![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Dear Yuletide Writer
Hello, Yuletide Writer!
First things first: whatever you write for me, in any of these fandoms, I will be utterly delighted. These are faves and I love them and I will love whatever I get to read. And thanks so much for writing a story in one of these fandoms. I will just be so glad to have any story for any of the requests.
Some of this letter has been duplicated from previous years, so if you've been here before, that is why things seem familiar. :)
General stuff:
Likes:
Do Not Wants:
Specific fandom details...
Space: Above and Beyond
Cooper Hawkes, Shane Vansen, Tyrus McQueen, Nathan West (S:AAB), My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about any or all of these characters. I honestly love them all, but if you choose to focus on just one or two or any combo, that's fine too. Feel free to include other characters as well. I don't have any particular ships for this fandom, and I especially love the found family and competence kink in the show.
Perfect for Yuletide: an obscure little sci-fi show that was canceled after one season! But what a season it was. We had the intro of all the characters, their initial reactions to each other, and the way they learned to work together as they bonded; interesting world building and a shadowy conspiracy, increasingly bad situations, and an explosive finale.
Maybe a post-finale story? Tell me what happens next: did Vansen and 'Phousse and Wang somehow miraculously survive? What happened to McQueen after he was shipped out? How did Hawkes and West manage without everyone else?
Or maybe a missing scenes story from one of the eps? Or an adventure like a missing ep? You could expand on the shadowy conspiracy with the chigs and the war and AeroTech -- there wasn't much in the show itself, but I remember reading that if the show hadn't been canceled it would have been expanded upon in the second season.
Backstory on the Silicates and In-Vitros? Maybe McQueen in the AI wars? Or McQueen and Hawkes interacting with other In-Vitros?
One extremely out-there crossover suggestion: X-Files. I know that's a big jump in terms of time, but I feel like elements from XF fit in with the shadowy conspiracy in S:AAB. Of course, David Duchovny guest-starred too, haha. If you could make something work, that would be great!
Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott
Elizabeth "Bess" Laurence (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), Daniel "Dan" Kean (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), Theodore "Laurie" Laurence (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), Josephine "Jo" March (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about any or all of these characters. Okay, so this is the book series, not the movies (if Bess and Dan didn't give that away, heh). I love all these characters and ship Bess/Dan hard. I'm also open Jo/Laurie, but no infidelity please.
I already mentioned the ships, but gen is good too, so no worries if you're not into the ships. Maybe some kind of AU future fic where Dan survives and he and Bess get together? Or an AU where Jo goes to Europe instead of Amy and meets Laurie there? Or a missing family scene from the original LW book. I'm extremely fond of Little Men as well, so if you want to set the story during that time, I'd love it. Feel free to use other characters like Beth and Meg and Amy too, if that works. I just love LMA's world here so much, I'd be delighted with anything.
Malone/Belford Series - Lenora Mattingly Weber
Mary Fred Malone, Katie Rose Belford, Beany Malone, Stacy Belford, My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about any or all of these characters. Listen, I love them all, but I gotta be honest, Katie Rose is my number one, so if you only want to want to focus on her, I'd love it.
Perhaps my most obscure fandom! These were YA books before there was even a YA term. The first book, Meet the Malones was written and set during early WWII, and the final books in the Stacy series were written in the 1970s, so a really big span of time. Technically these are separate series, but they're all are intertwined, just featuring a different main character.
As I mentioned, Katie Rose is my fave of these characters, so maybe a future fic featuring her and where she ended up in life? I always loved KR and Beany's interactions, so I'd love a fic with more of that! Or maybe all four of them in the same fic? I'd love another Mary Fred story -- the first book was all her, but then after that she was a background character. Give me more about her! Or maybe future fic with Stacy? We left her in a vulnerable time in her life. Just some suggestions! Feel free to come up with your own ideas, and of course, feel free to use any other characters in the story, as long as one of these are the stars.
Kairos (O'Keefe) Series - Madeleine L'Engle
Charles Wallace Murry, Meg Murry O'Keefe, My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about either ofthese characters or both of them! Okay, one of my favorite things about these books is the bond between Meg and Charles Wallace, so I'd be thrilled with a story that plays that up.
So here's one specific thing I want to know: what happened to Charles Wallace? In the books where Meg is an adult, he's alluded to, but never present. Tell me what happened to him, what he's up to, where he is. Do he and Meg (and Calvin too if you want) still get together for some adventures, even if they're all adults? I'd also love a fic with a missing scene from A Swiftly Tilting Planet. That book always fascinated me with Charles Wallace time traveling and slipping into all the different people, and Meg kything through it all with him. Or maybe another adventure after ASTP and before the Polly books? While the twins were off in biblical times, what did Meg and Charles Wallace get up to on their own? Maybe a story about Meg as a mother -- we know she has a ton of kids, but we get very little of her life. Just some suggestions! I would love whatever story you tell me here.
I hope that helped! And honestly, no pressure to fulfill any of the specific details! Anything you want to write in any of these fandoms will be great. I'm just happy to be getting a story from you.
Thanks again and have fun!
Big love,
Snax
First things first: whatever you write for me, in any of these fandoms, I will be utterly delighted. These are faves and I love them and I will love whatever I get to read. And thanks so much for writing a story in one of these fandoms. I will just be so glad to have any story for any of the requests.
Some of this letter has been duplicated from previous years, so if you've been here before, that is why things seem familiar. :)
General stuff:
- POV: I like first person POV and third person POV. I know some people worry about writing in first person, but I'm fine with it!
- AUs: I love them! So if that's something you have in mind, feel free to go there! The only exceptions to this are A/B/O ‘verse, and high school AUs.
- Crossovers/fusions: I love crossovers, if they fit with the fandom, time-framewise, tone-wise - I've got some suggestions below. But no pressure if crossovers aren't your thing!
Likes:
- In general, some things I love: great dialogue/witty banter, humor, hurt/comfort, stories that are bittersweet but still have happy, or at least hopeful, endings. I love when stories make me laugh AND cry. I love canon explorations and world-building - what was going on here during this moment, and what was happening elsewhere, and backstory on people and things we only know a little about.
- atmosphere/setting/details! I love when I feel like I'm in the world of the fic, so anything like this is wonderful.
- character studies and relationship (not just romance - friendship, family, etc) stories - I always want to know more about these characters I love, why they did this or that, how they react in new situations, that kind of things. Caveat: I don't really love vignettes or navel-gazing pieces, where one character mulls for the entire story on his/her life decisions. I want interaction with other characters and dialogue.
- If character pieces aren't your thing, I am extremely happy with adventures of all sorts, or plotty gen stories, or mysteries. Like I said, I love all these characters, and want to see them in action. :D
- I am very happy with genfic, but I'm fine with romance (het and slash, see specific requests for pairings) and porn too. I am also good with characters having babies - especially in futurefic.
- In terms of romance, I love getting together/first time fics, a lot!
- friends-to-lovers/slow burn relationships -- I love the development and changes in the relationship!
- If you're up for smut, so am I! I'd like some plot with the porn, if you can do that! Some things/kinks I like: kissing, vanilla sex, oral sex (especially cunnilingus), non-penetrative sex/frottage, especially intercrural, pegging, and biting/marking. DNWs: watersports, scat, torture, public humiliation, and BDSM.
- As I said above, I'm good with romance, from fluffy moments, to NC-17 scenes but I don't want a PWP only; I prefer plot with my porn.
Do Not Wants:
- non con/dubcon/rape, gore/graphic violence
- extremly grimdark stories with unhappy endings - they don't have to be perfect, but I like them hopeful.
- character bashing, or character torture
- mpreg
- misogyny, racism
- genderswap/always-a-different-gender in these fandoms
Specific fandom details...
Space: Above and Beyond
Cooper Hawkes, Shane Vansen, Tyrus McQueen, Nathan West (S:AAB), My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about any or all of these characters. I honestly love them all, but if you choose to focus on just one or two or any combo, that's fine too. Feel free to include other characters as well. I don't have any particular ships for this fandom, and I especially love the found family and competence kink in the show.
Perfect for Yuletide: an obscure little sci-fi show that was canceled after one season! But what a season it was. We had the intro of all the characters, their initial reactions to each other, and the way they learned to work together as they bonded; interesting world building and a shadowy conspiracy, increasingly bad situations, and an explosive finale.
Maybe a post-finale story? Tell me what happens next: did Vansen and 'Phousse and Wang somehow miraculously survive? What happened to McQueen after he was shipped out? How did Hawkes and West manage without everyone else?
Or maybe a missing scenes story from one of the eps? Or an adventure like a missing ep? You could expand on the shadowy conspiracy with the chigs and the war and AeroTech -- there wasn't much in the show itself, but I remember reading that if the show hadn't been canceled it would have been expanded upon in the second season.
Backstory on the Silicates and In-Vitros? Maybe McQueen in the AI wars? Or McQueen and Hawkes interacting with other In-Vitros?
One extremely out-there crossover suggestion: X-Files. I know that's a big jump in terms of time, but I feel like elements from XF fit in with the shadowy conspiracy in S:AAB. Of course, David Duchovny guest-starred too, haha. If you could make something work, that would be great!
Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott
Elizabeth "Bess" Laurence (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), Daniel "Dan" Kean (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), Theodore "Laurie" Laurence (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), Josephine "Jo" March (Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott), My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about any or all of these characters. Okay, so this is the book series, not the movies (if Bess and Dan didn't give that away, heh). I love all these characters and ship Bess/Dan hard. I'm also open Jo/Laurie, but no infidelity please.
I already mentioned the ships, but gen is good too, so no worries if you're not into the ships. Maybe some kind of AU future fic where Dan survives and he and Bess get together? Or an AU where Jo goes to Europe instead of Amy and meets Laurie there? Or a missing family scene from the original LW book. I'm extremely fond of Little Men as well, so if you want to set the story during that time, I'd love it. Feel free to use other characters like Beth and Meg and Amy too, if that works. I just love LMA's world here so much, I'd be delighted with anything.
Malone/Belford Series - Lenora Mattingly Weber
Mary Fred Malone, Katie Rose Belford, Beany Malone, Stacy Belford, My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about any or all of these characters. Listen, I love them all, but I gotta be honest, Katie Rose is my number one, so if you only want to want to focus on her, I'd love it.
Perhaps my most obscure fandom! These were YA books before there was even a YA term. The first book, Meet the Malones was written and set during early WWII, and the final books in the Stacy series were written in the 1970s, so a really big span of time. Technically these are separate series, but they're all are intertwined, just featuring a different main character.
As I mentioned, Katie Rose is my fave of these characters, so maybe a future fic featuring her and where she ended up in life? I always loved KR and Beany's interactions, so I'd love a fic with more of that! Or maybe all four of them in the same fic? I'd love another Mary Fred story -- the first book was all her, but then after that she was a background character. Give me more about her! Or maybe future fic with Stacy? We left her in a vulnerable time in her life. Just some suggestions! Feel free to come up with your own ideas, and of course, feel free to use any other characters in the story, as long as one of these are the stars.
Kairos (O'Keefe) Series - Madeleine L'Engle
Charles Wallace Murry, Meg Murry O'Keefe, My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
I'd love a story about either ofthese characters or both of them! Okay, one of my favorite things about these books is the bond between Meg and Charles Wallace, so I'd be thrilled with a story that plays that up.
So here's one specific thing I want to know: what happened to Charles Wallace? In the books where Meg is an adult, he's alluded to, but never present. Tell me what happened to him, what he's up to, where he is. Do he and Meg (and Calvin too if you want) still get together for some adventures, even if they're all adults? I'd also love a fic with a missing scene from A Swiftly Tilting Planet. That book always fascinated me with Charles Wallace time traveling and slipping into all the different people, and Meg kything through it all with him. Or maybe another adventure after ASTP and before the Polly books? While the twins were off in biblical times, what did Meg and Charles Wallace get up to on their own? Maybe a story about Meg as a mother -- we know she has a ton of kids, but we get very little of her life. Just some suggestions! I would love whatever story you tell me here.
I hope that helped! And honestly, no pressure to fulfill any of the specific details! Anything you want to write in any of these fandoms will be great. I'm just happy to be getting a story from you.
Thanks again and have fun!
Big love,
Snax