Dear Yuletide Writer
Oct. 19th, 2020 08:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
przedIt's another Yuletide, and I could not be more excited that you're going to write a story for me. If you already have an idea, feel free to run with it. I'm sure I'll love it. But if you'd like, here is some guidance about the things I like.
Things That Make Me Happy
Angst and hurt/comfort
AUs
Banter
Competent characters behaving competently
Crossovers
Plotty stories
Character studies
Found families
Happy endings
Unhappy endings, if they're of the magnificently tragic variety.
I prefer slash, but like gen. No matter the relationship, emotional intimacy that matters more to me than the physical sort, though I would never turn down some rousing physical intimacy. While I most want to see the characters listed, I am fond of seeing other characters in the fandoms and how they all interact. And I'm not averse to OC's, if they're well drawn and essential to the plot.
Do Not Wants
Non-con or rape
A/B/O
BDSM and most kink
Death of a requested character
Mpreg
Additionally, I dislike seeing competent characters acting stupidly. I also don't want to see other characters or ships beyond what I've requested criticized or belittled.
And here, again, are the details about my requested fandoms:
Talk of the Town Dilg, Lightcap, Shelley
I discovered this movie when my husband recorded it from TCM and told me "You have to watch this. Cary Grant and Ronald Colman are supposed to be fighting over Jean Arthur, but they're really flirting with each other!" And he wasn't wrong! Grant's labour activist Leopold Dilg is wrongfully accused of arson, and hides out at the house of an old school friend, Nora Shelley. But Nora has just rented the house out to a law professor, Michael Lightcap (Colman). Nora convinces Lightcap that Dilg is a gardener, and the flirting just ramps up from there. Lightcap and Dilg pretty much falling in love over a game of chess while Nora looks adoringly on is a high point of the film. My dream ending for the film is the three of them going off together at the end. However you want to manage that, I'll love it. Maybe Lightcap stays on the Supreme Court, maybe he doesn't. I'd love to see Dilg pulling him into activism, and Nora support them both, but also finding her own place in the world. If an OT3 isn't your thing, having them all as a supportive found family also works for me. Available as a rental from Youtube https://youtu.be/_ju6Z2v9TnI
Political Animals (TJ & Margaret Barrish)
Sebastian Stan and TJ were what sucked me into this show, and though it turns out I love pretty much every character and all their crazy flaws, TJ is still the one I love most. I hurt when he screws up and am hopeful when he takes steps in the right direction. I'd love to see him find happiness, to see him shake the hold his addictions have on him. I'd love to see more of him and his grandmother together. Margaret is the one in the family that seems to care for TJ most, and the one whose good opinion TJ most cares about. And I'd love to see more of his brother or his father trying to protect him, and more of his complicated relationship with his mother. And finally, I'd love to see him find a boyfriend who'd actually look after him, not just someone who wants to shag the ex-president's son, and not someone who'll cut and run when he needs them.
Push (Nick & Cassie)
What I'm most interested in is seeing Nick surviving as an expat American in Asia. How did he survive after his dad died? Or what happens to him and Cassie next? Or anything in between. Please note, I see Nick and Cassie as having an older brother, younger sister relationship, so please don't have them romantically involved, even if you age up Cassie.
Sunshine (Capa & Mace)
What strikes me on re-watching this film is the amount of tension that exists between Capa and Mace. There's so much feeling there, not all of it good, that there's got to be some sort of back story. So, what is that back story? Did they know each other back home? Did they cross paths in university? Did they get to know each other in the astronaut training program? Are they in a relationship? Were they? Do they want to be? Even if you don't go the slash route, it seems there's a lot you could do with them having a super intense friendship. Or if you don't want to revisit the past, how about the future. Give the crew of the Icarus an ending where at least some of them survive. Have Corazon save her seedling, Mace survive the computer coolant tank, and Capa figure out how to send the payload without sacrificing himself.
In the end, I hope you have fun with whatever you write!
Things That Make Me Happy
I prefer slash, but like gen. No matter the relationship, emotional intimacy that matters more to me than the physical sort, though I would never turn down some rousing physical intimacy. While I most want to see the characters listed, I am fond of seeing other characters in the fandoms and how they all interact. And I'm not averse to OC's, if they're well drawn and essential to the plot.
Do Not Wants
Additionally, I dislike seeing competent characters acting stupidly. I also don't want to see other characters or ships beyond what I've requested criticized or belittled.
And here, again, are the details about my requested fandoms:
Talk of the Town Dilg, Lightcap, Shelley
I discovered this movie when my husband recorded it from TCM and told me "You have to watch this. Cary Grant and Ronald Colman are supposed to be fighting over Jean Arthur, but they're really flirting with each other!" And he wasn't wrong! Grant's labour activist Leopold Dilg is wrongfully accused of arson, and hides out at the house of an old school friend, Nora Shelley. But Nora has just rented the house out to a law professor, Michael Lightcap (Colman). Nora convinces Lightcap that Dilg is a gardener, and the flirting just ramps up from there. Lightcap and Dilg pretty much falling in love over a game of chess while Nora looks adoringly on is a high point of the film. My dream ending for the film is the three of them going off together at the end. However you want to manage that, I'll love it. Maybe Lightcap stays on the Supreme Court, maybe he doesn't. I'd love to see Dilg pulling him into activism, and Nora support them both, but also finding her own place in the world. If an OT3 isn't your thing, having them all as a supportive found family also works for me. Available as a rental from Youtube https://youtu.be/_ju6Z2v9TnI
Political Animals (TJ & Margaret Barrish)
Sebastian Stan and TJ were what sucked me into this show, and though it turns out I love pretty much every character and all their crazy flaws, TJ is still the one I love most. I hurt when he screws up and am hopeful when he takes steps in the right direction. I'd love to see him find happiness, to see him shake the hold his addictions have on him. I'd love to see more of him and his grandmother together. Margaret is the one in the family that seems to care for TJ most, and the one whose good opinion TJ most cares about. And I'd love to see more of his brother or his father trying to protect him, and more of his complicated relationship with his mother. And finally, I'd love to see him find a boyfriend who'd actually look after him, not just someone who wants to shag the ex-president's son, and not someone who'll cut and run when he needs them.
Push (Nick & Cassie)
What I'm most interested in is seeing Nick surviving as an expat American in Asia. How did he survive after his dad died? Or what happens to him and Cassie next? Or anything in between. Please note, I see Nick and Cassie as having an older brother, younger sister relationship, so please don't have them romantically involved, even if you age up Cassie.
Sunshine (Capa & Mace)
What strikes me on re-watching this film is the amount of tension that exists between Capa and Mace. There's so much feeling there, not all of it good, that there's got to be some sort of back story. So, what is that back story? Did they know each other back home? Did they cross paths in university? Did they get to know each other in the astronaut training program? Are they in a relationship? Were they? Do they want to be? Even if you don't go the slash route, it seems there's a lot you could do with them having a super intense friendship. Or if you don't want to revisit the past, how about the future. Give the crew of the Icarus an ending where at least some of them survive. Have Corazon save her seedling, Mace survive the computer coolant tank, and Capa figure out how to send the payload without sacrificing himself.
In the end, I hope you have fun with whatever you write!
