their humans get up to.
I have a somewhat interesting relationship with Pern; I love it, but at the same time I feel kind of guilty about loving it, because of the unconscious sexism, classism, homophobia, and glamorized rape. I was fine with the in-canon sexism that Lessa, Menolly and Mirrim struggled with, because McCaffrey recognized that it was a problem. I was creeped out by what she didn't seem to recognize, like the all-male Weyrleader meeting in Dragonquest, the drudges, etc. So if you want to address Mirrim facing sexism and so forth that's totally fine, and if you want to not even get into that sort of thing and have bronze riders having lots of totally accepted gay sex and Weyrwomen having summit meetings, that's fine too. But I'm not really looking for a story whose main purpose is deconstructing Pern. Again, just give me people being awesome, and I'll be happy.
A note on canon: I know Dragonriders of Pern is an awfully sprawling series; I'd be happy to receive a fic just based on any one of the books if you don't know them all/feel you need to refresh your canon knowledge/aren't familiar with the canon but want to give this one a try. On the other hand, I know the entire series very well and would be very happy to receive a story based on any of the books or combination thereof (although I do tend to try to forget the existence of Todd's books).
Thanks to edonohana for letting me borrow from her comments about -isms in Pern, as she said it far better than I could.
Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Any (Jehane, Ammar, Rodrigo, and/or Miranda)
Basically anything about Ammar and Jehane would fill me with squee, they are pretty much everything I love in a pairing.
If that's not so much your thing, there are plenty of other stories I'd love to see. Show me something of the Belmontes' courtship or the early days of their marriage. Show me more of the trio having adventures or even just hanging around in Ragosa bantering and having UST. Show me what Jehane and Miranda meeting would have looked like if if had happened in a non-tragic situation. Write me something about Jehane or Miranda being the badass independent women that they are. Fill in some of the time between the end of the main story and the epilogue.
I didn't specify characters because I'm very fond of all the characters nominated and would be very happy to receive a story focusing on any one or combination of them; but please note that I do want a story in this fandom to focus on Jehane, Ammar, Rodrigo, and/or Miranda.
I love how rich and complex the character dynamics in this book are. I love the canon couples, I love the friendships, I love the UST, and I'd love to receive a fic focusing on any of those dynamics. I'm also totally open to OT3 or OT4 fic.
Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Princess (Fairy Tale)
Intelligent female viewpoint, please; subversion of damsel-in-distressyness makes my day. Some kind of creative retelling would be awesome (modern, steampunk, spoof, genderbent, etc.) Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, The Princess and the Pea, and Twelve Dancing Princesses are among my favorite stories, but I'm not picky. Or write some kind of mashup of a bunch of stories. Or write an original fairytale.
I see this as probably het or gen, but a femslash fairytale could be interesting. I'd also be open to a crossover or fusion with some other fandom. One of the things I love most about fairytales is that there are so many variants on them already and so many different things you can do with them.
Resources if you still want to know more after the length of this letter:
If you want to stalk me, I have various ramblings on fandom in this livejournal, mixed in with ramblings about my life. Fandom-specific musings can be found under the "Pern" and "Al-Rassan" tags.
My writing can be found on my fic journal calen_fic as well as on AO3.
A full list of my narrative kinks is here.
I have an in-depth post on why I love Dragonflight (that being my favorite of the Pern books).