Dear Yuletide Letter
The following post is for my Yuletide author to help you know more about the type of fics I like. This post will remain at the top of my LJ until Dec 25th to make it easy access.
Dear Author,
First of all I want to take a minute to say 'thank you' for writing me a fic. Second, I want to reassure you that I love all the fandoms that I selected so don't worry about trying to find out my favourite out of the four. The way I signed up was simply alphabet order.
I believe that I said in all of 'details' section of the sign-up says that either a PWP or not is fine and I mean it. I know some authors dislike having to write sex scenes so I don't want to force you into writing one if that's not what you want to do. As long as all the characters are In Character I'm going to enjoy the story, whether it's the smuttiest thing ever written for Yuletide or something that's sweet and cute.
Also, I want you to know that a pairing fic or gen fic is fine. For pairings I do prefer male/male (especially when sex is involved), but don't have a problem with female/female or female/male. If you decide to go female/male though I do request that no sex is involved in the fic.
And finally, I'm completely aware that the details section of the sign-up is optional. So you don't have to follow what I've written if you don't want too.
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Please Avoid
-Death Fics. Death fics depressed me and I really don't want to be depressed on Christmas. If it was another time of the year, fine, but not now.
-Genderswap. I'm not crazy about genderswap fics. I like them at times but I really don't want one for Yuletide.
-Mpreg. Please no mpregs, I mind it, I just don't want it in my fic this year. If you plan on writing a Kuroshitsuji fic with Grell, mentioning the fact he wants to be knocked up is perfectly fine since that's IC for him but other than that, please avoid.
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Sexual Kinks (you can ignore this section if you're not going to write sex and of course you don't have to include any of these things if you don't want too)
-Sex in places that is not a bed. This can arrange from anything like the floor or a couch to some place more interesting, which includes outdoor places.
-Water sex. What I mean by that is sex that takes place in a shower/bath or a hot springs or a lake/river/ocean or even sex outdoors in the rain.
-Yukata. This only applies to Dolls and Junjou Romantica (since the other two don't take place in Japan). I think characters wearing a yukata is hot.
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The Fandoms
Dolls - I really prefer if you worked with the 14 chapters that have been scanlated if you need to make any reference to the actual plot of the manga. I do have all of Volume 3 in Chinese but I can't read it so I only have a vague clue to what happens in it so that's why I'd really prefer it if you stayed within the first 14 chapters.
Like I said in the sign-up a fic that deals with the life of one of the characters outside of the Tokkei would be great. The tea cup chapter is my favourite since it had Souta (and Tamao) doing something completely normal. Some other favourite chapters is the one at the art museum since we find out that Seiju likes art in that chapter and the chapters where Seiju was taking care of the kid since we found out a bit about his past and the fact he takes pills to help him sleep.
If you want to do a fic that revolves around a mission that would also be awesome. Because I do love that aspect of the story as well.
And again, any of the characters is perfectly fine don't feel like you HAVE to write a certain character just because he is my favourite. Any pairing is also fine but I do prefer that Souta is only paired with Tamao and vice-versa.
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Junjou Romantica - I like it better when Hiroki and Nowaki are being cute together instead of angsting over troubles due to their lack of communication. For example, I preferred the cute chapter where Hiroki decides to give Nowaki chocolate for Valentine's Day over the part after they're reunited when Nowaki returns from the US.
If you want to do something that involves their lack of communication that would be okay since that's so very much who they are, I'm just saying I like it better when they're being cute together.
Oh, I think it would be really cool if some of the other characters (not all of them, but like one or two) had a cameo in the fic even if it was just a one-line mention of them being in the background.
And I read both the manga and watch the anime so use which one you feel more comfortable with (they're really similar so it doesn't matter). Also, I'm caught up on both so don't worry about any spoilers.
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Kuroshitsuji - Like I said in the sign-up any one of those characters is fine. If you want to use all four, go ahead, but if you only want to use one or two that's fine as well.
Oh and by Grell, I mean his shinigami form. I prefer that over his butler disguise.
And I'm all caught up on both the anime and the manga so don't worry about spoilers. That means if you want to write about the current circus arc go ahead. That arc and the Jack the Ripper arc are my favourites so don't worry about holding yourself back due to not knowing if I'm caught up (because I am).
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Ludwig Kakumei - This is the only series where I'm saying no sex. Like I said in the sign-up I prefer a crack parody of a fairy tale since that aspect drew me into the manga in the first place. If you don't want to go that route something else that's fun and light would be fine.
Pairing-wise, pretty much anything is fine especially if Prince Lui is involved since he's such a whore (you know it's true, lol). Since the manga is (mostly) a comedy, I'd prefer a funny fic over something serious.
Dear Author,
First of all I want to take a minute to say 'thank you' for writing me a fic. Second, I want to reassure you that I love all the fandoms that I selected so don't worry about trying to find out my favourite out of the four. The way I signed up was simply alphabet order.
I believe that I said in all of 'details' section of the sign-up says that either a PWP or not is fine and I mean it. I know some authors dislike having to write sex scenes so I don't want to force you into writing one if that's not what you want to do. As long as all the characters are In Character I'm going to enjoy the story, whether it's the smuttiest thing ever written for Yuletide or something that's sweet and cute.
Also, I want you to know that a pairing fic or gen fic is fine. For pairings I do prefer male/male (especially when sex is involved), but don't have a problem with female/female or female/male. If you decide to go female/male though I do request that no sex is involved in the fic.
And finally, I'm completely aware that the details section of the sign-up is optional. So you don't have to follow what I've written if you don't want too.
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Please Avoid
-Death Fics. Death fics depressed me and I really don't want to be depressed on Christmas. If it was another time of the year, fine, but not now.
-Genderswap. I'm not crazy about genderswap fics. I like them at times but I really don't want one for Yuletide.
-Mpreg. Please no mpregs, I mind it, I just don't want it in my fic this year. If you plan on writing a Kuroshitsuji fic with Grell, mentioning the fact he wants to be knocked up is perfectly fine since that's IC for him but other than that, please avoid.
- - - - -
Sexual Kinks (you can ignore this section if you're not going to write sex and of course you don't have to include any of these things if you don't want too)
-Sex in places that is not a bed. This can arrange from anything like the floor or a couch to some place more interesting, which includes outdoor places.
-Water sex. What I mean by that is sex that takes place in a shower/bath or a hot springs or a lake/river/ocean or even sex outdoors in the rain.
-Yukata. This only applies to Dolls and Junjou Romantica (since the other two don't take place in Japan). I think characters wearing a yukata is hot.
- - - - -
The Fandoms
Dolls - I really prefer if you worked with the 14 chapters that have been scanlated if you need to make any reference to the actual plot of the manga. I do have all of Volume 3 in Chinese but I can't read it so I only have a vague clue to what happens in it so that's why I'd really prefer it if you stayed within the first 14 chapters.
Like I said in the sign-up a fic that deals with the life of one of the characters outside of the Tokkei would be great. The tea cup chapter is my favourite since it had Souta (and Tamao) doing something completely normal. Some other favourite chapters is the one at the art museum since we find out that Seiju likes art in that chapter and the chapters where Seiju was taking care of the kid since we found out a bit about his past and the fact he takes pills to help him sleep.
If you want to do a fic that revolves around a mission that would also be awesome. Because I do love that aspect of the story as well.
And again, any of the characters is perfectly fine don't feel like you HAVE to write a certain character just because he is my favourite. Any pairing is also fine but I do prefer that Souta is only paired with Tamao and vice-versa.
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Junjou Romantica - I like it better when Hiroki and Nowaki are being cute together instead of angsting over troubles due to their lack of communication. For example, I preferred the cute chapter where Hiroki decides to give Nowaki chocolate for Valentine's Day over the part after they're reunited when Nowaki returns from the US.
If you want to do something that involves their lack of communication that would be okay since that's so very much who they are, I'm just saying I like it better when they're being cute together.
Oh, I think it would be really cool if some of the other characters (not all of them, but like one or two) had a cameo in the fic even if it was just a one-line mention of them being in the background.
And I read both the manga and watch the anime so use which one you feel more comfortable with (they're really similar so it doesn't matter). Also, I'm caught up on both so don't worry about any spoilers.
---
Kuroshitsuji - Like I said in the sign-up any one of those characters is fine. If you want to use all four, go ahead, but if you only want to use one or two that's fine as well.
Oh and by Grell, I mean his shinigami form. I prefer that over his butler disguise.
And I'm all caught up on both the anime and the manga so don't worry about spoilers. That means if you want to write about the current circus arc go ahead. That arc and the Jack the Ripper arc are my favourites so don't worry about holding yourself back due to not knowing if I'm caught up (because I am).
---
Ludwig Kakumei - This is the only series where I'm saying no sex. Like I said in the sign-up I prefer a crack parody of a fairy tale since that aspect drew me into the manga in the first place. If you don't want to go that route something else that's fun and light would be fine.
Pairing-wise, pretty much anything is fine especially if Prince Lui is involved since he's such a whore (you know it's true, lol). Since the manga is (mostly) a comedy, I'd prefer a funny fic over something serious.