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:
Things I don't like: No anal sex. No humiliation humor (humiliation kink is fine). I prefer bittersweet to outright unhappy endings. I've previously requested no infidelity or darkfic, but I recognize that with some of my prompts this year those things might fit the stories and if that's the case that's fine (though I would generally prefer bittersweet to outright unhappy endings).
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.)
Black Jewels - Anne Bishop
Karla
Asexual!Karla. I know a lot of people think of Karla as lesbian, and that's cool, but (unless I seriously missed something somewhere) all that's actually stated in canon is that she isn't interested in men, and I always read her as ace. Whether you want to show her working to figure out and accept that identity as an adolescent, or friendship fic with Jaenelle and/or the rest of the family and/or the coven and the boyos, or just Karla kicking ass and being the BAMF that she is, I'd love to see pretty much anything running with this characterization.
I don't think I really have anything to add for this one.
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Kylara
I've always thought that Kylara, particularly that as she was written in DF, was really interesting and had a lot of potential. I would love to see some fic that explores Kylara's character and her strengths as well as her weaknesses.
I would love to see the AU where Kylara becomes Benden's Senior Weyrwoman - maybe Jaxom doesn't survive so Lessa refuses to leave Ruatha and Kylara is the one to Impress Ramoth, or maybe Lessa doesn't make it back from the Oldtime, or maybe you think of some other way this might come about. Does Kylara eventually rise above her self-interest and build a real partnership with F'lar? Does she fail to do so and they despise each other by the end? (Either way, I suspect the getting there would be quite a tumultuous ride, a battle of wills as epic as ever Lessa and F'lar were, and probably would have involved a whole lot of kinky hatesex.)
If that idea doesn't appeal to you, write me something about her childhood and how she came to have the worldview she did by the time she arrived at Benden. Or what her Search was like. Or something where she's still a villain, but a less one-dimensional and more competent one than she is in Dragonquest.
If none of that is working for you, you can also feel free to forget about Kylara, because honestly pretty much anything from Pern would make me extremely happy. I was also excited to see Sorka, Zulaya, and Moreta on this year's character list, and would love a fic about any of them. Or write me something about the people of Pern that don't show up in the books - 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, but even those are totally optional.
I have some meta here that may help you understand my reading of Kylara and where this prompt came from.
Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey
Any
I am endlessly fascinated by the Night Court, and anything involving any of the houses, with or without canon characters involved, would make me incredibly happy. Smut in this fandom would be very gladly welcomed, though certainly not required.
The motto of Valerian House is "I yield"; their focus is on receiving physical pain and any spark of disobedience is conditioned out of their adepts. Similarly, Mandrake House seems to be focused on the giving of physical pain. While masochism and sadism are perhaps the best known flavors of BDSM, and they certainly make up a large and important part of it, there is so much more to the kink world, and I'd love to see how some of those other components would fit into the Night Court. What place would there be for a submissive who is not a masochist - someone who thrills in being psychologically dominated, but has no great love for pain? What about a bratty submissive, who finds their greatest pleasure in being disobedient until broken - surely there are patrons more interested in that than the meek yielding of Valerian House. What House would a patron go to if their kinks ran to bonds and blindfolds but no more extreme, or if they wished to play out a rape or gangbang fantasy? Does Eglantine House have adepts whose preferred art form is rope?
The Second of Valerian House claims that they would have recognized Phèdre as an anguisette. So what happens in the AU where the Dowayne of Cereus doesn't think of Delaunay and instead goes with her first impulse of messaging the Dowayne of Valerian when Phèdre's fascination with pain is noticed?
The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Any
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 (but please no infidelity).
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 AO3, where I'm still calenlily.
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:
Things I don't like: No anal sex. No humiliation humor (humiliation kink is fine). I prefer bittersweet to outright unhappy endings. I've previously requested no infidelity or darkfic, but I recognize that with some of my prompts this year those things might fit the stories and if that's the case that's fine (though I would generally prefer bittersweet to outright unhappy endings).
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.)
Black Jewels - Anne Bishop
Karla
Asexual!Karla. I know a lot of people think of Karla as lesbian, and that's cool, but (unless I seriously missed something somewhere) all that's actually stated in canon is that she isn't interested in men, and I always read her as ace. Whether you want to show her working to figure out and accept that identity as an adolescent, or friendship fic with Jaenelle and/or the rest of the family and/or the coven and the boyos, or just Karla kicking ass and being the BAMF that she is, I'd love to see pretty much anything running with this characterization.
I don't think I really have anything to add for this one.
Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Kylara
I've always thought that Kylara, particularly that as she was written in DF, was really interesting and had a lot of potential. I would love to see some fic that explores Kylara's character and her strengths as well as her weaknesses.
I would love to see the AU where Kylara becomes Benden's Senior Weyrwoman - maybe Jaxom doesn't survive so Lessa refuses to leave Ruatha and Kylara is the one to Impress Ramoth, or maybe Lessa doesn't make it back from the Oldtime, or maybe you think of some other way this might come about. Does Kylara eventually rise above her self-interest and build a real partnership with F'lar? Does she fail to do so and they despise each other by the end? (Either way, I suspect the getting there would be quite a tumultuous ride, a battle of wills as epic as ever Lessa and F'lar were, and probably would have involved a whole lot of kinky hatesex.)
If that idea doesn't appeal to you, write me something about her childhood and how she came to have the worldview she did by the time she arrived at Benden. Or what her Search was like. Or something where she's still a villain, but a less one-dimensional and more competent one than she is in Dragonquest.
If none of that is working for you, you can also feel free to forget about Kylara, because honestly pretty much anything from Pern would make me extremely happy. I was also excited to see Sorka, Zulaya, and Moreta on this year's character list, and would love a fic about any of them. Or write me something about the people of Pern that don't show up in the books - 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, but even those are totally optional.
I have some meta here that may help you understand my reading of Kylara and where this prompt came from.
Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey
Any
I am endlessly fascinated by the Night Court, and anything involving any of the houses, with or without canon characters involved, would make me incredibly happy. Smut in this fandom would be very gladly welcomed, though certainly not required.
The motto of Valerian House is "I yield"; their focus is on receiving physical pain and any spark of disobedience is conditioned out of their adepts. Similarly, Mandrake House seems to be focused on the giving of physical pain. While masochism and sadism are perhaps the best known flavors of BDSM, and they certainly make up a large and important part of it, there is so much more to the kink world, and I'd love to see how some of those other components would fit into the Night Court. What place would there be for a submissive who is not a masochist - someone who thrills in being psychologically dominated, but has no great love for pain? What about a bratty submissive, who finds their greatest pleasure in being disobedient until broken - surely there are patrons more interested in that than the meek yielding of Valerian House. What House would a patron go to if their kinks ran to bonds and blindfolds but no more extreme, or if they wished to play out a rape or gangbang fantasy? Does Eglantine House have adepts whose preferred art form is rope?
The Second of Valerian House claims that they would have recognized Phèdre as an anguisette. So what happens in the AU where the Dowayne of Cereus doesn't think of Delaunay and instead goes with her first impulse of messaging the Dowayne of Valerian when Phèdre's fascination with pain is noticed?
The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Any
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 (but please no infidelity).
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 AO3, where I'm still calenlily.
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).