Dear Jukebox 2016 Writer
Once more, I am so very sorry for the lateness.
First, you are awesome for signing up for one of these canons. I love them all equally, and would adore to get a story in any of them.
For my general likes and dislikes, please see my Yuletide letters, which you can find on the tags in this entry.
Please note: Length of sections are not indicative of preferences. Some fandoms I have more ideas for than others, but some I'm just into the song and would love to see what you can come up with, but I try to give you some ideas and guidance for everything, even if some are shorter.
Specific fandoms.
My main love for the video itself is the wonderful "Old Hollywood" feel to it, it's like something out of the 1950s, like something out of an old movie like All About Eve or Elephant Walk or even the more recent Out Of Africa.
Prompts! I'd really love anything, a moment of their time together filming, knowing it's going to end but it's so good they can't resist each other. Angry sex, or make up sex or sex that will be the last time.
Was Robert already married? How does he justify that to himself or Marjorie? Was it a real marriage or for other reasons? Does Marjorie know if it was for other reasons? Did Robert get married on the rebound from Marjorie? Was the premiere of the movie the last time they saw each other? Do they somehow make their way back together? Cheating isn't a squick per se so something where they can't keep away from each other even though they should would be interesting. Also I wouldn't be opposed to her ending up pregnant by Robert.
Mostly-gen ideas.
Marjorie moving on and forging her career in Hollywood. Does she marry many times, does she remain single? Does she work with Robert again, as an actress or as his director or producer? I'd also love something where Marjorie and Robert as old people are dictating their memoirs to the same person and their takes on their relationship and how and why it ended.
This one is a bit of a unique case. My interest in fic for this is more the dialogue at the beginning. It could be a werewolf story, or it could be a flirty dirty talking session. Which one of those might it be? Is he dangerous in ways she doesn't know? I would also be open to making the two people of the same gender, either m/m or f/f.
With the song, I'd love it to be about someone's feelings for their partner, the way they can talk and say what they were thinking.
Okay, the reason I love this is very simple, tentacles. I would love tentacle porn or tentacle gen inspired by the title sequence, and the song is more than welcome for inclusion as I actually like it. I don't have many tentacle plots, but I would prefer them to be consensual.
I feel this song is very much about the relationship. It could be non romantic as well if you prefer that, but this is a love song. I could see it being about a same-sex pairing, preferably m/m, but m/f is also welcome. Do they see each other again? Does he cross his partner's mind all those years later? How do things turn out for them both?
Honestly, any of the lyrics from this song could make a fic I'd be interested in. Is it about the end of a relationship? Is it a romantic relationship? Is it about someone dying? I can see many possibilities, and anything you come up with will be loved. Same-sex pairings welcome, always.
I love this song so, so much. Every time I listen to it, I feel I discover something new about it. It is definitely a romantic song to me, about a relationship that didn't work out. I could see them meeting up again, years later, after whatever caused her to run made her able to stop. Or meeting up after both had found other people. Or maybe she was gay and couldn't face telling him? So many ideas. Or he sees the same - or an extremely similar - dress in a store and tries to find her, whether or not he succeeds is up to you and I would love to read any take on it.
Why are they leaving LA? Has a dream shattered? Were they movie stars or were they trying to make it and it didn't work out? Was one - or both - caught up in addiction and they have to leave LA to try and control it? Is leaving all they can do if they are a same-sex couple and they aren't able to make that work with the industry's prejudices? Is the LA a metaphor? Are they leaving LA, but in another business?
Why did it end? Was it something they couldn't have prevented? Did one of them die? If it's m/f, was the woman pregnant, so that is why she would have loved him anyway? If you're into mpreg, that would be acceptable as well, but I know not all writers are. Still, if you are, go for it! Or is it a relationship that just can't work out - is one or both of them married to someone else? Is it ideological differences? There are so many conflicts it could be, this one I am really open to so many interpretations for. Was it a first love type of situation? Or was there something else that prevented their being together? Or in some way, can they still be together, even if it's years later?
First, you are awesome for signing up for one of these canons. I love them all equally, and would adore to get a story in any of them.
For my general likes and dislikes, please see my Yuletide letters, which you can find on the tags in this entry.
Please note: Length of sections are not indicative of preferences. Some fandoms I have more ideas for than others, but some I'm just into the song and would love to see what you can come up with, but I try to give you some ideas and guidance for everything, even if some are shorter.
Specific fandoms.
My main love for the video itself is the wonderful "Old Hollywood" feel to it, it's like something out of the 1950s, like something out of an old movie like All About Eve or Elephant Walk or even the more recent Out Of Africa.
Prompts! I'd really love anything, a moment of their time together filming, knowing it's going to end but it's so good they can't resist each other. Angry sex, or make up sex or sex that will be the last time.
Was Robert already married? How does he justify that to himself or Marjorie? Was it a real marriage or for other reasons? Does Marjorie know if it was for other reasons? Did Robert get married on the rebound from Marjorie? Was the premiere of the movie the last time they saw each other? Do they somehow make their way back together? Cheating isn't a squick per se so something where they can't keep away from each other even though they should would be interesting. Also I wouldn't be opposed to her ending up pregnant by Robert.
Mostly-gen ideas.
Marjorie moving on and forging her career in Hollywood. Does she marry many times, does she remain single? Does she work with Robert again, as an actress or as his director or producer? I'd also love something where Marjorie and Robert as old people are dictating their memoirs to the same person and their takes on their relationship and how and why it ended.
This one is a bit of a unique case. My interest in fic for this is more the dialogue at the beginning. It could be a werewolf story, or it could be a flirty dirty talking session. Which one of those might it be? Is he dangerous in ways she doesn't know? I would also be open to making the two people of the same gender, either m/m or f/f.
With the song, I'd love it to be about someone's feelings for their partner, the way they can talk and say what they were thinking.
Okay, the reason I love this is very simple, tentacles. I would love tentacle porn or tentacle gen inspired by the title sequence, and the song is more than welcome for inclusion as I actually like it. I don't have many tentacle plots, but I would prefer them to be consensual.
I feel this song is very much about the relationship. It could be non romantic as well if you prefer that, but this is a love song. I could see it being about a same-sex pairing, preferably m/m, but m/f is also welcome. Do they see each other again? Does he cross his partner's mind all those years later? How do things turn out for them both?
Honestly, any of the lyrics from this song could make a fic I'd be interested in. Is it about the end of a relationship? Is it a romantic relationship? Is it about someone dying? I can see many possibilities, and anything you come up with will be loved. Same-sex pairings welcome, always.
I love this song so, so much. Every time I listen to it, I feel I discover something new about it. It is definitely a romantic song to me, about a relationship that didn't work out. I could see them meeting up again, years later, after whatever caused her to run made her able to stop. Or meeting up after both had found other people. Or maybe she was gay and couldn't face telling him? So many ideas. Or he sees the same - or an extremely similar - dress in a store and tries to find her, whether or not he succeeds is up to you and I would love to read any take on it.
Why are they leaving LA? Has a dream shattered? Were they movie stars or were they trying to make it and it didn't work out? Was one - or both - caught up in addiction and they have to leave LA to try and control it? Is leaving all they can do if they are a same-sex couple and they aren't able to make that work with the industry's prejudices? Is the LA a metaphor? Are they leaving LA, but in another business?
Why did it end? Was it something they couldn't have prevented? Did one of them die? If it's m/f, was the woman pregnant, so that is why she would have loved him anyway? If you're into mpreg, that would be acceptable as well, but I know not all writers are. Still, if you are, go for it! Or is it a relationship that just can't work out - is one or both of them married to someone else? Is it ideological differences? There are so many conflicts it could be, this one I am really open to so many interpretations for. Was it a first love type of situation? Or was there something else that prevented their being together? Or in some way, can they still be together, even if it's years later?