Dear Yuletide Author 2017
Dear Yuletide Author:
First of all, thank you for taking on one of my requests. I am very much looking forward to whatever you and your muse come up with, and I appreciate the time I know you will put into thinking about and writing my story.
I will give just a few notes here which will hopefully help (and not hinder) you as you’re working on your assignment.
General bits: I am a fan of both angst and hurt/comfort. I tend to love fic that is dark, but I have also enjoyed fluff in the past-and all things in between are fine, too. I am a stickler for good grammar and spelling, and I prefer the characters in a story to sound like the characters in the source they come from. I have absolutely no problem with any of the main genres: gen, het, or slash--whatever the story calls for is fine by me. Smut is not necessary at all, but if it happens to fit in with the plot you come up with, smut is definitely okay. (Though it may be worth noting that I prefer my smut pretty vanilla.) I am not a huge fan of AUs, so if you are able to stick to canon, that would be awesome.
My original prompts, followed by more specific comments:
Cinderella (2015)
I love this movie way more than I probably should! I would love a Kit-centered story. My favourite thing about this movie was that they gave Kit a backstory of sorts, and he was more than just Prince Charming. I'd love something about his growing-up years, the movie from his POV, post-movie fic. As long as it's centered around him, I'll love it, I'm sure. (P.S. Ella wouldn't come up as a character, and I had to enter her manually. I would be happy with her inclusion, but it's not necessary if you choose a plot that doesn't involve her.)
Not a lot I can add here. I would just love to know more about Kit. How did he get to be the person he was by the time Ella meets him? He has quite a level head on his shoulders--he's ready to be king. Like I said in my prompt, I'd just love something that's Kit-centered. Take it wherever your heart desires. I am sure I'll be happy with the result.
Frequency
This is, most definitively, my favorite movie of all time. I received a wonderful story featuring this movie in a Yuletide several years ago, and I decided to be greedy and ask for more! First of all, please feel free not just to use John and Frank, but any of the other characters in the movie (Julia, Satch, Gordo, Sam). I will love just about anything as long as it's about this wonderful movie. Second, I thought I would share my favorite moment in the movie (so you have some context about what I love about it): That moment is when John talks to his mother on the ham radio, and it's after he lost her as a small boy, so he both remembers her as a grown man and as a little boy who lost his mom. Heartbreaking! The angst in this movie is what gets me every time I watch it. Whatever you can think of for this--missing scene, coda, prequel--will make me extremely happy. Go to town!
I kind of tried to say it all right there. I have only ever read a very few stories for this movie--the fabulous one written for me several years ago and a couple short others which have been posted since. I would love to have more. John is my favorite character in the movie, and anything dealing with him would be great. I don't want to force any one kind of idea upon you, but whatever more you wanted from the movie, I probably did, too.
Kings
This was my favorite show of 2009, bar none. I am a huge fan of the Jack/Joseph pairing, so anything involving them would be awesome (either pre-Pilgrimage or fix-it), though I know Joseph was not nominated as a character here. If Jack/Joseph does not float your boat (in the way that Jack/David does not float mine), I would be thrilled with a Jack character piece. He was my favorite character, and I'd love to see him explored further (either pre-show, missing scene, or what might have happened if the show had been picked up for another season). Though I didn't include her as a character, I was fascinated by Jack's relationship with Michelle. Her being older and the heir and how Jack saw himself in light of this fact is something I'd love to see explored, if you're trying to think of another plot option. In the end, as long as the story is Jack-centric, I will be a happy camper.
I spent the entirety of the summer of 2009 completely and utterly obsessed with this show. In particular, I was crazy about the Jack/Joseph relationship (even after they bumped Joseph off). I would love fic which deals with any aspect of the Jack/Joseph relationship. Like I said in my prompt, if Jack/Joseph wasn't your thing, I would be thrilled with any kind of Jack character study. I found him an incredibly fascinating character and I don't think we learned nearly enough about him. I am fine with Jack and David friendship, but would prefer no Jack/David slash. I just didn't see it there.
The Martian
I would love to see more about these two (Beck and Johannsen). In particular, how did they get from Johanssen's kiss on Beck's helmet to a baby? Details, please! (I am a huge Sebastian Stan fan, hence the love for both this and Kings, so focusing on Beck is fine by me!).
Not a lot I can add here, either. I'd just love to see some depth given to Beck and Johanssen's story. I loved all the stuff that went on with Mark, too, but since the movie centered on him, it left the stories of his crewmates still to be discovered. I love that at the end, Beck and Johanssen have a baby, and I would love to hear the details of how they came to be.
The Night Shift
This was my summer obsession this year. I burned through the entire series in just under a month. Drew and Rick are my favourite characters, and I would love a story focused on them. How did they meet? How's life at home with Brianna? How do they deal with Rick's injury? Maybe some future fic? Are there more kids in the cards? Do they get married? Take them wherever you wish, and I am sure to enjoy every word!
I started watching this show because I'd caught an episode or two at my parents' house, and I thought it looked interesting. There went the end of my summer! I loved many of the characters, but I was really taken by Drew and Rick's story. Their struggles with being gay in the military, dealing with Rick's injury, and adopting Brianna--all of it was fascinating. Going into depth into any of these facets of their relationship would be so interesting to read. Wherever you want to take them is fine by me.
Thank you, once again, for being willing to write fic for one of my requests. I will anxiously await finding out which you chose to write and reading the fruits of your labor.
Happy writing!!
Chelsea