Dear Yuletide writer!
Sorry! I hope you haven't needed to be refreshing too much!
I confess that I'm cobbling this together from other letters, and you can find those under the dear writer tag, if you want... I was going to say more information, but realistically it's the same information repeated in different ways. *wry grin*
I will say, though, that if you have an idea that you want to write for whatever fandom/s we've matched on? Write it. Ignore whatever I've said below and write it, seriously. If you're having a ball, that shines through no matter what you're writing, and I'll love it, too.
If you're panicking about producing a fic where people have to Do Stuff, and there should probably be Plot and a Story Arc, and Character Development, and Characters Learning Shit! You totally don't have to. I'm all for 1,001 words of lazy Sunday afternoon; a bunch of vignettes or drabbles; a slice-of-life; a five-times fic; a missing scene or chapter, etc etc... I mean, if you've been bitten by a bunny that is all about the Plotty Character Development then shit yeah, run with it and be joyous. But it's not required.
Likes
I'm happy with any 'level' of rating and relationship, from gen friendship to no-sex-shown relationship, to graphic, kinky sex. I have a power play kink, but don't feel at all obliged to include that if it's not your cup of tea.
I like complicated, human relationships. The sort of relationships where you know the other person really well -- how to needle and hurt the other person, just as well as how to make them happy, and which option to choose, and keep choosing. I prefer non-miserable endings to peoples' relationships, but take it where the story feels like!
I have a competency-kink a mile long. It doesn't matter what people are doing specifically, anything from baking a cake to putting together machinery. I just really enjoy watching people do things well with assurance and skill. See also: physical competency, the ability to kick someone's butt etc. :D
Intimacy. I don't just mean sex or physical touch -- that ease you get with someone when you've been together forever, and can hang out in their personal space and never bump into them; all the inside jokes you build up; knowing they're okay or not okay at a glance. That sort of thing.
Happy endings, although I get that they might not always be possible. If a happy ending doesn't work for your fic, I'd totally go for bittersweet 'things are still fucked, but we're still together and hanging in there' in its place :D
Dislikes
For Yuletide this year, I'd rather not read rape/non-con. I have a strong embarrassment/disappointment squick, which mostly manifests in a 'person gets their hopes up about X, and then gets those hopes squashed or gets laughed at.' I can deal with it better if, by the end of the fic, the person has rationalised it as a learning experience/can laugh about it and generally doesn't feel upset anymore.
Cry to Judas
Oh my god, so many complicated places you could take this. Or simple places. To be honest, I don't have a firm grasp on the narrative the vid is telling, and maybe there *isn't* one. There are so many threads here, and you could pick one and follow it (the pregnant girl with the presumably anti-abortion mother) or you could damn near braid a bunch of threads together (the pregnant girl and the 'satanist' girl who has a crush on her... etc, was roughly how I was interpreting that sequence, but again, is so wide open to interpretation). You're welcome to take any thread, and any relationship combo (gen/het/slash/femslash) and run with it.
Cyteen
This is the little unlikely-fill-fandom-hope I keep carrying from Yuletide to Yuletide. :)
I loved Cyteen and Regenesis, and I'm craving Justin/Grant fic to round out the experience for me. The fact that their relationship is canon delights my soul, and those little touches (the horrifying note under Justin's pillow; the delightful moments in the morning after Justin gets back from Playns etc) has left me craving so much more of it (see the intimacy-like above :D). They were under so much pressure for so long and I'd love to see how they helped each other through. I'm happy for there to be explicit sex, fade to black, or no sex at all. Take it where ever you're comfortable :)
Alternately, I am always, always up for Catlin and Florian being competent and awesome. I'd rather they weren't explicitly a couple, but if you happen to have a bunny that includes them being together, then I'm game :)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
This is sort of a sneak-signup drift for me, a little. I love Tick, and his relationship with his still-wife and especially his son. If Benjamin had been a nominated character, I would have hands down requested a fic about him. As it is, I'd love a fic with Tick and Felicia back in Sydney, with a side serving of 'omg, looking after a kid, do we know how to do this?' :D
Alien: Resurrection
Ripley here is competency-kink incarnate for me :D The tension between Ripley and Call was electric, and I love Call desperately *wanting* to be human, as much as I love Ripley looking curiously at her human side, seeming to wonder what it was... Would be delighted by femslash, but would be equally pleased with gen friendship, or a solo character study of either/both of them.
I hope that helps! If you want more info, or you have questions, you can PM
meghanc and they'll pass messages back and forth accordingly. Good luck, and have fun (and, lets face it, stress the hell out, but I hope the fun and excite balances out!).
I confess that I'm cobbling this together from other letters, and you can find those under the dear writer tag, if you want... I was going to say more information, but realistically it's the same information repeated in different ways. *wry grin*
I will say, though, that if you have an idea that you want to write for whatever fandom/s we've matched on? Write it. Ignore whatever I've said below and write it, seriously. If you're having a ball, that shines through no matter what you're writing, and I'll love it, too.
If you're panicking about producing a fic where people have to Do Stuff, and there should probably be Plot and a Story Arc, and Character Development, and Characters Learning Shit! You totally don't have to. I'm all for 1,001 words of lazy Sunday afternoon; a bunch of vignettes or drabbles; a slice-of-life; a five-times fic; a missing scene or chapter, etc etc... I mean, if you've been bitten by a bunny that is all about the Plotty Character Development then shit yeah, run with it and be joyous. But it's not required.
Likes
I'm happy with any 'level' of rating and relationship, from gen friendship to no-sex-shown relationship, to graphic, kinky sex. I have a power play kink, but don't feel at all obliged to include that if it's not your cup of tea.
I like complicated, human relationships. The sort of relationships where you know the other person really well -- how to needle and hurt the other person, just as well as how to make them happy, and which option to choose, and keep choosing. I prefer non-miserable endings to peoples' relationships, but take it where the story feels like!
I have a competency-kink a mile long. It doesn't matter what people are doing specifically, anything from baking a cake to putting together machinery. I just really enjoy watching people do things well with assurance and skill. See also: physical competency, the ability to kick someone's butt etc. :D
Intimacy. I don't just mean sex or physical touch -- that ease you get with someone when you've been together forever, and can hang out in their personal space and never bump into them; all the inside jokes you build up; knowing they're okay or not okay at a glance. That sort of thing.
Happy endings, although I get that they might not always be possible. If a happy ending doesn't work for your fic, I'd totally go for bittersweet 'things are still fucked, but we're still together and hanging in there' in its place :D
Dislikes
For Yuletide this year, I'd rather not read rape/non-con. I have a strong embarrassment/disappointment squick, which mostly manifests in a 'person gets their hopes up about X, and then gets those hopes squashed or gets laughed at.' I can deal with it better if, by the end of the fic, the person has rationalised it as a learning experience/can laugh about it and generally doesn't feel upset anymore.
Cry to Judas
Oh my god, so many complicated places you could take this. Or simple places. To be honest, I don't have a firm grasp on the narrative the vid is telling, and maybe there *isn't* one. There are so many threads here, and you could pick one and follow it (the pregnant girl with the presumably anti-abortion mother) or you could damn near braid a bunch of threads together (the pregnant girl and the 'satanist' girl who has a crush on her... etc, was roughly how I was interpreting that sequence, but again, is so wide open to interpretation). You're welcome to take any thread, and any relationship combo (gen/het/slash/femslash) and run with it.
Cyteen
This is the little unlikely-fill-fandom-hope I keep carrying from Yuletide to Yuletide. :)
I loved Cyteen and Regenesis, and I'm craving Justin/Grant fic to round out the experience for me. The fact that their relationship is canon delights my soul, and those little touches (the horrifying note under Justin's pillow; the delightful moments in the morning after Justin gets back from Playns etc) has left me craving so much more of it (see the intimacy-like above :D). They were under so much pressure for so long and I'd love to see how they helped each other through. I'm happy for there to be explicit sex, fade to black, or no sex at all. Take it where ever you're comfortable :)
Alternately, I am always, always up for Catlin and Florian being competent and awesome. I'd rather they weren't explicitly a couple, but if you happen to have a bunny that includes them being together, then I'm game :)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
This is sort of a sneak-signup drift for me, a little. I love Tick, and his relationship with his still-wife and especially his son. If Benjamin had been a nominated character, I would have hands down requested a fic about him. As it is, I'd love a fic with Tick and Felicia back in Sydney, with a side serving of 'omg, looking after a kid, do we know how to do this?' :D
Alien: Resurrection
Ripley here is competency-kink incarnate for me :D The tension between Ripley and Call was electric, and I love Call desperately *wanting* to be human, as much as I love Ripley looking curiously at her human side, seeming to wonder what it was... Would be delighted by femslash, but would be equally pleased with gen friendship, or a solo character study of either/both of them.
I hope that helps! If you want more info, or you have questions, you can PM
meghanc and they'll pass messages back and forth accordingly. Good luck, and have fun (and, lets face it, stress the hell out, but I hope the fun and excite balances out!).