Dear Yuletide Writer
Yesss, it's Yuletide! The first section of this letter is lterally copy-and-pasted from last year, because I'm lazy.
In general, I tend to prefer light-hearted stories over angsty or dark ones. I like shippy fluff, but I also like characters who are very bad at saying 'I love you' by using their words, rather than er, just shooting, hacking, or insulting someone, so ... in some of these cases, fluff may be in the eye of the beholder?
RED (movies)
requested character(s): Han Cho Bai
Give me Han being a badass, cold-hearted, hot-tempered assassin with a thing about people stealing his plane. If you're in the mood for something shippy, I'd love to see him (grudgingly and/or enthusiastically) get up, close and personal with Victoria, Frank & Sarah, or any other character(s) you feel inclined to ship him with. If gen is more your cup of tea, I'd love something about his career as a contract killer - 5 times he killed someone with a piece of paper? Taking out an ad and setting up job interviews for his PAs? I'd rather not get anything focused on his career as a spy and/or his subsequent imprisonment after Frank framed him.
The first movie gave us Cooper, the family man with the cute hair, who called Frank 'Grandpa' and who left me convinced the second movie could never be as good as the first one. And then the second movie gave us Han, and I felt proven wrong. I love that Han is not just a contract killer, but ~*~the very best contract killer in the world~*~. (Is there a ranking? A points system?) I love how he completely and utterly loses his cool where Frank is involved. I love that he's badass and grumpy and willing to put personal grievances aside for a greater good. I love that he's down for driving the car while Victoria shoots people.
Feel free to include any other living characters from the movies. Any rating welcome, and definitely also game for PWP.
Yes please: assassinations, Han's car and plane feelings, curtain fic (with or without background assassinations), Han's Frank feelings, canon typical violence, canon typical badassery, Han being a grumpy cat
Rather not: h/c, angst, non con
Samurai Deeper Kyo
requested character(s): Akira, Benitora, Yuya
Aw yeah, Akira! I love that he's proud and headstrong and Cool (except when he isn't) and super passionate about Kyo Being the Best. I love that his first response to Benitora is 'eh *dismissive shrug*' because he immediately pegs to the fact that indifference is the one thing Benitora cannot stand. Well, or because he really does feel 'eh *dismissive shrug*' about Benitora. That seems likely enough, too. I like that, as the series go on, they develop a more ... mutually annoying relationship, with a bickering-BFF kind of vibe.
And then there's Yuya who - look, I know canon does this thing where Kyo insults her all the time (while secretly he loves her) and she acts angry with him lots of the time (while secretly she loves him back) but I loved her interactions with Akira, and I'd have been 100% on board with them as endgame. He admires her, he protects her, he - all right, so he starts with kidnapping her nobody's perfect! but he still develops feelings for her during that, and for Akira 'the only one worthy of my loyalty is Kyo', that's pretty exceptional.
I'd love shippy fic for either Akira/Yuya, Akira/Benitora or Akira/Benitora/Yuya. I'm not really interested in Benitora/Yuya on its own (sorry, Tora, I guess 'trying to spy on a woman while she's bathing' somehow counts heavier against you than 'kidnapping' does against Akira?) and if you're writing A/Y or A/B, I'm A-OK with the third wheel being left out of the fic.
Yes Please: Akira losing his cool, Akira not losing his cool, Benitora being a goofball, Yuya being practical, OT3 roadtrip, over the top dramatics with no or low stakes, bounty hunting, curtain-fic-except-not-really-because-I-cannot-picture them-settled-down-and-needing-curtains (but, like, 'which inn shall we stay in tonight?' fic or 'let's buy some supplies here' fic?), Oblivious Idiots in Love
Rather not: angsty pining or angst in general, major character death, that whole thing with Akira not having samurai blood so he can never blah blah blah, a huge focus on Benitora's responsibilities as his dad's heir
The Archangel Protocol Series - Lyda Morehouse
requested character(s): Mouse, Deirdre
Oops, I ship it? Then again, so does Mouse, so hey, at least I'm in good bad company? I loved their interactions and Mouse's crush and Page, but as cool as the setting and the plot for this series was, I confess I'm mostly here for something cute and fun (or hot and fun) involving these two and maybe a bit of hacking or pranking or slightly illegal activities. And/or flirtatious banter. And/or cat-and-cat interactions with an undertone of sincere affection/admiration.
I confess this fandom got added a bit last-minute, so this section of the letter is a bit short, sorry.
Yes Please: competence kink, I-love/want-you-even-if-you-put-me-in-jail/I-love/want-you-even-if-you-drive-me-nuts, (over)dramatic declarations of love, humor
Rather Not: (Deirde still having feelings for) Michael (including negative ones; I'd rather just have the story set either before he happened, or at a point where Deirdre's over him), major character death, no-means-yes (if they do anything more than talk, I'd like Deirdre to explicitly be okay with that)
Burnt (2015)
requested character(s): Adam, Reece, Tony
Reece discovers Adam has not, in fact, left Tony alone and decides that drastic action is called for, and possibly a cook-off, or whatever it is chefs do when they hit the 'pistols at dawn, SIR!' stage of a relationship. Or something completely different. Something completely different works, too.
That first paragraph notwithstanding (or is it?), Tony was my favorite character in this movie, and I would love something where someone's world revolves around him, be it Reece or Adam or both of them. (Adam discovers Tony and Reece are in a relationship and has to deal with that? Reece makes a play for Tony in a professional capacity but gets misunderstood and realizes that he really doesn't trust anyone else to make Tony happy, so why not? Tony ends up with two boyfriends, zero fucks to give about what anyone else is thinking and all the romance/sex he didn't get while he was younger?)
Feel free to also involve Max or not, as you see fit, as part of the Everyone Loves Tony conspiracy or not, as you wish. (I'm tickled someone nominated him, but I hadn't planned on requesting anything with him, so sorry if this comes across a bit slap-dash.)
Yes Please: romantic hijinks, competitiveness, possessiveness/protectiveness, food being involved in some way even if it's just a mention of someone cooking breakfast
Rather Not: angsty pining, h/c, major character death, rape/non con (dub con and/or use of food as aphrodisiacs A-OK)
This entry was also posted at Dreamwidth.
In general, I tend to prefer light-hearted stories over angsty or dark ones. I like shippy fluff, but I also like characters who are very bad at saying 'I love you' by using their words, rather than er, just shooting, hacking, or insulting someone, so ... in some of these cases, fluff may be in the eye of the beholder?
RED (movies)
requested character(s): Han Cho Bai
Give me Han being a badass, cold-hearted, hot-tempered assassin with a thing about people stealing his plane. If you're in the mood for something shippy, I'd love to see him (grudgingly and/or enthusiastically) get up, close and personal with Victoria, Frank & Sarah, or any other character(s) you feel inclined to ship him with. If gen is more your cup of tea, I'd love something about his career as a contract killer - 5 times he killed someone with a piece of paper? Taking out an ad and setting up job interviews for his PAs? I'd rather not get anything focused on his career as a spy and/or his subsequent imprisonment after Frank framed him.
The first movie gave us Cooper, the family man with the cute hair, who called Frank 'Grandpa' and who left me convinced the second movie could never be as good as the first one. And then the second movie gave us Han, and I felt proven wrong. I love that Han is not just a contract killer, but ~*~the very best contract killer in the world~*~. (Is there a ranking? A points system?) I love how he completely and utterly loses his cool where Frank is involved. I love that he's badass and grumpy and willing to put personal grievances aside for a greater good. I love that he's down for driving the car while Victoria shoots people.
Feel free to include any other living characters from the movies. Any rating welcome, and definitely also game for PWP.
Yes please: assassinations, Han's car and plane feelings, curtain fic (with or without background assassinations), Han's Frank feelings, canon typical violence, canon typical badassery, Han being a grumpy cat
Rather not: h/c, angst, non con
Samurai Deeper Kyo
requested character(s): Akira, Benitora, Yuya
Aw yeah, Akira! I love that he's proud and headstrong and Cool (except when he isn't) and super passionate about Kyo Being the Best. I love that his first response to Benitora is 'eh *dismissive shrug*' because he immediately pegs to the fact that indifference is the one thing Benitora cannot stand. Well, or because he really does feel 'eh *dismissive shrug*' about Benitora. That seems likely enough, too. I like that, as the series go on, they develop a more ... mutually annoying relationship, with a bickering-BFF kind of vibe.
And then there's Yuya who - look, I know canon does this thing where Kyo insults her all the time (while secretly he loves her) and she acts angry with him lots of the time (while secretly she loves him back) but I loved her interactions with Akira, and I'd have been 100% on board with them as endgame. He admires her, he protects her, he - all right, so he starts with kidnapping her nobody's perfect! but he still develops feelings for her during that, and for Akira 'the only one worthy of my loyalty is Kyo', that's pretty exceptional.
I'd love shippy fic for either Akira/Yuya, Akira/Benitora or Akira/Benitora/Yuya. I'm not really interested in Benitora/Yuya on its own (sorry, Tora, I guess 'trying to spy on a woman while she's bathing' somehow counts heavier against you than 'kidnapping' does against Akira?) and if you're writing A/Y or A/B, I'm A-OK with the third wheel being left out of the fic.
Yes Please: Akira losing his cool, Akira not losing his cool, Benitora being a goofball, Yuya being practical, OT3 roadtrip, over the top dramatics with no or low stakes, bounty hunting, curtain-fic-except-not-really-because-I-cannot-picture them-settled-down-and-needing-curtains (but, like, 'which inn shall we stay in tonight?' fic or 'let's buy some supplies here' fic?), Oblivious Idiots in Love
Rather not: angsty pining or angst in general, major character death, that whole thing with Akira not having samurai blood so he can never blah blah blah, a huge focus on Benitora's responsibilities as his dad's heir
The Archangel Protocol Series - Lyda Morehouse
requested character(s): Mouse, Deirdre
Oops, I ship it? Then again, so does Mouse, so hey, at least I'm in good bad company? I loved their interactions and Mouse's crush and Page, but as cool as the setting and the plot for this series was, I confess I'm mostly here for something cute and fun (or hot and fun) involving these two and maybe a bit of hacking or pranking or slightly illegal activities. And/or flirtatious banter. And/or cat-and-cat interactions with an undertone of sincere affection/admiration.
I confess this fandom got added a bit last-minute, so this section of the letter is a bit short, sorry.
Yes Please: competence kink, I-love/want-you-even-if-you-put-me-in-jail/I-love/want-you-even-if-you-drive-me-nuts, (over)dramatic declarations of love, humor
Rather Not: (Deirde still having feelings for) Michael (including negative ones; I'd rather just have the story set either before he happened, or at a point where Deirdre's over him), major character death, no-means-yes (if they do anything more than talk, I'd like Deirdre to explicitly be okay with that)
Burnt (2015)
requested character(s): Adam, Reece, Tony
Reece discovers Adam has not, in fact, left Tony alone and decides that drastic action is called for, and possibly a cook-off, or whatever it is chefs do when they hit the 'pistols at dawn, SIR!' stage of a relationship. Or something completely different. Something completely different works, too.
That first paragraph notwithstanding (or is it?), Tony was my favorite character in this movie, and I would love something where someone's world revolves around him, be it Reece or Adam or both of them. (Adam discovers Tony and Reece are in a relationship and has to deal with that? Reece makes a play for Tony in a professional capacity but gets misunderstood and realizes that he really doesn't trust anyone else to make Tony happy, so why not? Tony ends up with two boyfriends, zero fucks to give about what anyone else is thinking and all the romance/sex he didn't get while he was younger?)
Feel free to also involve Max or not, as you see fit, as part of the Everyone Loves Tony conspiracy or not, as you wish. (I'm tickled someone nominated him, but I hadn't planned on requesting anything with him, so sorry if this comes across a bit slap-dash.)
Yes Please: romantic hijinks, competitiveness, possessiveness/protectiveness, food being involved in some way even if it's just a mention of someone cooking breakfast
Rather Not: angsty pining, h/c, major character death, rape/non con (dub con and/or use of food as aphrodisiacs A-OK)
This entry was also posted at Dreamwidth.