Yuletide Letter 2019
Thank you for writing for me!
In general I like stories that focus on character development and interactions, hurt/comfort, competence (it's always great to read stories where people do their jobs and do it well even under extreme circumstances), missing scenes, and plotty adventures. Humor, snappy dialog and/or snark are all wonderful and canon type violence is fine.
Graphic violence and rape can be a trigger of mine, so I'd appreciate if you did not include either in a story written for me. Other DNWs include A/B/O, character death, genderswap, mpreg or xeno.
All Souls (TV) Mitchell Grace, Glory St. ClairHaunted hospitals and unethical experimentation are perfect steppingstones for good storytelling and there was such potential in the ones we saw in "All Souls." There was so many things hinted at in this show that I'd loved to see explored further. What other sorts of ghosts wander the halls of All Souls? What other experiments had been done there? How does Mitch tie in to it all and what role does Glory play?
On the less supernatural side of things, I loved the interactions between Mitch and Grace and their implied, only briefly touched upon, history together. A story between Grace and a young Mitch or one where they reminisce about his father would be wonderful as well.
I'd be happy to receive something involving just Mitch or just Glory, or just even one focusing on the hospital itself. Both characters (or either) do not have to appear.
DNW graphic violence, rape or xeno.
Only six episodes of this show were ever made, which is such a shame because the world it build in that short amount of time was fascinating but so much was left unexplained and unanswered. Just how prevalent were the hospital's hauntings? How is All Souls a "special place" and what did Glory mean when she said "the dead have power here"? Was Glory even real and if so (or if not) who/what was she? Why do we never see her talking with someone other than Mitch? How is she tied to All Souls? What was the story behind the black veiled lady with the pram? How often does Lazarus make appearances? Was Mitch really somehow the reincarnated doctor who had been there during the Civil War? Has Doctor Ambrosius really been there the whole time and if so what are his powers? What exactly was that creature he was commanding in "The Deal" and are there similar creatures he orders about? I have so many questions and I'd love to read a story that went into... well, any of that.
Unfortunately All Souls has never been released on DVD, but all the episodes have been put up on youtube. The order they aired was: the pilot, "Spineless", "The Deal", "Bad Blood", "Running Scared", and "One Step Closer to Roger".
Strange World (TV 1999) Major Lynne Reese, Paul Turner
OH MY GOD FIX THE ENDING OF THIS SHOW!
*Ahem*
This show was great for all the unusual and often criminal science cases it dealt with in its short run. The relationship between Paul and Lynne was also presented as such a cornerstone to everything because of their history and their friendship, but also the complicated nature of her feeling that she failed him and failed science by not listening to him back during the war. I would love to read about other cases they investigated (either before 1x13 or in some happy 'Paul got better' post-series future).
DNW graphic violence, rape or xeno.
ABC commissioned this show about investigating criminal abuses of science but then cancelled it before showing nearly any of its episodes. Luckily, the old SciFi channel picked it up and aired it in its entirety a few years later. For a show that's 20 years old it focused on a lot of subjects that are still issues today: people still worry about genetically modified food, AIs, medical advancements, technological developments, etc. Would their cases be different if it were set today? Would the 24 hour news cycle and social media alter how they found cases? What about how they solved them? What other cases might they have investigated if Paul hadn't relapsed? Or what other cases did they have during those months they worked together for USAMRIID that weren't shown?
I loved this show, anything more in its universe would be great to read. All thirteen episodes of Strange World are up on youtube (although possibly in the wrong order since the wiki has them in a slightly different one.)
The Thing From Another World (1951) Captain Patrick Hendry
I love old school, black and white scifi/horror movies and 'The Things From Another World' is one of the best. One of the draws for me is the interaction between the characters, especially between Capt. Hendry and his flight crew as well as the Captain and Nikki. What happens after the movie ends? Do Pat and Nikki live happily ever after? Does he (and the men under his command) get in trouble for blowing up the UFO and destroying the creature? Or did they fail to burn all of Dr. Carrington's experiments and they have another alien to face? I'd love to read about any and all of it!
DNW graphic violence, rape or xeno.
This movie is one of the best examples of old scifi/horror out there in my opinion. There's suspense, wonderful characters, snappy dialogue, and clever writing all tied into a cold war allegorical plotty movie. I love the way it combines the tension of the isolated, unforgiving setting along with the struggles of the characters as they try to survive against the unknown and alien foe while disagreeing among themselves on the best way to do that, without demonizing either side, and still give us a wonderful action story with a touch of romance.
I really don't know what to ask for besides what was in my optional details other than to say I'd be thrilled with any more adventures of these characters so if you have any ideas other than what I've suggested, please run with them. The movie is out of copyright and can be watched legally at archive.org here.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Lee Crane
The crew of the Seaview faced one unusual foe or impossible situation after another: time travel, ghosts, dinosaurs, werewolves, mermaids, aliens, evil scientists, lobster men, not to mention, of course, numerous ridiculously large sea creatures. What other adventures did they have?
DNW A/B/O, character death, genderswap, graphic violence, mpreg, covid/pandemic references or situations, rape or xeno.
When not embroiled in political shenanigans (an ongoing plot of S1 that was quickly dropped) the crew of the Seaview faced one improbable special effects monster/ridiculous situation after another. Among other insanities the Admiral turned into a werewolf at least twice ("Werewolf" and "The Brand of the Beast"), the Captain got possessed by a ghost ("The Phantom Strikes" and "The Return of the Phantom"), the entire crew got taken over by a vindictive mummy ("The Mummy") and replaced by both waxed ("The Wax Men") and evil dolls ("The Deadly Dolls" guest starring Vincent Price no less), some even found their way to Venus once ("Journey With Fear"). They have a sub that flies. The crack is CANON. It's also humorous to see what it thought the 'future' (the show began airing in 1964 yet set its first season in 1973 but later ones in the '80s) would entail.
This show was so ridiculous, but I want more. I want to read about other adventures like the one where the Seaview gets caught in a timeslip, the crew is attacked by cementing sludge, the meatloaf from the mess gains sentience due to cosmic radiation, the Captain says, "Fuck it" and retires to be an artist only have an alien crashland in the middle of the field he was trying to paint or... well, anything and everything you can come up with. The more out there and crazy the better.
The vast majority of series can be found either on youtube or dailymotion. Episode summaries, pictures and show info are available here and also here.
I hang out in the yuletide discord using the name ibble so if you have any questions or would like more information just ping a hippo to ask me.
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