Yuletide Dear Author 2023!
Hello, Author!
First and foremost, thank you so much for generously pouring time and talent into a fic for me! Yuletide is one of my favorite things in the universe and I can't wait to see what you come up with. On the note of you coming up with stuff: treat the following prompts are suggestions. If you find yourself wanting to take your story in a different direction, go for it (just avoid my DNWs)! I'll love the results. And if smut squicks you out, please do not feel pressured to write it. I want you to have fun!
SFW Likes
- Gen
- Christmas themed stories (it is Yuletide, after all)
- Post-series fic
- Multiple character POVs
- Crush realization/admission
NSFW Likes
- Happy gen smut
- Bi encouragement (women encouraging m/m)
- Crossdressing
- Orientation play (straight to gay or LGD)
- Spanking or slapping (handprints OK), toys, bondage, mild degradation (name calling, dirty talk), forced exhibitionism, ENF
- Tops/bottoms briefly letting "the mask" slip: tops are secretly nice, bottoms are secretly loving it
DNWs
- AU
- Emphasis on angst/sadness
- Cheating/jealousy/breakups
- Gore
- Unhappy endings
NSFW DNWs:
- Bruises, welts, punching/kicking
- Crying
- Water play, scat, other bodily fluid stuff
- Edge play, burning, all that stuff
- Degradation intended to upset the partner
That's pretty much it! Now, for the fandoms. Remember, if you find these prompts restrictive or off-putting, toss 'em. And if you want to feature characters that aren't tagged, that's cool, too!
RANMA 1/2
I love Ranma and Akane, I love Ranma/Ryoga rivalry when it's clear there's grudging friendship or affection between the two, I love playing with Takahashi's dynamics. I particularly love when Akane gets the upper hand on Ranma. Smut is very welcome here, particularly with a flustered Ranma in girls' clothes! A few suggestions:
- Ranma loses a bet to Akane (maybe she finally beats him in a sparring match, fair and square?) and seethes through a fancy date where he is the girl in a cheongsam and she is the boy in a smart suit. Fiancees can try to ruin the fun, or not. Bonus points if the date continues after Ranma encounters hot water partway through. Would be fun to end in smut (or implied smut) with Ranma in drag.
- Ranma gets ridiculously competitive over something he insists he doesn't like, but has to be better at than Akane.
- Ranma/Ryoga/Akane in bed. Akane is delighted to top both of them; Ranma is furiously embarrassed/turned on that he's in lingerie/"unmanly" clothing; Ryoga is trying his best to fit into the role of switch.
WOTAKOI
I love the dynamic between the main cast in this show and want to see more of 'em hanging out in basically any context where they get to let their geek flags fly.
...and okay, I'm angling hard for bisexual smut on this one...main couples, ideally a foursome. Could also just be kissing though! Play with the yaoi role arguments they have had in the series, add a debate over yuri dynamics as well. One suggestion: Drunken gaming/anime night. Leads to debate over which yaoi/yuri roles each partner would take-who is seme, who is uke, who is crimson rose, etc. Arguments ensue-and one or both partners decide to prove they fit the roles. Lighthearted and fun.
GHOST IN THE SHELL
You can involve the whole team, here, or a story specifically from the Tachikomas' POV. Mission-based, the Tachis talking philosophy during a mundane exercise, anything that comes to mind! Two possible suggestions:
- The Tachikomas save Christmas. All while musing over the psychological phenomenon that is a worldwide holiday, even celebrated in areas where Christianity is almost non-existent. Possibly believing Santa exists/puzzling out how he would work/debating whether a robot would do a better job.
- The team finds themselves flabbergasted by an antagonist who relies entirely on retro technology and external memory. "What the hell is a VHS?"
ESCAFLOWNE
I’m a sucker for any Hitomi/Vaan fluff (ideally if Merle is in the mix too, but obv she's not a taggable character, so include or don't). What do their lives look like after the end of the series?
- Hitomi's visiting around Christmas; the more Vaan and Merle learn about the holiday, the more Merle demands Vaan get into the spirit.
- Vaan as a new father.
- What does a Vaan/Hitomi relationship (or a Vaan/Hitomi/Merle relationship) imply for the royal court? What are the political considerations, what if Hitomi is pregnant, etc?
MAISON IKKOKU
Any fluff between Kyoko and Godai. What does life look like after their marriage? How do they handle a baby with the snooping residents of Ikkoku around? What if they're telling a story to their young child, Rashomon-style, where Godai and Kyoko each put their own spin on the same event?
COWBOY BEBOP
Something from a somewhat more grown up Ed's perspective. Perhaps the adventures of Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV: Bounty Hunter with Faye and Ein, partners in busting crime? Just needs to keep her unique voice.
THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER YOU WRITE! <3