Dear Author 2018
Happy Yuletide! Thank you so much for participating. Thank you so much for being my writer!
No, I don’t know who you are. It’s highly likely we’ve never interacted before. What I do know is that you are amazing. Yes, sight unseen and words unread, you are amazing! How do I know? Because you’re volunteering your time to write a story for a perfect stranger! You’re great! Thank you :D
Now for what you’re here for:
Things to avoid:
-Smut
-Incest
-Slash
-Deathfic (although I don't mind dark-fic at all)
-Please also try to keep the rating around PG-13/Teen. I have personal issues I'm trying to mitigate, but if there's a good reason for your R/Mature rated story then I'm willing to trust you.
Things I’m into:
-Everything else! :)
-Genfic! I love genfic, and there's never enough of it. Don't like the available pairings? Go gen! You can't make me unhappy giving me genfic.
-In-characterness. Even if being in character makes things sticky. Even if that makes life difficult for the chars (or me!). We liked these characters for a reason, after all.
Specifics:
Almost Human
I was so disappointed when this show was canceled! Suddenly our overarching storylines were coming together. Characters were gelling. The bromance was blossoming! I need more bromance. I need Dorian and Kennex snarking at each other, and being there for each other. I need them getting over the trauma of abandonment together. I need Maldonado to be awesome, because smart, older, competent, no-nonsense-without-being-a-witch-with-a-capital-B women don't get enough screentime anywhere. Bring the whole cast back. Only focus on the boys (and Maldonado?). I don't care. But I'm serious about the bromance. The fandom is rife with slash...okay every fandom is rife with slash, lol...but I think it's perfect fodder for genfic. There's not enough genfic out there, people!
Everybody Hates Chris
I have been trying to write for this or get someone to write for this for ages. I meant it in my signup when I said that pretty much anything you write for this will be awesome. Want to continue the series? Go ahead. Want to tell a side story? I'd love to read it. Want to show Chris a little more grown up, but before he became Chris Rock The Comedian? I am so right there. A story about Rochelle and Darius with side-hijinks from the kids could be hilarious. Or perhaps the kids are the straightmen and the parents are cutting up. Or maybe a much smaller story. EHC had it's heartfelt moments, too.
The Breakfast Club
Where is Allison now? Is she an activist? Did she settle down and get married? Is she a modern wanderer? Did she become a librarian? No matter who she is now, is she still ready to bail at a moment's notice, or has she worked through that? And if she did, how did that happen?
You can include whomever else you want, or no one.
Pushing Daisies
I dunno...I just want to see a story that focuses on the long-suffering, and only slightly above-board Emerson Cod. Why does he knit? Who taught him? What if he had run off to join the priesthood instead of Olive going to a nunnery? Include whomever else you'd like, with as strong or as little a presence as you'd like, but I really want to see Emerson playing a central role that is at least equal to anyone else's. I know, not very helpful but I’ve just started to rewatch the series :)
Mansfield Park
This is my favorite of Jane Austen's. I know it's often not popular, and I can understand why, but the popularity or lack thereof has never been a selling point for me. ;) I love Fanny. To pieces. And it's only recently that I've learned to love Henry...without wanting to break him into pieces. Modern Au's have become my new thing, so perhaps a modern retelling of the story from Henry's point of view? Or perhaps you're one of the people who like Fanny and Henry together. I can get with that, so long a you acknowledge that Henry is, at the very least, too worldly for someone of Fanny's sensibilities. How would Henry's real desire to build a relationship with a woman like Fanny, especially in the modern world where Henry's behavior is "standard" and Fanny is something of a social anachronism? If you can bring Henry into a place where he really is more suitable for Fanny (I like her just the way she is) then that's a transformative story I would love to read. On the other hand if you're anti-Fanny and see this all as bunk....maybe don't write this story? lol Or do it from another point of view. Honestly, I don't mind Fanny playing second fiddle if she's just too bland a figure for you.
Ocean’s 8
I have absolutely no idea what I want from this fandom! Lol. Mostly I want to the girl power to never stop. I walked out of the theater ready to get my girl gang together and pull my own heist (Mom said no), so however you can keep these ladies together and being awesome would make me exceedingly happy! (And if you could somehow manage to cross this with the Ocean's 11 series (hello, Tess! why was she not mentioned at all in 8?!) with the ladies leading, I would not be mad at all.)
Dear Author, I seriously can’t thank you enough. I know Yuletide is a lot of pressure (this will be my 8th?) but I also know that it’s kinda glorious! And what makes it glorious? You do, Dear Author! Your time, your effort, your enthusiasm, your talent, your you-ness. The blood, sweat, tears and nervousness? All worth it. Because you’re gonna be great! I promise you can’t disappoint me. Seriously. It’s not gonna happen. You are already fantastic!
Vashti
No, I don’t know who you are. It’s highly likely we’ve never interacted before. What I do know is that you are amazing. Yes, sight unseen and words unread, you are amazing! How do I know? Because you’re volunteering your time to write a story for a perfect stranger! You’re great! Thank you :D
Now for what you’re here for:
Things to avoid:
-Smut
-Incest
-Slash
-Deathfic (although I don't mind dark-fic at all)
-Please also try to keep the rating around PG-13/Teen. I have personal issues I'm trying to mitigate, but if there's a good reason for your R/Mature rated story then I'm willing to trust you.
Things I’m into:
-Everything else! :)
-Genfic! I love genfic, and there's never enough of it. Don't like the available pairings? Go gen! You can't make me unhappy giving me genfic.
-In-characterness. Even if being in character makes things sticky. Even if that makes life difficult for the chars (or me!). We liked these characters for a reason, after all.
Specifics:
Almost Human
I was so disappointed when this show was canceled! Suddenly our overarching storylines were coming together. Characters were gelling. The bromance was blossoming! I need more bromance. I need Dorian and Kennex snarking at each other, and being there for each other. I need them getting over the trauma of abandonment together. I need Maldonado to be awesome, because smart, older, competent, no-nonsense-without-being-a-witch-with-a-capital-B women don't get enough screentime anywhere. Bring the whole cast back. Only focus on the boys (and Maldonado?). I don't care. But I'm serious about the bromance. The fandom is rife with slash...okay every fandom is rife with slash, lol...but I think it's perfect fodder for genfic. There's not enough genfic out there, people!
Everybody Hates Chris
I have been trying to write for this or get someone to write for this for ages. I meant it in my signup when I said that pretty much anything you write for this will be awesome. Want to continue the series? Go ahead. Want to tell a side story? I'd love to read it. Want to show Chris a little more grown up, but before he became Chris Rock The Comedian? I am so right there. A story about Rochelle and Darius with side-hijinks from the kids could be hilarious. Or perhaps the kids are the straightmen and the parents are cutting up. Or maybe a much smaller story. EHC had it's heartfelt moments, too.
The Breakfast Club
Where is Allison now? Is she an activist? Did she settle down and get married? Is she a modern wanderer? Did she become a librarian? No matter who she is now, is she still ready to bail at a moment's notice, or has she worked through that? And if she did, how did that happen?
You can include whomever else you want, or no one.
Pushing Daisies
I dunno...I just want to see a story that focuses on the long-suffering, and only slightly above-board Emerson Cod. Why does he knit? Who taught him? What if he had run off to join the priesthood instead of Olive going to a nunnery? Include whomever else you'd like, with as strong or as little a presence as you'd like, but I really want to see Emerson playing a central role that is at least equal to anyone else's. I know, not very helpful but I’ve just started to rewatch the series :)
Mansfield Park
This is my favorite of Jane Austen's. I know it's often not popular, and I can understand why, but the popularity or lack thereof has never been a selling point for me. ;) I love Fanny. To pieces. And it's only recently that I've learned to love Henry...without wanting to break him into pieces. Modern Au's have become my new thing, so perhaps a modern retelling of the story from Henry's point of view? Or perhaps you're one of the people who like Fanny and Henry together. I can get with that, so long a you acknowledge that Henry is, at the very least, too worldly for someone of Fanny's sensibilities. How would Henry's real desire to build a relationship with a woman like Fanny, especially in the modern world where Henry's behavior is "standard" and Fanny is something of a social anachronism? If you can bring Henry into a place where he really is more suitable for Fanny (I like her just the way she is) then that's a transformative story I would love to read. On the other hand if you're anti-Fanny and see this all as bunk....maybe don't write this story? lol Or do it from another point of view. Honestly, I don't mind Fanny playing second fiddle if she's just too bland a figure for you.
Ocean’s 8
I have absolutely no idea what I want from this fandom! Lol. Mostly I want to the girl power to never stop. I walked out of the theater ready to get my girl gang together and pull my own heist (Mom said no), so however you can keep these ladies together and being awesome would make me exceedingly happy! (And if you could somehow manage to cross this with the Ocean's 11 series (hello, Tess! why was she not mentioned at all in 8?!) with the ladies leading, I would not be mad at all.)
Dear Author, I seriously can’t thank you enough. I know Yuletide is a lot of pressure (this will be my 8th?) but I also know that it’s kinda glorious! And what makes it glorious? You do, Dear Author! Your time, your effort, your enthusiasm, your talent, your you-ness. The blood, sweat, tears and nervousness? All worth it. Because you’re gonna be great! I promise you can’t disappoint me. Seriously. It’s not gonna happen. You are already fantastic!
Vashti