dear yule goat!
Dear Yule Goat,
Hello! I am so glad you're here! Thank you so much for participating in the challenge, and for writing a story that I am already sure that I will love and will cause me to dance around my living room with joyful abandon (at least until I trip over my dog).
Here's the what here, generally: I love all kinds of stories. I tend to get really sappy around this time of year, so I don't mind gooey shippy stories, or gooey gen stories. You can bet that I will be reading your wonderful story amidst some very well-decked halls, so if you feel like writing a wintery holiday story, by all means do, but it's certainly not necessary.
I really, really, really love backstory, and I love stories that happen behind the scenes or between scenes in canon. I love character-focused stories; I love plotty stories. I love day-in-the-life stories. I love wild, ridiculous AU's. I love adventure, mystery, banter, comedy, drama, and angst. I don't mind graphic sex or violence or character death in my stories, though as far as sex is concerned for the purposes of Yuletide, I'd generally like a little more than PWP, and if you do write sex, please, no underage (meaning: no parties are under 18), incest, a/b/o, or non-con. Dub con or anything else, though, go to town.
Black Books
Bernard Black, Manny Bianco, Fran Katzenjammer
Madcap antics is really all I can think to say for this fandom! If you want more direction, I do so love missing scenes and so forth, so if you want feel free to fill in the blanks of the show: know we don't talk about it, but what happened in Canada, anyway? Holidays at Black Books l (which I imagine is essentially How The Grinch Stole Christmas, where the Grinch is played by Bernard), that kind of thing. Fill in the blanks or write your very own ridiculous Black Books adventure. I don't really ship them in any way so don't feel like you need to make this shippy, but if it leans that way I don't mind! The world is really your oyster here, dear author. Basically just write the first ridiculous thing that comes into your head for this fandom, because I am 100% sure I will love it.
Corner Gas
Any
This is one of those "I love everyone in this bar!" shows for me. Wacky fun with whomever you want to write will be wonderful (and if you want to include people who weren't nominated, that is also totally legit)! It can be a holiday story or just a day in the life story, heck, write a story where they have to cooperate with Wollerton (bleh!) cops to solve a series of strange crimes, ANYTHING AT ALL, I will love it. :D :D :D
Fallen London/Echo Bazaar
Quiet Deviless, Melancholy Curate, Curate's Sister, The Delicious Friend
I will be very honest with you, dear Yule Goat: this request is essentially a request for porn with these characters in any combination you choose. Generally I say that for Yuletide, I want a little more than PWP, but if you got me because of this fandom, feel free to toss that right out the window if you like. But! I realize porn is not for everyone and obviously optional details are very optional! I love the world of this game and I think there are so many stories to tell in it with any of these characters, and I know I will be delighted with anything you write.
The Twinkie Squad-- Gordan Korman
Douglas Fairchild, Armando "Commando" Rivera, Yolanda, Gerald
I giggled my way through this book when I read it the first time, a million years ago, and I would be absolutely tickled to have any story at all in this universe. Future!fic would be fabulous-- tell me where all the kids are now, if they still keep in touch, what they're doing. Do they have an annual reunion of the Grand Knights of the Exalted Karpoozi? Did they go their separate ways and not talk at all? Backstory, like, pre-book, would also be fabulous, missing scenes, shippy stuff, drama, angst, whatever. Armando was always my favorite character, but I loved everyone in the Twinkie Squad (including people who weren't nominated, if you wanted to include someone), and anything you write will be a grand adventure.
That's pretty much all there is! My ridiculous ramblings to you aside, above all I want you to have fun writing this story, because I think that if you enjoyed writing it, I will enjoy reading it, no matter what. Write the story you want to write and I will read it gleefully. If this letter raises any questions or if you want to pick my brain without actually picking it, please feel free to PM leiascully (or
lovelythings on DW) who often knows me better than I know myself and who will be very discreet and not say a word to me about any questions you might ask her.
Thank you in advance for your hard work and your general awesomeness! I wish you the best!
♥ coffeesuperhero
Hello! I am so glad you're here! Thank you so much for participating in the challenge, and for writing a story that I am already sure that I will love and will cause me to dance around my living room with joyful abandon (at least until I trip over my dog).
Here's the what here, generally: I love all kinds of stories. I tend to get really sappy around this time of year, so I don't mind gooey shippy stories, or gooey gen stories. You can bet that I will be reading your wonderful story amidst some very well-decked halls, so if you feel like writing a wintery holiday story, by all means do, but it's certainly not necessary.
I really, really, really love backstory, and I love stories that happen behind the scenes or between scenes in canon. I love character-focused stories; I love plotty stories. I love day-in-the-life stories. I love wild, ridiculous AU's. I love adventure, mystery, banter, comedy, drama, and angst. I don't mind graphic sex or violence or character death in my stories, though as far as sex is concerned for the purposes of Yuletide, I'd generally like a little more than PWP, and if you do write sex, please, no underage (meaning: no parties are under 18), incest, a/b/o, or non-con. Dub con or anything else, though, go to town.
Black Books
Bernard Black, Manny Bianco, Fran Katzenjammer
Madcap antics is really all I can think to say for this fandom! If you want more direction, I do so love missing scenes and so forth, so if you want feel free to fill in the blanks of the show: know we don't talk about it, but what happened in Canada, anyway? Holidays at Black Books l (which I imagine is essentially How The Grinch Stole Christmas, where the Grinch is played by Bernard), that kind of thing. Fill in the blanks or write your very own ridiculous Black Books adventure. I don't really ship them in any way so don't feel like you need to make this shippy, but if it leans that way I don't mind! The world is really your oyster here, dear author. Basically just write the first ridiculous thing that comes into your head for this fandom, because I am 100% sure I will love it.
Corner Gas
Any
This is one of those "I love everyone in this bar!" shows for me. Wacky fun with whomever you want to write will be wonderful (and if you want to include people who weren't nominated, that is also totally legit)! It can be a holiday story or just a day in the life story, heck, write a story where they have to cooperate with Wollerton (bleh!) cops to solve a series of strange crimes, ANYTHING AT ALL, I will love it. :D :D :D
Fallen London/Echo Bazaar
Quiet Deviless, Melancholy Curate, Curate's Sister, The Delicious Friend
I will be very honest with you, dear Yule Goat: this request is essentially a request for porn with these characters in any combination you choose. Generally I say that for Yuletide, I want a little more than PWP, but if you got me because of this fandom, feel free to toss that right out the window if you like. But! I realize porn is not for everyone and obviously optional details are very optional! I love the world of this game and I think there are so many stories to tell in it with any of these characters, and I know I will be delighted with anything you write.
The Twinkie Squad-- Gordan Korman
Douglas Fairchild, Armando "Commando" Rivera, Yolanda, Gerald
I giggled my way through this book when I read it the first time, a million years ago, and I would be absolutely tickled to have any story at all in this universe. Future!fic would be fabulous-- tell me where all the kids are now, if they still keep in touch, what they're doing. Do they have an annual reunion of the Grand Knights of the Exalted Karpoozi? Did they go their separate ways and not talk at all? Backstory, like, pre-book, would also be fabulous, missing scenes, shippy stuff, drama, angst, whatever. Armando was always my favorite character, but I loved everyone in the Twinkie Squad (including people who weren't nominated, if you wanted to include someone), and anything you write will be a grand adventure.
That's pretty much all there is! My ridiculous ramblings to you aside, above all I want you to have fun writing this story, because I think that if you enjoyed writing it, I will enjoy reading it, no matter what. Write the story you want to write and I will read it gleefully. If this letter raises any questions or if you want to pick my brain without actually picking it, please feel free to PM leiascully (or
lovelythings on DW) who often knows me better than I know myself and who will be very discreet and not say a word to me about any questions you might ask her.
Thank you in advance for your hard work and your general awesomeness! I wish you the best!
♥ coffeesuperhero