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Dear Yuletide author,
if you’re one of those people who likes a lot of freedom when writing, or you’ve already got an idea for one of those fandoms, please feel totally free to ignore this letter and do your own thing. Any fic featuring these characters would make me happy, and I’d much rather you have fun writing than try to force yourself to follow a prompt that doesn’t inspire you. The only thing I’m really asking is, please no deathfic or depressing endings - sadly, I deal rather badly with both those things.
That said, if you do like detailed prompts, here’s some stuff I’d enjoy reading; maybe you’d enjoy writing some of it. If not, just ignore, and I’m sure I’ll love whatever you come up with instead. ♥
Ninja Assassin
My favorite thing about this movie was how competent and awesome Mika is. She saves Raizo as often as he saves her, despite not having ninja superpowers. So if you wanted to write a story that focused on that in some way, I'd really enjoy that.
Another thing I’d love is a story about Raizo trying to settle into civilian life (and maybe into a relationship with Mika, if you're comfortable writing het?), after having spent every day of his life so far just fighting to survive. I suspect that's not going to be easy for him.
Or maybe there's some ninjas out there still hunting them? An action-centric plot in this universe would also be a whole lot of fun to read.
Soldier
What I loved about this movie is how obviously badly traumatized Todd is under that tough shell, and I’d love a fic about Sandra and Mace taking him in and helping him cope, dealing with the PTSD and trying to help him overcome his fear.
This request is obviously by necessity an exception to the „no deathfic“ thing, since Mace dies in the movie. I’d be extremely grateful if you wouldn’t focus too much on the grieving in your fic, though. /o\
In fact, my dream fic for this movie would be a slightly AU version of the ending where Mace doesn’t die, and they all start on that journey to the Trinity Moons together. If you’re comfortable writing threesomes, I’d love a fic where the three of them end up falling in love, but gen’s perfectly fine by me, too.
If you’d rather not do that, though, I’ be just as happy with just Sandra and Todd, either just as friends, or becoming lovers.
One of my favorite scenes in the movie is the moment where Sandra hugs Todd, and he’s stiff and trembling and obviously terrified in her arms. Anything where she (they?) helps him overcome his fear of being touched would be especially awesome.
Gwen Bristow - Jubilee Trail
I think this is probably the most obscure of the fandoms on my list, so I'd be totally surprised and delighted if this is the one we matched on. I just really want to know what happens with Nick and Florinda when he returns from Russia.
In general: I love pining, emotional repression, competence, sex scenes where at least one character is feeling totally out of his depth, characters dealing with the effects of PTSD… but, uh, obviously don’t feel like you have to include this entire laundry list. Or any of it. Whatever you end up writing - thank you so much for writing it for me. :D
if you’re one of those people who likes a lot of freedom when writing, or you’ve already got an idea for one of those fandoms, please feel totally free to ignore this letter and do your own thing. Any fic featuring these characters would make me happy, and I’d much rather you have fun writing than try to force yourself to follow a prompt that doesn’t inspire you. The only thing I’m really asking is, please no deathfic or depressing endings - sadly, I deal rather badly with both those things.
That said, if you do like detailed prompts, here’s some stuff I’d enjoy reading; maybe you’d enjoy writing some of it. If not, just ignore, and I’m sure I’ll love whatever you come up with instead. ♥
Ninja Assassin
My favorite thing about this movie was how competent and awesome Mika is. She saves Raizo as often as he saves her, despite not having ninja superpowers. So if you wanted to write a story that focused on that in some way, I'd really enjoy that.
Another thing I’d love is a story about Raizo trying to settle into civilian life (and maybe into a relationship with Mika, if you're comfortable writing het?), after having spent every day of his life so far just fighting to survive. I suspect that's not going to be easy for him.
Or maybe there's some ninjas out there still hunting them? An action-centric plot in this universe would also be a whole lot of fun to read.
Soldier
What I loved about this movie is how obviously badly traumatized Todd is under that tough shell, and I’d love a fic about Sandra and Mace taking him in and helping him cope, dealing with the PTSD and trying to help him overcome his fear.
This request is obviously by necessity an exception to the „no deathfic“ thing, since Mace dies in the movie. I’d be extremely grateful if you wouldn’t focus too much on the grieving in your fic, though. /o\
In fact, my dream fic for this movie would be a slightly AU version of the ending where Mace doesn’t die, and they all start on that journey to the Trinity Moons together. If you’re comfortable writing threesomes, I’d love a fic where the three of them end up falling in love, but gen’s perfectly fine by me, too.
If you’d rather not do that, though, I’ be just as happy with just Sandra and Todd, either just as friends, or becoming lovers.
One of my favorite scenes in the movie is the moment where Sandra hugs Todd, and he’s stiff and trembling and obviously terrified in her arms. Anything where she (they?) helps him overcome his fear of being touched would be especially awesome.
Gwen Bristow - Jubilee Trail
I think this is probably the most obscure of the fandoms on my list, so I'd be totally surprised and delighted if this is the one we matched on. I just really want to know what happens with Nick and Florinda when he returns from Russia.
In general: I love pining, emotional repression, competence, sex scenes where at least one character is feeling totally out of his depth, characters dealing with the effects of PTSD… but, uh, obviously don’t feel like you have to include this entire laundry list. Or any of it. Whatever you end up writing - thank you so much for writing it for me. :D