Yuuuuuuletiiiiiiiiide
Dear Yule Goat, I want a pony and a helicopter and a big truck with a real siren and my weight in chocolate frogs.
No, I'm just kidding. All I really want for Yuletide is porn!
Okay, okay, it doesn't even have to be porn. Any rating is fine with me for any of the fandoms mentioned below. Gen is fine, slash is fine, I don't know that you could pull off het from my requests (not a challenge) but if that's where your brain takes you, I'm going in with an open mind. I accidentally requested three movie fandoms this year, but I love the idea of all of these too much to change any of them.
My likes, in general, are happy, fluffy stories, people who love each other a lot and show it in natural ways, whether it's the kind of love where they want to make out, or the kind of love where they just like to hang out together as much as possible. I'm a sucker for a happy ending, I love third person POV, and even a nice, quiet character study can be just the thing. I'm not crazy about angst or break-up fic, though a little bittersweet angst is not going to disappoint. Pretty much as long as it's about characters I love and they're not being broken or tortured in any way, I'm going to enjoy it.
If you are not a slasher, dear Yuletide Writer, I am so sorry you got stuck with me, because that's pretty much my wheelhouse. But I really, *really* mean it when I say gen is fine. Gen is fine! So please, if you don't write slash, don't let my proclivities scare you. Having said that, here's a little more information about my specific requests:
The Sandlot: Oh, this movie.
"You're killing me, Smalls."
One of the most oft-quoted lines in popular culture, I'd imagine, but it's the way Benny says it, with such affectionate exasperation, like he's already halfway in love with Smalls before they even know what to do with those kinds of feelings. Then they grow up and they stick together and it's so obvious that they're gay married boyfriends. Smalls is wearing a ring! That his husband the baseball star totally put on his finger as soon as they graduated high school just to show that the major leagues were never going to keep them apart!
If you're not comfortable with slash that's okay; I would take just about anything about these two, at any point in their story. I just love their dynamic so much. If you want to write about all the kids being kids together that's fine by me too, or if you want to write about their junior high reunion or whatever, getting together as adults to play a game on the old sandlot, anything. You can riff off Smalls' speech at the end if you want, about how they all moved away from the neighborhood. I love epistolary fic, so stilted, awkward boy letters between Benny and Smalls as they try to stay in touch while Benny's in the minors and Scotty's in college would be so much love.
Any age, any dynamic, I don't care. Honestly, whatever you want to do, as long as Bennie and Scotty are there, enjoying each other's company and still being BFF, I am going to love it so much.
~
The Social Network: This is my annual "just saw it/requesting on a whim" fandom. Mostly I just want to read about Divya interacting with Cameron or Tyler Winklevoss. Or both, I don't care. If you're going the slash route (totally fine, btw) I would just as soon not read any brothercest, but Divya hooking up with (or longing for or being oblivious to the affections of) one of the twins would be awesome. I'm particularly fond of the idea of Divya/Cameron, but I can go either way.
And again, if you're not down with the slash, just reading about any of these guys together would be amazing. It can be pre-movie, post-movie, missing scene, whatever. How they became friends is cool, maybe they were initiated into their Final Club together, Divya could wax poetical about watching Cameron row for 1000 words and I'd be down with it. I just found their dynamic in the film incredibly charming.
~
The Curiosity of Chance: This is another one of those movies that's just so sweet and wonderful, but it leaves you wanting just a little bit more. Obviously Chance and Levi end up together in the end, which is fantastic, but I wanted to know so much more about how things played out for them! Anything, really, and I know I'm being no help at all here, but I sincerely would read anything about these two, because there's nothing out there. Their first date, where everything goes wrong and they're both worried that they're doomed from the start, or maybe the first time Chance invites Levi to watch him perform, or even Levi interacting with the Marquis family.
Third person POV is one of my favorite things ever, so if you wanted to write about them from a third party perspective that would be so great. It's set during the 80s as well, which is when I went to high school, so anything you want to do with that would be totally welcome. As would anything you want to do with the setting, seeing as they're in Europe and the film doesn't take much advantage of that.
I have helpfully uploaded an mp4 version here: The Curiosity Of Chance. Just in case. Though if you are just passing through and haven't seen it, download it! It's such a sweet little film. The quality's not terrific, but it gets the job done.
~
Ghost Hunters RPF: This is my one carry-over request from last year. Someone wrote me a Yuletide Madness fic based on last year's prompt, and it was WONDERFUL, but I am still greedy for more.
I love the whole team, honestly, and I would be happy to read a gen ensemble piece about them just being total dorks together, but my absolute favorites are Steve and Tango. I think it's probably pretty clear from my requests that I'm all about the slash, so a little Steve/Tango romance would warm my heart. But I love their friendship too, and I'd be thrilled to read about that. Whether they're ghost hunting or standing around being bored at some convention or arguing over whose turn it is to pick the music on the drive to their location, I don't care. I would read about them sitting around in their boxers drinking beer and mocking Ghost Adventures (in fact, I often picture that very scenario and LOL to myself, because you know Steve Gonsalves fucking HATES that Zach guy with his stupid pants and his stupid hair.)
I mentioned in my original request that I'm not a fan of Steve/Kris, which is true. But I'm a huge fan of Kris, and if you wanted to go with a third party POV from Kris' perspective, that would be awesome. Or just Kris!Fic would be fine too, if that's what moves you. Kris and Amy hanging out being BFF would be fine. I would also be down with the femmeslash, if you want to go there.
Whatever you come up with, as long as their voices are there and they're having fun together, I'm going to love it. I don't even care if you want to write about that ridiculous Ghost Hunters Academy, because I think that show is stupid and useless, but I love how seriously Steve takes it and himself, and I'd love to know whether Tango secretly thinks it's the lamest thing ever, or if his little hero worship crush on Steve makes him think it's super-cool and important.
Dorks! The both of them. Just make them dorks and I will love you forever.
No, I'm just kidding. All I really want for Yuletide is porn!
Okay, okay, it doesn't even have to be porn. Any rating is fine with me for any of the fandoms mentioned below. Gen is fine, slash is fine, I don't know that you could pull off het from my requests (not a challenge) but if that's where your brain takes you, I'm going in with an open mind. I accidentally requested three movie fandoms this year, but I love the idea of all of these too much to change any of them.
My likes, in general, are happy, fluffy stories, people who love each other a lot and show it in natural ways, whether it's the kind of love where they want to make out, or the kind of love where they just like to hang out together as much as possible. I'm a sucker for a happy ending, I love third person POV, and even a nice, quiet character study can be just the thing. I'm not crazy about angst or break-up fic, though a little bittersweet angst is not going to disappoint. Pretty much as long as it's about characters I love and they're not being broken or tortured in any way, I'm going to enjoy it.
If you are not a slasher, dear Yuletide Writer, I am so sorry you got stuck with me, because that's pretty much my wheelhouse. But I really, *really* mean it when I say gen is fine. Gen is fine! So please, if you don't write slash, don't let my proclivities scare you. Having said that, here's a little more information about my specific requests:
The Sandlot: Oh, this movie.
"You're killing me, Smalls."
One of the most oft-quoted lines in popular culture, I'd imagine, but it's the way Benny says it, with such affectionate exasperation, like he's already halfway in love with Smalls before they even know what to do with those kinds of feelings. Then they grow up and they stick together and it's so obvious that they're gay married boyfriends. Smalls is wearing a ring! That his husband the baseball star totally put on his finger as soon as they graduated high school just to show that the major leagues were never going to keep them apart!
If you're not comfortable with slash that's okay; I would take just about anything about these two, at any point in their story. I just love their dynamic so much. If you want to write about all the kids being kids together that's fine by me too, or if you want to write about their junior high reunion or whatever, getting together as adults to play a game on the old sandlot, anything. You can riff off Smalls' speech at the end if you want, about how they all moved away from the neighborhood. I love epistolary fic, so stilted, awkward boy letters between Benny and Smalls as they try to stay in touch while Benny's in the minors and Scotty's in college would be so much love.
Any age, any dynamic, I don't care. Honestly, whatever you want to do, as long as Bennie and Scotty are there, enjoying each other's company and still being BFF, I am going to love it so much.
~
The Social Network: This is my annual "just saw it/requesting on a whim" fandom. Mostly I just want to read about Divya interacting with Cameron or Tyler Winklevoss. Or both, I don't care. If you're going the slash route (totally fine, btw) I would just as soon not read any brothercest, but Divya hooking up with (or longing for or being oblivious to the affections of) one of the twins would be awesome. I'm particularly fond of the idea of Divya/Cameron, but I can go either way.
And again, if you're not down with the slash, just reading about any of these guys together would be amazing. It can be pre-movie, post-movie, missing scene, whatever. How they became friends is cool, maybe they were initiated into their Final Club together, Divya could wax poetical about watching Cameron row for 1000 words and I'd be down with it. I just found their dynamic in the film incredibly charming.
~
The Curiosity of Chance: This is another one of those movies that's just so sweet and wonderful, but it leaves you wanting just a little bit more. Obviously Chance and Levi end up together in the end, which is fantastic, but I wanted to know so much more about how things played out for them! Anything, really, and I know I'm being no help at all here, but I sincerely would read anything about these two, because there's nothing out there. Their first date, where everything goes wrong and they're both worried that they're doomed from the start, or maybe the first time Chance invites Levi to watch him perform, or even Levi interacting with the Marquis family.
Third person POV is one of my favorite things ever, so if you wanted to write about them from a third party perspective that would be so great. It's set during the 80s as well, which is when I went to high school, so anything you want to do with that would be totally welcome. As would anything you want to do with the setting, seeing as they're in Europe and the film doesn't take much advantage of that.
I have helpfully uploaded an mp4 version here: The Curiosity Of Chance. Just in case. Though if you are just passing through and haven't seen it, download it! It's such a sweet little film. The quality's not terrific, but it gets the job done.
~
Ghost Hunters RPF: This is my one carry-over request from last year. Someone wrote me a Yuletide Madness fic based on last year's prompt, and it was WONDERFUL, but I am still greedy for more.
I love the whole team, honestly, and I would be happy to read a gen ensemble piece about them just being total dorks together, but my absolute favorites are Steve and Tango. I think it's probably pretty clear from my requests that I'm all about the slash, so a little Steve/Tango romance would warm my heart. But I love their friendship too, and I'd be thrilled to read about that. Whether they're ghost hunting or standing around being bored at some convention or arguing over whose turn it is to pick the music on the drive to their location, I don't care. I would read about them sitting around in their boxers drinking beer and mocking Ghost Adventures (in fact, I often picture that very scenario and LOL to myself, because you know Steve Gonsalves fucking HATES that Zach guy with his stupid pants and his stupid hair.)
I mentioned in my original request that I'm not a fan of Steve/Kris, which is true. But I'm a huge fan of Kris, and if you wanted to go with a third party POV from Kris' perspective, that would be awesome. Or just Kris!Fic would be fine too, if that's what moves you. Kris and Amy hanging out being BFF would be fine. I would also be down with the femmeslash, if you want to go there.
Whatever you come up with, as long as their voices are there and they're having fun together, I'm going to love it. I don't even care if you want to write about that ridiculous Ghost Hunters Academy, because I think that show is stupid and useless, but I love how seriously Steve takes it and himself, and I'd love to know whether Tango secretly thinks it's the lamest thing ever, or if his little hero worship crush on Steve makes him think it's super-cool and important.
Dorks! The both of them. Just make them dorks and I will love you forever.