Dear Yuletide Writer
Dear Writer,
Hi! Thank you for writing a fic for me! Mostly, I’m excited to read what you’re excited to write, so please don’t feel too worried if you have an idea that’s just slightly different than my ramblings.
I’m a shipper, so some of these requests are on the shippy side. BUT I’m also fascinated by what draws people together in general, so it doesn’t have to be a romantic story. (And I’m fine with or without sex.) (Romantic stories are very welcome, though!)
If you want to write a big epic, I’m all for that, but I also really love slice-of-life fic. Just a little glimpse of characters hanging out or talking or doing what they do. I also like future fic! What do these characters’ lives look like in 10 years? 20? Further?
My LJ is pretty locked up, but I have a public blog here and you can also find me on GoodReads and Twitter. Oh! And I am also Katayla on Ao3. Feel free to poke around my fic!
Requests are in alphabetical order!
16th Century CE RPF
Charles Brandon, Mary Tudor of France
Woman falling in love with her brother's best friend! A secret relationship! Defying the odds! This is a real life relationship full of great tropes. I’d love to see a glimpse of them together at any point in their relationship.
I requested this in 2010 and 2011 and I’m bringing it back.
Mary was Henry VIII’s sister; Charles was Henry’s best friend. There aren’t a lot of concrete details about what happened, but this is my interpretation: Mary and Charles were in love, but Mary, being a princess, had to marry the King of France for political reasons. However, she made Henry promise that he’d let her marry whoever she wanted when/if she got married again. Her husband died, but she was afraid Henry would take his word back, so she and Charles secretly got married. This made Henry pretty angry, but he eventually consented to the match (but made them pay a huge fine). Mary and Charles had a long and (we think) happy marriage. (He did marry his teenage ward right after Mary died, but there were probably monetary reasons for that.)
Anyway, you don’t have to include all of that in a fic! (Though if you want to write a novel . . . YES PLEASE.) Anything along the way would be great! How did they fall in love? How aware was Henry of their feelings? (There are different opinions on that.) How happy were they when they could finally be together? What was their marriage like? Etc!
Canon: Not much! (So this might be a good one to try if you’re stuck on another prompt.) I’d suggest read their wikipedia pages (Mary, Charles). Other than that, there isn’t much out there.
Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families - Madeleine L'Engle
Zachary Gray
I’ve been re-reading this series with friends and I just . . . want to know Zachary ends up okay. I feel like we get to see a lot his journey towards being a better person, but we don’t get all the way there. I’d love to see a glimpse of where he ends up.
Oh Zachary. I don’t want to excuse his actions, but I get him, I think. I relate to some of the things he struggles with. I think we really do seem him trying to change and he fails, oh he fails, but I like to think he got there in the end.
Given L’Engle’s perchance for crossing over characters, feel free to include anyone! (Though considering Zachary’s actions, I’m perfectly fine if you decide he should stay far away from the Austin’s and O’Keefe’s.) Maybe Zachary could meet someone he never met in canon? Like, how fascinating would a meeting between Zachary and Canon Tallis be? Or what about Emily Gregory? She’d probably have heard about him from the Austins. (I suddenly find myself wanting to ship them!)
That is all completely optional, of course! I didn’t ask for any other characters and I think a Zachary solo fic would make a lot of sense, too.
(If you find you absolutely cannot write Zachary fic, I’d be happy to take Vicky/Adam fic! Or Suzy/Dave? How did they end up together?)
Canon: The L’Engle canon is long and complicated, but the books Zachary appears in are The Moon By Night, A Ring of Endless Light, A House Like a Lotus and An Acceptable Time
Elementary
Sherlock Holmes, Joan Watson
I love Joan and Sherlock’s relationship so much. I don’t think I want them together right now, but sometimes the show makes me imagine all kinds of shippy things. So I’d be into something set a little in the future where they’re together and their case discussions include makeouts! But I also love their relationship as it is now. They’re so close and they really are good for each other. Basically, I just want more of them!
I don’t have a lot to add to that, other than feel free to include other characters as needed! I’ve only seen through the middle of the first season, but I’m reasonably spoiled and I should be caught up before Yuletide.
Canon: The show is currently airing its second season. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be available for free, legal streaming anywhere.
Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews
Curran Lennart, Kate Daniels
This is similar to my Elementary request in that I just want more of this relationship! I love these two so much. I love how solid they are. I love how they’ve fought for their relationship and decided over and over again that they want to be together, despite any problems. I love how the thing that pisses Curran off most is Kate not talking to him. Anyway, just a slice-of-life fic would be great! Some happy moment between them. Feel free to take into the future. What does life look like them after Roland is defeated?
Every year or so, there’s a book or book series that I fall completely in love with. Kate Daniels was that series this year. And I want more. If you’ve read the sixth book, feel free to write something dealing with Kate and Curran’s relationship in the aftermath of all that.
And feel free to include other characters! Something I really appreciate about this series is that Kate has other females in her life. That’s something I find missing in a lot of urban fantasy. I ship Julie/Derek down the line. And if you’re inspired to write something plotty, go for it!
Canon: There are six books in the main series, plus a spin off novel and lots of extras. You can find out about them here.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
Paul Rodman, Lena Kaligaris
Remember Paul and Lena’s awesome meeting in book 2? And all their great scenes in book 3? It seemed like it was going to be a lovely story of moving on from your first love and finding a new relationship. But instead, that story thread was completely dropped. It would make me very happy if you gave me a little Paul/Lena! Whether it’s a getting together story or a glimpse of an established relationship, I just want to see what might have been.
One thing that kind of frustrated me about this series is everyone wound up with their first love (except, of course, poor Carmen who didn’t have one). Now I LOVE Bee/Eric and I can take or leave Tibby/Brian, but I thought, when it came to Kostos, he and Lena missed their chance and grew apart. And I think that can be a really cool story to tell. People DO move on from the first loves. People change from who they were were at age 15. It doesn’t mean that Kostos or Lena is a bad person, it just means they weren’t right for each other anymore.
Of course, that’s not the interpretation the series went with and I did like the Lena/Kostos letters in Sisterhood Everlasting, but ohhh. I feel such a pang for Lena/Paul and the story I thought I was going to get.
So yeah! Take it where you will! I’d rather have everything after book 3 ignored than a fic that villainizes or kills off Kostos, but I’ll take Paul/Lena in any form! (And feel to include other characters as you’d like.)
Canon: There are five main books in this series, plus a spinoff book, but, of the purposes of this request, you really only need to deal with the first three. And those are: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Sisterhood of the Travling Pants and Girls in Pants.
Looking forward to December 25th,
katayla
Hi! Thank you for writing a fic for me! Mostly, I’m excited to read what you’re excited to write, so please don’t feel too worried if you have an idea that’s just slightly different than my ramblings.
I’m a shipper, so some of these requests are on the shippy side. BUT I’m also fascinated by what draws people together in general, so it doesn’t have to be a romantic story. (And I’m fine with or without sex.) (Romantic stories are very welcome, though!)
If you want to write a big epic, I’m all for that, but I also really love slice-of-life fic. Just a little glimpse of characters hanging out or talking or doing what they do. I also like future fic! What do these characters’ lives look like in 10 years? 20? Further?
My LJ is pretty locked up, but I have a public blog here and you can also find me on GoodReads and Twitter. Oh! And I am also Katayla on Ao3. Feel free to poke around my fic!
Requests are in alphabetical order!
16th Century CE RPF
Charles Brandon, Mary Tudor of France
Woman falling in love with her brother's best friend! A secret relationship! Defying the odds! This is a real life relationship full of great tropes. I’d love to see a glimpse of them together at any point in their relationship.
I requested this in 2010 and 2011 and I’m bringing it back.
Mary was Henry VIII’s sister; Charles was Henry’s best friend. There aren’t a lot of concrete details about what happened, but this is my interpretation: Mary and Charles were in love, but Mary, being a princess, had to marry the King of France for political reasons. However, she made Henry promise that he’d let her marry whoever she wanted when/if she got married again. Her husband died, but she was afraid Henry would take his word back, so she and Charles secretly got married. This made Henry pretty angry, but he eventually consented to the match (but made them pay a huge fine). Mary and Charles had a long and (we think) happy marriage. (He did marry his teenage ward right after Mary died, but there were probably monetary reasons for that.)
Anyway, you don’t have to include all of that in a fic! (Though if you want to write a novel . . . YES PLEASE.) Anything along the way would be great! How did they fall in love? How aware was Henry of their feelings? (There are different opinions on that.) How happy were they when they could finally be together? What was their marriage like? Etc!
Canon: Not much! (So this might be a good one to try if you’re stuck on another prompt.) I’d suggest read their wikipedia pages (Mary, Charles). Other than that, there isn’t much out there.
Austin & Murry-O'Keefe Families - Madeleine L'Engle
Zachary Gray
I’ve been re-reading this series with friends and I just . . . want to know Zachary ends up okay. I feel like we get to see a lot his journey towards being a better person, but we don’t get all the way there. I’d love to see a glimpse of where he ends up.
Oh Zachary. I don’t want to excuse his actions, but I get him, I think. I relate to some of the things he struggles with. I think we really do seem him trying to change and he fails, oh he fails, but I like to think he got there in the end.
Given L’Engle’s perchance for crossing over characters, feel free to include anyone! (Though considering Zachary’s actions, I’m perfectly fine if you decide he should stay far away from the Austin’s and O’Keefe’s.) Maybe Zachary could meet someone he never met in canon? Like, how fascinating would a meeting between Zachary and Canon Tallis be? Or what about Emily Gregory? She’d probably have heard about him from the Austins. (I suddenly find myself wanting to ship them!)
That is all completely optional, of course! I didn’t ask for any other characters and I think a Zachary solo fic would make a lot of sense, too.
(If you find you absolutely cannot write Zachary fic, I’d be happy to take Vicky/Adam fic! Or Suzy/Dave? How did they end up together?)
Canon: The L’Engle canon is long and complicated, but the books Zachary appears in are The Moon By Night, A Ring of Endless Light, A House Like a Lotus and An Acceptable Time
Elementary
Sherlock Holmes, Joan Watson
I love Joan and Sherlock’s relationship so much. I don’t think I want them together right now, but sometimes the show makes me imagine all kinds of shippy things. So I’d be into something set a little in the future where they’re together and their case discussions include makeouts! But I also love their relationship as it is now. They’re so close and they really are good for each other. Basically, I just want more of them!
I don’t have a lot to add to that, other than feel free to include other characters as needed! I’ve only seen through the middle of the first season, but I’m reasonably spoiled and I should be caught up before Yuletide.
Canon: The show is currently airing its second season. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be available for free, legal streaming anywhere.
Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews
Curran Lennart, Kate Daniels
This is similar to my Elementary request in that I just want more of this relationship! I love these two so much. I love how solid they are. I love how they’ve fought for their relationship and decided over and over again that they want to be together, despite any problems. I love how the thing that pisses Curran off most is Kate not talking to him. Anyway, just a slice-of-life fic would be great! Some happy moment between them. Feel free to take into the future. What does life look like them after Roland is defeated?
Every year or so, there’s a book or book series that I fall completely in love with. Kate Daniels was that series this year. And I want more. If you’ve read the sixth book, feel free to write something dealing with Kate and Curran’s relationship in the aftermath of all that.
And feel free to include other characters! Something I really appreciate about this series is that Kate has other females in her life. That’s something I find missing in a lot of urban fantasy. I ship Julie/Derek down the line. And if you’re inspired to write something plotty, go for it!
Canon: There are six books in the main series, plus a spin off novel and lots of extras. You can find out about them here.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
Paul Rodman, Lena Kaligaris
Remember Paul and Lena’s awesome meeting in book 2? And all their great scenes in book 3? It seemed like it was going to be a lovely story of moving on from your first love and finding a new relationship. But instead, that story thread was completely dropped. It would make me very happy if you gave me a little Paul/Lena! Whether it’s a getting together story or a glimpse of an established relationship, I just want to see what might have been.
One thing that kind of frustrated me about this series is everyone wound up with their first love (except, of course, poor Carmen who didn’t have one). Now I LOVE Bee/Eric and I can take or leave Tibby/Brian, but I thought, when it came to Kostos, he and Lena missed their chance and grew apart. And I think that can be a really cool story to tell. People DO move on from the first loves. People change from who they were were at age 15. It doesn’t mean that Kostos or Lena is a bad person, it just means they weren’t right for each other anymore.
Of course, that’s not the interpretation the series went with and I did like the Lena/Kostos letters in Sisterhood Everlasting, but ohhh. I feel such a pang for Lena/Paul and the story I thought I was going to get.
So yeah! Take it where you will! I’d rather have everything after book 3 ignored than a fic that villainizes or kills off Kostos, but I’ll take Paul/Lena in any form! (And feel to include other characters as you’d like.)
Canon: There are five main books in this series, plus a spinoff book, but, of the purposes of this request, you really only need to deal with the first three. And those are: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Sisterhood of the Travling Pants and Girls in Pants.
Looking forward to December 25th,
katayla