letter for rareshipswap
I really am not picky. I'll love whatever is written for me. I don't tend to come up with specific prompts as I want my writer to go with their muse, but the basics are below as well as some suggestions that you are completely free to ignore because optional details are optional.
I do list a few things I don't like at all and I'm sure you'll take those into account because you're awesome. Also, I love any rating, pretty much any genre, het, slash and gen, and dark stuff (even noncon) is AOK with me. If you want to see what I like to read, just check out what I write, either at AO3 (ladyoneill) or my website, www.meanderingmuse.com
But, again, write wherever your muse takes you!
First a few things I don't enjoy: second person, scat and watersports, incest, deathfic (unless specifically asked for or it's a canon character death), mpreg (except a few fandoms where I love it and write it obsessively ie Teen Wolf), babies/kids dying unless in canon or very minor characters, ABO dynamics, bashing characters (unless the characters do it in canon), all human AUs (which probably don't apply here), high school AUs, complete AUs where people are placed in different eras or different places or space, when, for example, the fandom is set in 2014 California, and, finally always a different gender characters. I prefer fics that are AU from canon but still have the canon characteristics (vampires are vampires for example) and the characters are the ages and genders they are on the show/in the book etc.
I'm not a huge fan of complete fluff but love happy endings. I love angst and dark stuff and kink other than the ones listed above that I don't like. I also love domestic stories, and character driven stories, and baby/kid fics. I'm a historian at heart (and degrees) so historical accuracy or at least along the lines of the fandom is greatly appreciated. Oh, and I don't mind infidelity; I know some people do. While I used to love first person, I find myself preferring third these days but like either present or past tense, and I love flashbacks. I also will get thrown out of a fic by using language or grammar particular to a country that is not canon. I know this can be difficult, but four of the five fandoms I requested are set in America. I'm an American. There are places online where you can find the American equivalent to English terms like sweater over jumper and mom over mum etc.
Always remember please that gen fic is fine! As long as you write about at least one of the pairings I listed, I'll be thrilled.
Oh, also, if you want to throw in other characters from the fandom not listed or in the tagset as minor characters, feel free. There are none in any of the fandoms I've requested that I don't like.
1) Teen Wolf is my current big fandom and has been for about 2 1/2 years. I especially love the adults (not evil Peter being my favorite) and Stiles and Lydia. I'm not a big fan of any of the other teens but I'm fine with them being secondary characters in the story. I adore the Sheriff--John please--and prefer him to a be the great dad he is on the show. I like my Stiles smart and sassy. I love Derek being all stoic on the outside yet tender on the inside. I prefer Stiles as a bottom, otherwise I'm fine with the male characters being either top or bottom. Lydia's the real alpha anyway.
2 & 3) Buffy and Angel: I've always seen these as one big fandom and obviously the pairings are meant to be that way since Illyria was never on Buffy. I love wicked Faith, confused but not completely evil Illyria, darker Wes. I'm happy as a clam with a not completely insane Angelus or a darkish Angel. Spike is my...well, Spike is just my everything. He's my favorite character--I love him with Buffy, with Dru, with Angel, with Darla, with Willow, with Illyria etc. This was my first fandom; it's still dear to my heart and I still occasionally write in it. Please don't bash Buffy. I love her with both Angel and Spike and as a strong female character. The only character I'm really not a big fan of is Xander.
4) Supernatural: I'm a big Cas/Dean fan but that's obviously not allowed. *g* I actually wrote a Crowley/Dean fic recently--I love demon Dean and somewhat human Crowley. They have an interesting dynamic. I'm a big fan of the possibility of Sam/Jody and would love anything with them.
5) Penny Dreadful: I pretty much mainlined this show over a two week period. Love it. Especially love Dorian and when he hooked up with Ethan I was thrilled silly. My main 'ships are Dorian/Ethan and Dorian/Vanessa, Malcolm/Vanessa but if you want to throw all three together, I'm fine and dandy with it. I've long been a fan of supernatural stuff and England and the Victorian time period so this show hits all kind of kinks for me. In fact, I have a degree in English history so I appreciate any effort made to be historically accurate (also love the architecture, interior design and fashion of the time.)
I do list a few things I don't like at all and I'm sure you'll take those into account because you're awesome. Also, I love any rating, pretty much any genre, het, slash and gen, and dark stuff (even noncon) is AOK with me. If you want to see what I like to read, just check out what I write, either at AO3 (ladyoneill) or my website, www.meanderingmuse.com
But, again, write wherever your muse takes you!
First a few things I don't enjoy: second person, scat and watersports, incest, deathfic (unless specifically asked for or it's a canon character death), mpreg (except a few fandoms where I love it and write it obsessively ie Teen Wolf), babies/kids dying unless in canon or very minor characters, ABO dynamics, bashing characters (unless the characters do it in canon), all human AUs (which probably don't apply here), high school AUs, complete AUs where people are placed in different eras or different places or space, when, for example, the fandom is set in 2014 California, and, finally always a different gender characters. I prefer fics that are AU from canon but still have the canon characteristics (vampires are vampires for example) and the characters are the ages and genders they are on the show/in the book etc.
I'm not a huge fan of complete fluff but love happy endings. I love angst and dark stuff and kink other than the ones listed above that I don't like. I also love domestic stories, and character driven stories, and baby/kid fics. I'm a historian at heart (and degrees) so historical accuracy or at least along the lines of the fandom is greatly appreciated. Oh, and I don't mind infidelity; I know some people do. While I used to love first person, I find myself preferring third these days but like either present or past tense, and I love flashbacks. I also will get thrown out of a fic by using language or grammar particular to a country that is not canon. I know this can be difficult, but four of the five fandoms I requested are set in America. I'm an American. There are places online where you can find the American equivalent to English terms like sweater over jumper and mom over mum etc.
Always remember please that gen fic is fine! As long as you write about at least one of the pairings I listed, I'll be thrilled.
Oh, also, if you want to throw in other characters from the fandom not listed or in the tagset as minor characters, feel free. There are none in any of the fandoms I've requested that I don't like.
1) Teen Wolf is my current big fandom and has been for about 2 1/2 years. I especially love the adults (not evil Peter being my favorite) and Stiles and Lydia. I'm not a big fan of any of the other teens but I'm fine with them being secondary characters in the story. I adore the Sheriff--John please--and prefer him to a be the great dad he is on the show. I like my Stiles smart and sassy. I love Derek being all stoic on the outside yet tender on the inside. I prefer Stiles as a bottom, otherwise I'm fine with the male characters being either top or bottom. Lydia's the real alpha anyway.
2 & 3) Buffy and Angel: I've always seen these as one big fandom and obviously the pairings are meant to be that way since Illyria was never on Buffy. I love wicked Faith, confused but not completely evil Illyria, darker Wes. I'm happy as a clam with a not completely insane Angelus or a darkish Angel. Spike is my...well, Spike is just my everything. He's my favorite character--I love him with Buffy, with Dru, with Angel, with Darla, with Willow, with Illyria etc. This was my first fandom; it's still dear to my heart and I still occasionally write in it. Please don't bash Buffy. I love her with both Angel and Spike and as a strong female character. The only character I'm really not a big fan of is Xander.
4) Supernatural: I'm a big Cas/Dean fan but that's obviously not allowed. *g* I actually wrote a Crowley/Dean fic recently--I love demon Dean and somewhat human Crowley. They have an interesting dynamic. I'm a big fan of the possibility of Sam/Jody and would love anything with them.
5) Penny Dreadful: I pretty much mainlined this show over a two week period. Love it. Especially love Dorian and when he hooked up with Ethan I was thrilled silly. My main 'ships are Dorian/Ethan and Dorian/Vanessa, Malcolm/Vanessa but if you want to throw all three together, I'm fine and dandy with it. I've long been a fan of supernatural stuff and England and the Victorian time period so this show hits all kind of kinks for me. In fact, I have a degree in English history so I appreciate any effort made to be historically accurate (also love the architecture, interior design and fashion of the time.)