FEMSLASH FEST 2012 - Dear Author Letter
Dear 
femslash12 Author,
asdf;lkjaselprjase you are writing me a fic oh my gosh thank you so much already! I am really excited to see what beautiful thing you will cook up!
This letter starts out with the stuff that's most important to me, and that's the only part of this letter that is actually important. The rest of the letter is just meant to help give you a few dozen ideas to help you get started, but I don't need to see any of them in the fic you write me; they're just thoughts. If you already have a fic idea yourself, just read the first part of my letter and go for the gold! I trust you!
General topics that I feel strongly about:
As for general things I like (ignore any and all of these if you want):
Specific prompts that you don't need to use, but can if you want to:
Lastly, some fandom-specific notes:
Pokémon - Lyra is generally my fandom bicycle, but I should probably mention that I am not really a fan of Lyra/Kris. I am open to being converted to that pairing, however! I know I've offered a huge array of weird pairings here, but I really think that these characters would have a fascinating spark if thrown together. Dear writer, please hit me with your best shot!
Revolutionary Girl Utena - I would love to see some character analysis/exploration fic. I love fic that takes place during the course of the series, but I have also never stopped wondering what happens to the characters after the series, too. If you want to, please tell me about it!
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - What fascinates me most are the characters' similarities, and yet how even with those similarities they can be such drastically different people. Basically, the paths they take that lead them apart, even though they share core traits that make them the same.
Kare Kano - First of all if you are considering writing me fic for this ASD;LFKJASER;LKJASER /SOBS ALL OVER YOU. You almost literally cannot do wrong with this, DO ANYTHING, as long as the characters are talking and interacting I'm going to be the happiest reader on earth. None of these relationships got nearly as much screen time as I wanted in the manga. Please fix that for me ;_;!
Princess Tutu - I am wildly in love with "fine line between love and hate"-type situations; where two characters on opposite sides are fighting each other and yet helplessly in love. Break my heart, writer! Break my heart. (But if you want to write fluff or something else, that would be great too actually!)
I am sorry that this letter is so stupidly long, but I thought it would be better to be safe than sorry? I hope that this gives you an idea of where to start and some inspiration to play with! I'm looking forward to anything you will write me, and once again, thank you so much in advance!!
Sincerely yours,
Sonata :D
femslash12 Author,
asdf;lkjaselprjase you are writing me a fic oh my gosh thank you so much already! I am really excited to see what beautiful thing you will cook up!
This letter starts out with the stuff that's most important to me, and that's the only part of this letter that is actually important. The rest of the letter is just meant to help give you a few dozen ideas to help you get started, but I don't need to see any of them in the fic you write me; they're just thoughts. If you already have a fic idea yourself, just read the first part of my letter and go for the gold! I trust you!
General topics that I feel strongly about:
- I really care about most of the characters in the series that I've requested, and so while I'm not against being cruel to them, I'm against being cruel to them uselessly. I like angst and drama just as much as I like fluff and happy endings, but I'm not okay with seeing characters' lives ruined for no reason or in a way that isn't necessary to further plot or character development. Especially for series like Utena or PuriTutu, where angst is par the course, I'd actually love to see characters get completely unraveled-but pointless angst hurts my heart. I have a feeling that this made no sense, so: if in doubt, just avoid broken pairings and unhappy character endings unless your plot really needs it and I will probably love your fic.
- Please also avoid character death or gory violence (unless you have a really good reason for doing it), OOC writing, character bashing, pregnancy fics, and kidfic. I am pretty picky about first- and second-person POV, but if you're confident, go for it! In general: write with respect about what you know and you will not go wrong.
- Besides that, I'm pretty chill with most everything. I like all ratings (G to NC-17)! I love both AUs and canon exploration! I love basically every genre! Both poly and monoamorous relationships are fine by me! I have no idea how trans* fits into this fest, but if a plot bunny shows up and you want to write it, I would love to read it!
- You can include any other pairings you want (popular or unpopular ships, het, slash/femslash, etc.). Please do not feel limited to just the pairings I listed! I quite seriously ship everything under the sun, so go to town!!
- As for sexual things: please no bathroom kinks, guro, or non-con (dubcon is awesome fine by me). Besides that, I am down for basically anything!, though I have a MASSIVE clothing kink (suits, school uniforms, etc.), and I have a thing for dominating behavior/fighting for dominance/etc. I'm pretty easy to please in the smut department, actually!
As for general things I like (ignore any and all of these if you want):
- Rarepair fics (the rarer the better, honestly, just as long as they work)
- Travel fics/AUs
- Domestic slice-of-life fluff, particularly established relationship fic set ten or more years in the future
- Fics that fuck with my head/subvert my expectations/push the envelope
- Adventurous nontraditional storytelling styles (e.g., telling a story entirely through letters, telling a story backwards, unreliable narrators, switching POV)
- Rivalry relationship dynamics and/or triangulation of desire
- I kind of have a thing for brothel/whore AUs
- Secret agent AUs
- Post-apocalyptic fics (NO ZOMBIES)
- Fics about people being models/model AUs
- Dancing (breakdancing, ballet, ballroom, anything??) AUs
- Mythology AUs ;_;
- Wingfic (where characters have wings...exactly what it sounds like)
- Music AUs
- Anything involving baking or cooking
Specific prompts that you don't need to use, but can if you want to:
- (music) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [any song by Vienna Teng]
- (poetry) 7 (skip the forward), 8, 9, 10
- (pictures) 11, 12, 13
- I love snow ;_;
Lastly, some fandom-specific notes:
Pokémon - Lyra is generally my fandom bicycle, but I should probably mention that I am not really a fan of Lyra/Kris. I am open to being converted to that pairing, however! I know I've offered a huge array of weird pairings here, but I really think that these characters would have a fascinating spark if thrown together. Dear writer, please hit me with your best shot!
Revolutionary Girl Utena - I would love to see some character analysis/exploration fic. I love fic that takes place during the course of the series, but I have also never stopped wondering what happens to the characters after the series, too. If you want to, please tell me about it!
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - What fascinates me most are the characters' similarities, and yet how even with those similarities they can be such drastically different people. Basically, the paths they take that lead them apart, even though they share core traits that make them the same.
Kare Kano - First of all if you are considering writing me fic for this ASD;LFKJASER;LKJASER /SOBS ALL OVER YOU. You almost literally cannot do wrong with this, DO ANYTHING, as long as the characters are talking and interacting I'm going to be the happiest reader on earth. None of these relationships got nearly as much screen time as I wanted in the manga. Please fix that for me ;_;!
Princess Tutu - I am wildly in love with "fine line between love and hate"-type situations; where two characters on opposite sides are fighting each other and yet helplessly in love. Break my heart, writer! Break my heart. (But if you want to write fluff or something else, that would be great too actually!)
I am sorry that this letter is so stupidly long, but I thought it would be better to be safe than sorry? I hope that this gives you an idea of where to start and some inspiration to play with! I'm looking forward to anything you will write me, and once again, thank you so much in advance!!
Sincerely yours,
Sonata :D