yuletide letter 2015
Dear Yulegoat,
Hooray! We matched! Thank you for writing for me! This year, I only requested three fandoms, because I wanted to make sure I really really want fic for these fandoms. So please don’t worry about me preferring one fandom over another, or if one section seems shorter than the other. Sometimes I just struggle coming up with prompts but I truly want all of these canons, and I cannot wait to see what you come up with. And please don’t stress about what you’re writing; I tend to come up with many prompts, because I am the sort of person who flourishes with a ton of prompts or ideas of what my recipient wants-but they’re just prompts. If they don’t work for you, if you get inspired for something I didn’t mention or something that veers off in a different direction, please go for it! I’d much rather you write something you feel comfortable with than force yourself to write duty fic that you’re not into.
(also for the record, spoilers for ALL of From Dusk Till Dawn S2 and The Coldest Girl in Coldtown under the cut)
General likes:
+ Het, slash, femmeslash, poly fic. Shippy fic but gen character studies too. Backstory fic, missing scenes, future fic, snapshots and vignettes. Power imbalances/dynamics. Codependency. Dysfunctional people who love each other. Awkward wooing. Coming of age stories. Messy teenagers. Happy endings, bittersweet endings, downer endings. Hurt/comfort. Fairytale vibes. Domestic curtain fic fluff. Domesticity in general. People learning to share space together. Characters who aren’t sure how to “people” properly. Protectiveness (and overprotectiveness). Found families. Travel and roadtrip stories. A strong sense of place. Slow burns. UST. Characters coping well, or coping badly, with trauma. Creepy shit. Epistolary fic or playing around with format. Unreliable narrators. Monsters (as a theme or literal non-humans). “What if” AUs. Awful people being tender to each other.
+ Porn Specific: Physicality. Exploration of sexuality. Hands. Blood, bloodkink, bloodplay (go wild with vampire characters honestly). Guns and gun kink. Knife play. Rough sex, public sex, wall sex. Come play. First times. Inexperience. Oral sex. Competency kink. Trust kink. Trust in general. Double penetration. Body worship. Light bondage (ropes and handcuffs and blindfolds, mainly).
General dislikes:
+ Gender inequality. Miscommunication. Radical AUs. Infidelity. Baby fic (I only really like baby fic if they kidnapped a baby accidentally or something).Character bashing (if you really can’t stand a character or a ship, I’d prefer you shunt them off to the side or pretend they don’t exist entirely). Character death. My squicks are: parental or cross-gen incest (sibling or cousin incest is totally okay though), bestiality, a/b/o, watersports, scat or most hardcore kinks, humiliation (sexual or otherwise), mpreg (though, just baby fic in general, to be honest. No pregnancy for anyone, please), and rigid top/bottom roles (I prefer switching!).
+ Non-con is a trigger for me, so I’d rather avoid it unless it’s part of a character’s backstory (I’m okay with dub-con though-either messy and fucked up, or “we got drunk and had sex together, whoops). I am okay reading about abuse, if it’s part of a character’s backstory, but I’d prefer it not to be graphic or explicit.
You can also learn a lot about me and what I’m into just by stalking my tumblr tbh.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Characters: Santanico Pandemonium, Paloma Gutiérrez
Paloma lives! That is my greatest desire! I was really disappointed with the denouement of their relationship in 2x09 and thought they deserved to be explored a lot more (also I was very confused about the 180 Paloma went through). I’d love anything that explores their relationship. Maybe an AU where Santanico doesn’t kill Paloma but knocks her out instead, and takes her under her wing for real, to make up for kidnapping her-or an AU where Paloma goes to Santanico to ask to be turned instead. Something exploring Paloma’s complicated Santanico feelings as well-the intersection with her pure faith in her goddess and her anger and disgust at being kidnapped and used as bait. Or fic exploring Paloma trying to kiss Santanico when she was a hostage; I was really intrigued by that and wish we’d gotten more of Paloma’s mindset during that, or seeing her try it again, or perhaps going further. I’d LOVE porn too, especially something with religious/worship themes, or turning them around on Paloma so she’s being worshiped instead-but if you go the porny route, please no noncon or nothing set during the scene where Santanico is making her dance-I don’t mind twisted stuff for them, but nothing truly nonconsensual. But mainly, PALOMA LIVES.
I had different prompts planned before 2x09 aired, honestly, but now that it has, I mainly want fix-it fic. I loved the dynamic we got 2x03-2x05, and I was so sad when it was dropped only to be picked up in such a heart wrenching way. I don’t feel like we really got to explore those issues there, the idea of Paloma’s as Santanico’s second chance in a way. I still don’t really understand how Paloma went from telling Carlos she’ll never be his and rejecting him violently, to wanting to be Malvado’s queen and declaring herself the new goddess. It’s a piece of canon I just DON’T GET, so if you wanna ignore it, feel free. If you wanna expand on it and explore it deeper and connect the dots for me, feel free-though I still want Paloma to live.
But there are so many things I loved about them. I loved Santanico projecting so hard and seeing herself in Paloma, this younger innocent version of her-even if on some level, that’s just Santanico projecting her own feelings, and not objectively the truth. I love Santanico acting like some dark mother protector to Paloma (and to extent, all the women), while still doing pretty terrible things to Paloma-kidnapping her, assaulting and threatening her to get her to dance. I loved how Paloma desperately did not want to go out and dance and be used as bait, but also believed Santanico would protect her, because she’s her goddess-she’s so defiant but also so faithful. I love Paloma’s worship of her goddess Kisa, and would love to see her try to find that in Santanico. I love the awe in Paloma’s face when Santanico kills for her. I loved Paloma being savvy enough to try to seduce Santanico. I love the complicated feelings they have about each other. If none of my prompts appeal, I would just love further exploration of these elements of the relationship.
If you wanted to explore Paloma’s anger towards Santanico for what she’s done to her, maybe a loss of faith or Paloma no longer holding on a pedestal, or wanting to best her as a superior goddess, as shown in 2x09, I encourage it! I don’t need them have a happy ending, I just want that shift in characterization to have more internal consistency.
My Santanico/Paloma and general From Dusk Till Dawn tags, in case if you want more information on what my feelings are and the kind of stuff I like. This is my year round fandom, honestly, but don’t worry! I am eternally starved for fic for this fandom always.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series RPF
Characters: DJ Cotrona, Eiza Gonzales, Zane Holtz.
This cast is so delightful! I love all the nominated people, so I’d love to read some slice of life about them filming, whatever downtime they have together, traveling for the promo tour and dealing with exhaustion from that together, or trying to get into character and rehearsing together. I’d LOVE shippy fic, about getting together, first times, having stress-relief sex, or making a relationship work while filming, but fic about their bond as friends and coworkers would make me happy as well-I love the warmth and friendship this three have for each other. Some prompts/ideas: DJ, Eiza and Zane on promo tours together, trying to stay sane and end up fooling around; DJ and Eiza deciding to seduce/court/bring Zane in as their third in a threesome; DJ and Zane getting to know each other and falling for each other towards the start of the show’s filming (or just having on-off sex).
I’m interested in mainly, DJ/Zane, DJ/Eiza, DJ/Zane/Eiza, and I don't really want DJ/Eiza being broken up. For example, I really enjoy DJ/Zane and imagine them fooling around, but I’d only be cool with that if Eiza is in on it in some open relationship way, if they're in a mutual threesome, or if said fooling around took place prior to DJ and Eiza becoming an item. Please no bashing of anyone, or radical AUs like coffeeshop or high school AU--nothing against them, they just don't hold much interest for me.
So I am never interested in RPF (which is not a slight against RPF! I have nothing against it, but it’s hard for me to get invested in the lives of real people as opposed to real people), but I love the From Dusk Till Dawn cast so much! I watch and read all the interviews and I love reading stories about them working together (DJ hating Zane at first because he was TOO GOOD, DAMMIT) and watching them tweet set pics and Instagram pics, and DJ low key taking pictures of Zane when he’s not looking. It’s so delightful. I can’t get enough of them!
I mainly want friendship or shippy fic about these three, any permutation, though my ideal request would be DJ/Zane/Eiza, or open relationship between the three of them.
Prompts:
Feel free to involve the other actors, such as Wilmer or Jesse Garcia, or even Robert Rodriguez himself-I know they all love his cooking xD Just, if you involve Madison Davenport or Brandon Soo-Hoo, I’d ask you don’t involve them in any romantic or sexual relationships. They’re so young it’s really squicky to me, even though they’re both legal.
I wouldn’t really enjoy any radical AUs? Which I realize makes me an odd RPF person but I’m genuinely interested in just fictionalized accounts of their lives as actors. Though I am partial to vampire or werewolf AUs so if you wanted to make DJ/Zane/Eiza a werewolf pack, that would be pretty delightful!
And again, my tumblr tags (FDTD cast, Eiza Gonzalez, DJ Cotrona and Zane Holtz) are at your perusal.
The Coldest Girl in Cold Town
Characters: Gavriel (Coldtown), Aidan Marinos, Tana Bach
I just recently read this book and I fell in love. The worldbuilding of Coldtown is fascinating and I loved the complicated dynamics between these three characters (yes, even between Aidan and Gavriel). I was left bereft when the book ended because I wanted to devour more of this story, more of the characters, more of the canon. I ship the OT3 (Aidan/Tana/Gavriel) and I’d love to read anything with all three of them getting together in some way; a slow burn where Gavriel helps them both adjust to being a vampire or living in Coldtown (especially if Tana does indeed turn-but if she doesn’t, that’s an another interesting complication I’d love to see explored in the context of a trio or threesome, especially if she keeps drinking vampire blood). A roadtrip story with the three of them escaping Coldtown and bonding together and getting closer. An AU where the three of them “go there” before splitting up, or where Tana goes cold a lot sooner, prior to arriving in Coldtown, and things get a lot of messier. I’d especially love to see Gavriel worrying about finding himself again in a vampire trio, but this time he’s the elder of the group. I’d also love something exploring Tana at the end, recording and broadcasting sweating out the infection-does she manage it to make it? Does she crack and end up feeding? How does Gavriel support her? Does Aidan show up to help? Does she make it 88 days but finds she’s changed too much physically to go back to being human? Whether you wanna include that as part of a threesome fic or just simply write a Tana gen fic exploring that aspect of the ending, I’d adore it.
This book ate my life for a good several weeks. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. I fell in love with Tana, who I found to be a delightfully complex, messy, brave, headstrong protagonist. I loved the world building, the vampires of the universe, how they’re definitely terrifying, scary predator vampires, while still being humanized and understandable. I loved Tana’s bond with her sister, and her trauma and mother issues. I love the grappling of what it means to be a monster, what makes you a monster, and how that’s a question Tana poses of people as well as a question Tana has to face herself. I love media that asks what it means to be a monster, in general-that’s a hard line narrative kink of mine.
I loved Tana and Aidan’s extremely messy romance, the break up, Aidan’s neediness for her and his fear of her as well. Backstory fic or them living in Coldtown together would be amazing. I love how Tana wins Gavriel over, simply being the first person to show compassion to him in a long time, and the strange bond the two share. I love that he promises to help her sweat out the infection because he’s a monster and he can handle her screams-like, that’s both very messed up, but comforting? And that’s how I would describe Gavriel/Tana, messy but comforting and I would love to read more of it.
I love Tana and Aidan and Gavriel, and I ship all the permutations in this trio, so if you want to focus on a single leg of the trio, that’s excellent. If you wanna focus on a single character, I’d prefer Tana backstory or Tana future fic-she intrigued me the most out of the trio-but I definitely wouldn’t say no to Gavriel or Aidan POV fics. I ship Gavriel/Aidan a fair bit as well, so feel free to make that part of the threesome as well.
Prompts:
Feel free to go pretty dark-I love how these books don’t shy away from dark subject matters. I’d only ask for no rape or character death-mentions, references, even flashbacks to Gavriel’s torture is okay, but nothing exceedingly graphic. But fic about Aidan and Tana becoming monsters in the wake of the events of the books? That would be fascinating, I’m into it.
Aaaand that’s it. I apologize for that length letter, or the length of time it took to get it up. I honestly tried to keep it shorter and chop it up some, but I wanted to make sure all my bases were covered. By all means, feel free to ignore them and write whatever you’re inspired for-as long as it doesn’t hit a DNW of mine, I know I’ll love it.
Happy Yuletide!
Hooray! We matched! Thank you for writing for me! This year, I only requested three fandoms, because I wanted to make sure I really really want fic for these fandoms. So please don’t worry about me preferring one fandom over another, or if one section seems shorter than the other. Sometimes I just struggle coming up with prompts but I truly want all of these canons, and I cannot wait to see what you come up with. And please don’t stress about what you’re writing; I tend to come up with many prompts, because I am the sort of person who flourishes with a ton of prompts or ideas of what my recipient wants-but they’re just prompts. If they don’t work for you, if you get inspired for something I didn’t mention or something that veers off in a different direction, please go for it! I’d much rather you write something you feel comfortable with than force yourself to write duty fic that you’re not into.
(also for the record, spoilers for ALL of From Dusk Till Dawn S2 and The Coldest Girl in Coldtown under the cut)
General likes:
+ Het, slash, femmeslash, poly fic. Shippy fic but gen character studies too. Backstory fic, missing scenes, future fic, snapshots and vignettes. Power imbalances/dynamics. Codependency. Dysfunctional people who love each other. Awkward wooing. Coming of age stories. Messy teenagers. Happy endings, bittersweet endings, downer endings. Hurt/comfort. Fairytale vibes. Domestic curtain fic fluff. Domesticity in general. People learning to share space together. Characters who aren’t sure how to “people” properly. Protectiveness (and overprotectiveness). Found families. Travel and roadtrip stories. A strong sense of place. Slow burns. UST. Characters coping well, or coping badly, with trauma. Creepy shit. Epistolary fic or playing around with format. Unreliable narrators. Monsters (as a theme or literal non-humans). “What if” AUs. Awful people being tender to each other.
+ Porn Specific: Physicality. Exploration of sexuality. Hands. Blood, bloodkink, bloodplay (go wild with vampire characters honestly). Guns and gun kink. Knife play. Rough sex, public sex, wall sex. Come play. First times. Inexperience. Oral sex. Competency kink. Trust kink. Trust in general. Double penetration. Body worship. Light bondage (ropes and handcuffs and blindfolds, mainly).
General dislikes:
+ Gender inequality. Miscommunication. Radical AUs. Infidelity. Baby fic (I only really like baby fic if they kidnapped a baby accidentally or something).Character bashing (if you really can’t stand a character or a ship, I’d prefer you shunt them off to the side or pretend they don’t exist entirely). Character death. My squicks are: parental or cross-gen incest (sibling or cousin incest is totally okay though), bestiality, a/b/o, watersports, scat or most hardcore kinks, humiliation (sexual or otherwise), mpreg (though, just baby fic in general, to be honest. No pregnancy for anyone, please), and rigid top/bottom roles (I prefer switching!).
+ Non-con is a trigger for me, so I’d rather avoid it unless it’s part of a character’s backstory (I’m okay with dub-con though-either messy and fucked up, or “we got drunk and had sex together, whoops). I am okay reading about abuse, if it’s part of a character’s backstory, but I’d prefer it not to be graphic or explicit.
You can also learn a lot about me and what I’m into just by stalking my tumblr tbh.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Characters: Santanico Pandemonium, Paloma Gutiérrez
Paloma lives! That is my greatest desire! I was really disappointed with the denouement of their relationship in 2x09 and thought they deserved to be explored a lot more (also I was very confused about the 180 Paloma went through). I’d love anything that explores their relationship. Maybe an AU where Santanico doesn’t kill Paloma but knocks her out instead, and takes her under her wing for real, to make up for kidnapping her-or an AU where Paloma goes to Santanico to ask to be turned instead. Something exploring Paloma’s complicated Santanico feelings as well-the intersection with her pure faith in her goddess and her anger and disgust at being kidnapped and used as bait. Or fic exploring Paloma trying to kiss Santanico when she was a hostage; I was really intrigued by that and wish we’d gotten more of Paloma’s mindset during that, or seeing her try it again, or perhaps going further. I’d LOVE porn too, especially something with religious/worship themes, or turning them around on Paloma so she’s being worshiped instead-but if you go the porny route, please no noncon or nothing set during the scene where Santanico is making her dance-I don’t mind twisted stuff for them, but nothing truly nonconsensual. But mainly, PALOMA LIVES.
I had different prompts planned before 2x09 aired, honestly, but now that it has, I mainly want fix-it fic. I loved the dynamic we got 2x03-2x05, and I was so sad when it was dropped only to be picked up in such a heart wrenching way. I don’t feel like we really got to explore those issues there, the idea of Paloma’s as Santanico’s second chance in a way. I still don’t really understand how Paloma went from telling Carlos she’ll never be his and rejecting him violently, to wanting to be Malvado’s queen and declaring herself the new goddess. It’s a piece of canon I just DON’T GET, so if you wanna ignore it, feel free. If you wanna expand on it and explore it deeper and connect the dots for me, feel free-though I still want Paloma to live.
But there are so many things I loved about them. I loved Santanico projecting so hard and seeing herself in Paloma, this younger innocent version of her-even if on some level, that’s just Santanico projecting her own feelings, and not objectively the truth. I love Santanico acting like some dark mother protector to Paloma (and to extent, all the women), while still doing pretty terrible things to Paloma-kidnapping her, assaulting and threatening her to get her to dance. I loved how Paloma desperately did not want to go out and dance and be used as bait, but also believed Santanico would protect her, because she’s her goddess-she’s so defiant but also so faithful. I love Paloma’s worship of her goddess Kisa, and would love to see her try to find that in Santanico. I love the awe in Paloma’s face when Santanico kills for her. I loved Paloma being savvy enough to try to seduce Santanico. I love the complicated feelings they have about each other. If none of my prompts appeal, I would just love further exploration of these elements of the relationship.
If you wanted to explore Paloma’s anger towards Santanico for what she’s done to her, maybe a loss of faith or Paloma no longer holding on a pedestal, or wanting to best her as a superior goddess, as shown in 2x09, I encourage it! I don’t need them have a happy ending, I just want that shift in characterization to have more internal consistency.
- I was really interested in Paloma specifically saying she went into Jackknife Jed’s by on her own because she wanted power; I’d love to see that explored more, especially given the Is that what you gave me? exchange with Santanico-Paloma trying to get the upper hand on Santanico, or trying to navigate a new world of snakes and monsters by trying to become powerful herself. Maybe she asks Santanico to turn her instead of Malvado, after 2x05. Honestly I’m just fascinated by culebra!Paloma and would love to read more of it.
- I would love dearly if Santanico doesn’t kill Paloma-merely incapacitates her-and later on takes her under her wing. Gen or shippy, honestly. Alternatively, I’d love for Santanico’s line we’ll go all the way to the top together actually occurs, and Santanico and Paloma mutually work together to destroy Malvado.
- Post 2x05 fic where Santanico goes to check up on Paloma-maybe making sure she’s safe, or maybe watching her over periodically.
- I would also love backstory on Paloma. Who was she prior to meeting Santanico? Why was she leaving Mexico? Does she have family in Texas she was going to, or is she utterly on her own? How did she fall into her religion? Was she born in the region, passed on by family or did she discard another faith to worship Kisa?
- Creepy Stockholm syndrome shit, man. I feel a good chunk of this ship would be creepy Stockholm Syndrome stuff, but I’d love anything surrounding Paloma’s complicated Santanico feels-her devotion and faith to her goddess, her growing identification with her kidnapper, and her anger and disgust at being kidnapped and used as bait, and the way Paloma tries to seduce/kiss Santanico and probably gets in too deep emotionally wise.
- Any kind of roadtrip story involving them. Roadtrips are <3
- I’d love to read more about the actual hostage situation. How much time did they spend together before Paloma had to go on stage? Did Paloma interact with Richie? How did she feel about him? Who was feeding these kidnapped women and taking them to the bathroom? In particular, I’d love to see more Santanico/Paloma dance lessons, however grueling they are; maybe Santanico teaching Paloma the specific moves she did in 2x04?
- I’m not a goddess, you are; now act like one. Feel free to explore this further! I am not really but I would love to read a story where Paloma does become “Santanico Pandemonium” in another way. Perhaps Santanico bestows the title on her, sort of passing the torch to her, so Paloma can be "la diosa" while Santanico is free--especially given that Paloma seems to want it, while Santanico does not. Or I'd like to see something exploring that it means to be pedestaled that way, and how Santanico teaches her to be more like her, for one reason or another.
- A-hem. Weird religious kink porn would be A+
My Santanico/Paloma and general From Dusk Till Dawn tags, in case if you want more information on what my feelings are and the kind of stuff I like. This is my year round fandom, honestly, but don’t worry! I am eternally starved for fic for this fandom always.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series RPF
Characters: DJ Cotrona, Eiza Gonzales, Zane Holtz.
This cast is so delightful! I love all the nominated people, so I’d love to read some slice of life about them filming, whatever downtime they have together, traveling for the promo tour and dealing with exhaustion from that together, or trying to get into character and rehearsing together. I’d LOVE shippy fic, about getting together, first times, having stress-relief sex, or making a relationship work while filming, but fic about their bond as friends and coworkers would make me happy as well-I love the warmth and friendship this three have for each other. Some prompts/ideas: DJ, Eiza and Zane on promo tours together, trying to stay sane and end up fooling around; DJ and Eiza deciding to seduce/court/bring Zane in as their third in a threesome; DJ and Zane getting to know each other and falling for each other towards the start of the show’s filming (or just having on-off sex).
I’m interested in mainly, DJ/Zane, DJ/Eiza, DJ/Zane/Eiza, and I don't really want DJ/Eiza being broken up. For example, I really enjoy DJ/Zane and imagine them fooling around, but I’d only be cool with that if Eiza is in on it in some open relationship way, if they're in a mutual threesome, or if said fooling around took place prior to DJ and Eiza becoming an item. Please no bashing of anyone, or radical AUs like coffeeshop or high school AU--nothing against them, they just don't hold much interest for me.
So I am never interested in RPF (which is not a slight against RPF! I have nothing against it, but it’s hard for me to get invested in the lives of real people as opposed to real people), but I love the From Dusk Till Dawn cast so much! I watch and read all the interviews and I love reading stories about them working together (DJ hating Zane at first because he was TOO GOOD, DAMMIT) and watching them tweet set pics and Instagram pics, and DJ low key taking pictures of Zane when he’s not looking. It’s so delightful. I can’t get enough of them!
I mainly want friendship or shippy fic about these three, any permutation, though my ideal request would be DJ/Zane/Eiza, or open relationship between the three of them.
Prompts:
- DJ/Zane/Eiza threesome fic-slow burn romance? DJ and Zane being a thing prior to Eiza dating DJ, and them trying to make a trio relationship work? OR DJ and Eiza dating, and trying to find ways to seduce and/or woo Zane into a threesome
- Alternatively: I get the vibe that DJ is a bit of a grumpy introvert, with Zane and Eiza much more effusive, so I’d love to see how that affects their relationship-I can imagine sometimes Zane and Eiza tag team him, either with general enthusiasm, or sexually. And I love the warm friendly relationship Zane and Eiza have in interviews, so I’d love to see their friendship showcased. I’m always thrown by how mean Richie and Santanico can be to each other, and how much warmth Eiza and Zane have towards each other.
- Remember this picture? I just love how she’s holding on to them both. Give me something from that press tour in New Zealand-be it behind the scenes fooling around, or them trying to relax with the intense pressure and constantly being-on-the-go together.
- DJ said he was mad at Zane when he was auditioning, because he was so “good” AND pretty boy, but also that he “picked” Zane as his Richie because he was so good (I heard this in the FDTD Pilot commentary, btw). I’d love some DJ/Zane fic about that-initial first meetings and first impressions, falling hard for each other, arguing and bickering, or maybe blowjobs in the trailer. First times, first meetings, first everything.
- I love DJ and Eiza’s relationship SO MUCH. I feel a little awkward requesting this specifically, because both of them seem fairly private about their relationship, but if you’re up for it, I’d like to read some snapshot of their lives, making their relationship work hidden away from cameras, or build up to them getting together, or perhaps them rehearsing their characters and/or roleplaying a bit?
- Based on this: Zane really did not like being separated from DJ XD I’d love to see more based on the separation anxiety while filming early s2, or maybe some actual handcuff play either during or post s2 filming.
- Porn is A+ always
Feel free to involve the other actors, such as Wilmer or Jesse Garcia, or even Robert Rodriguez himself-I know they all love his cooking xD Just, if you involve Madison Davenport or Brandon Soo-Hoo, I’d ask you don’t involve them in any romantic or sexual relationships. They’re so young it’s really squicky to me, even though they’re both legal.
I wouldn’t really enjoy any radical AUs? Which I realize makes me an odd RPF person but I’m genuinely interested in just fictionalized accounts of their lives as actors. Though I am partial to vampire or werewolf AUs so if you wanted to make DJ/Zane/Eiza a werewolf pack, that would be pretty delightful!
And again, my tumblr tags (FDTD cast, Eiza Gonzalez, DJ Cotrona and Zane Holtz) are at your perusal.
The Coldest Girl in Cold Town
Characters: Gavriel (Coldtown), Aidan Marinos, Tana Bach
I just recently read this book and I fell in love. The worldbuilding of Coldtown is fascinating and I loved the complicated dynamics between these three characters (yes, even between Aidan and Gavriel). I was left bereft when the book ended because I wanted to devour more of this story, more of the characters, more of the canon. I ship the OT3 (Aidan/Tana/Gavriel) and I’d love to read anything with all three of them getting together in some way; a slow burn where Gavriel helps them both adjust to being a vampire or living in Coldtown (especially if Tana does indeed turn-but if she doesn’t, that’s an another interesting complication I’d love to see explored in the context of a trio or threesome, especially if she keeps drinking vampire blood). A roadtrip story with the three of them escaping Coldtown and bonding together and getting closer. An AU where the three of them “go there” before splitting up, or where Tana goes cold a lot sooner, prior to arriving in Coldtown, and things get a lot of messier. I’d especially love to see Gavriel worrying about finding himself again in a vampire trio, but this time he’s the elder of the group. I’d also love something exploring Tana at the end, recording and broadcasting sweating out the infection-does she manage it to make it? Does she crack and end up feeding? How does Gavriel support her? Does Aidan show up to help? Does she make it 88 days but finds she’s changed too much physically to go back to being human? Whether you wanna include that as part of a threesome fic or just simply write a Tana gen fic exploring that aspect of the ending, I’d adore it.
This book ate my life for a good several weeks. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. I fell in love with Tana, who I found to be a delightfully complex, messy, brave, headstrong protagonist. I loved the world building, the vampires of the universe, how they’re definitely terrifying, scary predator vampires, while still being humanized and understandable. I loved Tana’s bond with her sister, and her trauma and mother issues. I love the grappling of what it means to be a monster, what makes you a monster, and how that’s a question Tana poses of people as well as a question Tana has to face herself. I love media that asks what it means to be a monster, in general-that’s a hard line narrative kink of mine.
I loved Tana and Aidan’s extremely messy romance, the break up, Aidan’s neediness for her and his fear of her as well. Backstory fic or them living in Coldtown together would be amazing. I love how Tana wins Gavriel over, simply being the first person to show compassion to him in a long time, and the strange bond the two share. I love that he promises to help her sweat out the infection because he’s a monster and he can handle her screams-like, that’s both very messed up, but comforting? And that’s how I would describe Gavriel/Tana, messy but comforting and I would love to read more of it.
I love Tana and Aidan and Gavriel, and I ship all the permutations in this trio, so if you want to focus on a single leg of the trio, that’s excellent. If you wanna focus on a single character, I’d prefer Tana backstory or Tana future fic-she intrigued me the most out of the trio-but I definitely wouldn’t say no to Gavriel or Aidan POV fics. I ship Gavriel/Aidan a fair bit as well, so feel free to make that part of the threesome as well.
Prompts:
- What happens after the end? How does Tana’s broadcast and filming her trying to beat the Cold affect the world? And moreover, does she beat it? I am fascinated by all possibilities-I’d love to read a grueling fic of her struggling with her hunger and becoming increasingly desperate and primal. I’d love to see her beat it, just to beat her own inner demons surrounding her mom’s death. I’d love see to Gavriel support her. I’d love to see Aidan try to help her beat the Cold-or perhaps Aidan takes the selfish route and tries to convince or get Tana to give in. I’d love to see her give in and cave-maybe because of Aidan and/or Gavriel, or maybe because she just can’t take it anymore. And I’m fascinated by the possibility of her surviving those 88 days and not changing back to human-where does she go from there?
- OT3! I’m fascinated by the repeating history vibes, if it were to happen-another M/M/F vampire trio, only this time Gavriel would be the oldest of the bunch, with Aidan and Tana as very young vampires (if Tana does indeed turn--I'd be fascinated with this threesome if she doesn't, as that lone person straddling the line between human and monster). How does he feel about being the “Lucien” of the group? I’d love angst about this, but I’d also be interested in seeing him as a vampire mentor to them both, and if he grows closer to Aidan. I’d also love to see Aidan and Tana try to convince and/or seduce Gavriel into a threesome together, akin to the way they both would with people while playing sex chicken.
- Gavriel implies he and Tana could simply hunt down vampires for her to eat if she never stops being Cold. That would be AMAZING. I’d love to read all about it.
- ROADTRIP FIC. ESCAPING COLDTOWN. GOING TO THE BEACH AT NIGHT TOGETHER. Tana spent so much time sad about never being able to roadtrip with Pauline if she goes cold-so it’d be nice to read somewhere she gets her dream, albeit with some changes, either with Pauline, or with Aidan and Gavriel.
- I’d really love an AU where Tana does go Cold after the party, the same way Aidan went cold-would she cave a lot sooner? Attack someone, such as Midnight or Winter? What would Gavriel make of her if that’s where she’s at when they meet?
- I’m really intrigued in the little moments we got between Aidan and Gavriel-Gavriel feeding off him, Aidan drinking his blood-it was very intimate when Tana and Gavriel did the same things with each other, and I’d love to see what behind-the-scenes intimacy explored with these two as well. I’d love to see their perspective on each other in more depth, or see their relationship grow. I’d REALLY love to see Gavriel as Aidan’s reluctant vampire mentor, or Aidan’s crush on Gavriel.
- I loved Aidan/Tana. What a complicated, messy relationship. I’d especially loved Aidan’s line about how Tana scared the shit out of him while they were dating, how she was a better me than I was. -I’d love to explore that some more, their scary almost dangerous game of sex chicken. I’d love to see more of it after the book-I find it interesting how these two exes, who could have gone their whole lives never getting back together again, end up sharing similar fates and trapped in Coldtown. I’d love to see either Aidan relying on Tana emotionally, them living in Coldtown together as friends, or Tana seeking him out if she does turn. OR, I’d love to see the two of them as eternal vampire teenagers, trying not to wreak havoc, or maybe doing it anyway. Do they retain their humanity, or lose it entirely? Go nuts.
- Pearl wasn’t nominated, but I really loved her and Tana’s relationship-I’d love to read more about their sisterly bond; maybe Pearl comes back to Coldtown when she’s a little older to see her sister, or tries to get herself infected to be with her.
Feel free to go pretty dark-I love how these books don’t shy away from dark subject matters. I’d only ask for no rape or character death-mentions, references, even flashbacks to Gavriel’s torture is okay, but nothing exceedingly graphic. But fic about Aidan and Tana becoming monsters in the wake of the events of the books? That would be fascinating, I’m into it.
Aaaand that’s it. I apologize for that length letter, or the length of time it took to get it up. I honestly tried to keep it shorter and chop it up some, but I wanted to make sure all my bases were covered. By all means, feel free to ignore them and write whatever you’re inspired for-as long as it doesn’t hit a DNW of mine, I know I’ll love it.
Happy Yuletide!