you always knew how to push my buttons

Oct 17, 2015 17:40

Dear yuletide writer person:

First of all, I want to say a big thank you for agreeing to write a story for me. I love all the characters I've chosen, so I will be happy with a story for any request. If you've already got a story in mind, then go for it! These are all just possible jumping off points if you feel the need.

Since it's entirely possible we don't know each other, I figured I'd give you some basics about me and some tips on the kinds of things I like/dislike in stories:

Where to find me: I am victoria_p/
musesfool on AO3, and
cacchieressa on tumblr, plus I have a recs journal at
unfitforsociety.

Likes: Banter, people who are friends having fun/adventures together, people being good friends to each other, baking, competence, crossovers (between canons I'm familiar with), roadtrips, humor, meet-cutes, fake dating, reunionating, hugs!, enthusiastic consent, ridiculous rom com tropes (e.g., there's only one bed at the hotel! or "we have to get out of these wet clothes!" etc.), and hopeful endings. I also like stories that are wistful/bittersweet/achy or that leave me laughing and crying, so if you can make me laugh and cry at the same time, I will make heart-eyes at you.

I enjoy five things type stories, and I know that sometimes in an exchange with a deadline it's easiest to build a story that way, so if that's how you roll, I am here for it.

Most of my requests this year are gen, but if you're writing sex, I like it when it's fun and a little awkward, but that's okay because everybody's having a good time. If they're bantering and laughing during sex, that is my favorite. I especially like it when people exchange I love yous without actually saying the words. (a prime example: "If you were in an accident, I wouldn't stop for a beer." "If you were in an accident, I wouldn't stop for red lights.") Otoh, if the characters have a habit of saying, "I love you" (e.g., Coach and Mrs. Coach), then by all means, let them.

Oh, and Christmas/New Year's/holiday stories are obviously not necessary, but if it strikes you that way, they are okay by me!

Dislikes: I'd really rather not have stories that are super-dark and angsty. I really dislike despair. I need some kind of hope, some light at the end of the tunnel, even when the ending of a story is canonically heartbreaking. I have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick, so please avoid that. Please also avoid rape, non-con, partner betrayal/infidelity, graphic sexual violence, and child or animal harm. Also, I don't enjoy first person POV in fanfic.

Mostly, I want the characters to have fun hanging out with each other, because I love hanging out with them. Most of the characters I've chosen this year are friends, family (found or blood or work), and/or partners, and I enjoy basking in their friendship, especially if it's bantery and draws on their history together.

If it can be described by the phrase "hijinks ensue," you're probably nailing it. In all cases, if you have an idea that uses all the characters I've requested, that's awesome, but if you don't/can't, that's okay, too. Certainly my suggestions include ideas that only use two or three characters at a time, so don't feel like you need to shoehorn someone in if it doesn't work with what you're writing.

To sum up, in case that was a bit tl;dr: partnership/friendship + shenanigans = YAY!

In terms of specifics, I tried to expand a little in this letter about what I like about the source and what I'd like to see in a story (actual request details are in italics, addenda in plain text). I hope you find it helpful.

Note: these are in alpha order by fandom; I really do want all of them, so don't worry about which one you match on - I will be happy with any of them!

Check, Please!: Larissa "Lardo" Duan, Shitty Knight, Jack Zimmermann, Eric Bittle
I am OTP about Lardo and Shitty, so I'd love a story where they finally get it together, or a story about their long distance relationship after Shitty leaves Samwell, or their life together post-grad as an artist and a lawyer. If you don't want to write something shippy, I would also love a story about Lardo herself - how did she go from Larissa to Lardo and how did she feel about it? If you like 5 things stories, how about the story of Larissa Duan in 5 hair cuts, or 5 works of art? Or tell me about her friendships with Jack and Bitty: how do she and Bitty run the Haus and the team after Shitty and Jack graduate? Or give me Lardo and Jack: Laconic Artistic BFF.

I really enjoy the gentleness of this canon - for a story about a bunch of hockey bros, it's delightfully sweet - and I also enjoy teaminess, so if you are interested in including the whole team, I'm interested in reading about it. I didn't include any of the other boys in my request, so these are definitely optional details/ideas, but feel free to tell me about the first time Lardo schooled Ransom and Holster at flip cup. Or the time she helped Chowder dress up for Rocky Horror (or whatever - Lardo using the boys as dress up dolls would be amazing). Or Lardo and Johnson the Metaphysical Goalie on dialectic and narrative and how she carves out her place in the story. ♥LARDO♥ I love Jack/Bitty and would be happy to see them as a background pairing.

Gotham Academy (Comics): Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi, Pomeline Fritch, Olive Silverlock
I am so here for supernatural schoolgirl detectives. Or maybe it's not supernatural, just some sleazy real estate developer who needs to be unmasked by some meddling kids. That is definitely always a possibility in Gotham. Whichever direction you choose, I would really enjoy casefic in the vein of canon, with Maps charging in, Pomeline insisting it's something occult, and Olive just trying to keep everyone from getting into trouble. I'm also here for the weird school shenanigans they get into. Maybe zombies crash the winter formal! Or Deathstroke attacks a swim meet! Killer Croc needs their help! Poison Ivy is the new Earth Science teacher!

Maps is my fave, so if you want to write a story about her training to become a detective or of her running into other Gotham vigilantes *cough*Damian*cough* or of her becoming Robin (or of her joining the Robins of "We Are Robin"), I would love that. Otherwise, like I said, any kind of "What Would Nancy Drew Do?" schoolgirl detective shenanigans would be awesome. I enjoy the Nancy Drew in Gotham vibe of the book a lot.

The Middleman: The Middleman, Wendy Watson, Noser
What happens to Wendy and Noser's friendship when he discovers her job as a Middleman-in-training? Or how about some straight-up Middleman & Wendy saving the universe (or one small patch of it) hijinks? What happens if aliens crash Art Crawl? What if they want to make Noser their god? I think that would be great, if that's what you're into writing.

Otoh, I do ship Wendy and the Middleman, so if you want to have aliens make them do it (or make them get married! I love marriages of convenience that become real marriages!), or they have to huddle for warmth, or have to fake date, that'd be amazing.

I love this show and its characters a lot and there is never enough fic, so I'm sure whatever you come up with will thrill!

The things I love about The Middleman - both the show and the character - are too numerous to list, but a few of them include the show's meta commentary on superhero stories (and Wendy's genre-savviness), the dedication to pop culture references in all aspects (the Ghostbusters episode, the Die Hard episode, etc.), its willingness to allow Wendy to try to have both a superhero life and a "normal" life without making her angst too much about it, but still showing what it costs her in terms of her relationships, the tempering of the Middleman's optimism with pragmatism. Also, I've read both the 13th episode comic and the new crowd-sourced comic, so no need to worry about spoiling me.

Pushing Daisies: Emerson Cod, Olive Snook
COD AND SNOOK: DETECTIVES AT LARGE. I miss this show a lot, and I feel like I was cheated of many more seasons of Emerson and Olive being tol and smol detectives. I also wouldn't mind seeing how the mac and cheese restaurant is going - maybe Olive runs her own little private investigator business out of it on the sly, or Emerson grudgingly comes to her for help for some reason when Ned and Chuck are out of town, or maybe the aunts need Olive's help and she drags Emerson into it. Maybe Olive's favorite cheesemonger is murdered, or a brew master she knows is drowned in his own vats of beer! Or maybe Olive helps out with Emerson's daughter. Or maybe you already have an awesome idea for them, and that'd be neat too!

I love this show for the witty word play mixed in with the macabre humor and melancholy perspective on life all wrapped up in a bright candy-colored shell, and that combination is really what I'm looking for in fic.

The Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater: Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey III, Ronan Lynch, Maura Sargent
I am most interested in Blue and her relationships - I do ship Blue/Gansey, so if you want to write some hot Bluesy makeouts without kissing, that'd be grand - but I also LOVE her burgeoning friendship with Ronan and how alike they are and how it must drive them both batshit to recognize it. I also enjoy her Lorelai & Rory-esque relationship with Maura, and would be happy to receive a story centered on that.

Here are some prompts if you need them: a story where Ronan teaches Blue how to fight, or maybe one where they for some (Glendower-related?) reason have to go on a fake date or are mistaken for a couple and hilarity ensues. Or maybe Ronan has to spend time at 300 Fox Way for some reason and has to deal with Blue's tiny girl cousins wanting to paint his nails and read his tea leaves, and Blue's the only one who can rescue him. (If it also features Calla and Ronan being terrifying at each other, I'd consider that a holiday bonus!)

Alternately, show me Blue growing up at 300 Fox Way, believing she's a squib in a house of witches, or how she and Maura reconcile after Maura's absence. Maybe there's some road trip shenanigans! Maybe Blue forces Maura to listen to the murder squash song!

I ♥ these books a lot and I'd be so excited about getting a story about BLUE in all her glory as the most sought-after table at Starbucks. I love the OT5 though I didn't include Adam and Noah, so a story about the whole crew is fine if that's where your interest lies, though again, I'd like Blue to be the focal point. I'm perfectly happy to have Adam/Ronan as a background pairing, but I'd prefer that the story not focus on that relationship.

Thank you again for writing for me! I hope you have a lot of fun and write something that makes you happy. I'm sure your story will be awesome.

<3

me

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