Yuletide Letter!

[novembersmith]

Dear Awesome Person,

 

First off, thank you! THANK YOU. I haven’t read anything you’ve written yet, and I already love you, just so you know. Secondly, I won’t lie, this is my first time doing Yuletide. I tried to make my prompts as helpful as possible, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I somehow accidentally created a prompt bomb of misery and doom, in which case I am whole-heartedly sorry and hope this letter helps. (Also, just a warning in advance: I am writing this letter as a means of procrastinating on my Nano-fic, so, uh. It may be more rambling than usual. SORRY.)

 

Basically, the fandoms I requested are ones that I love beyond all reason, and anything you write at all will give me seizures of joy, and really, this letter is probably entirely unnecessary because I am already sure that I will love whatever you write in my teeny tiny fandom. But if you do want some ideas to go off, here is a letter full of ramble and squee!

First, here’s a quick sum of some of my general fanfic likes and dislikes:

 

I do not like:

·         Chan (no prepubescent sex, please… older teenagers are fine, though!)

·         Bestiality

·         Unremittingly depressing fic—I’m fine with dark subjects, obviously, but there needs to be some kind of hopeful ending or underlying happy realization for me to like it. Otherwise I’ll just weep into my laptop and listen to sad music, and it will all be very pathetic.

 

Pretty much anything else goes, though! I’m very open-minded when it comes to fic.

 

I do like (LOVE):

·         Banter

·         Flirting

·         First-time fics

·         Pining

·         D&S relationships (it can be as explicit as orgasm denial, spanking, and bondage or as simple as one character liking to be held down or getting hickeys from the other)

·         Hatesex

·         Happy endings

·         Life-changing friendships… ie, characters knowing each other ridiculously well, better than anyone else in the universe

 

Obviously all of these things do not need to be united into one fic. This is just basically a laundry list of some of the things that make me coo with delight/drool/propose marriage. If you want a better idea of the fics I write/read, feel free to go through my livejournal (check the fic or ficlets tag) or delicious account (though, sadly, this hasn’t been updated for quite some time. :/).

 

What else?  Hmm, let’s go over what makes me love these four incredibly different fandoms to bits and pieces, shall we?

 

James Herriot - All Creatures Great and Small

Request: I would love love LOVE a slash story between either James and Tristan or James and Siegfried. It can be as pg or as explicit as you like--I'll be ecstatic with whatever. Maybe something with one of the two flirting with an oblivious James? If slash isn't your cup of tea, a missing chapter involving these three characters would be equally awesome.

 

Basically, this book is my happy place. Whenever I travel, I take it with me so that I know I have a guaranteed way to make myself smile when I’m homesick or lonely. The setting is so perfect and gorgeous--the tiny town and the desolate moors, the changing seasons and the way James' job changes with them--baby lambs in spring! *__* And the characters, oh man. I love how James is so earnest and delighted to be there, cheerful and slightly oblivious, but willing to learn. And then there are the Farnon brothers. I love how Siegfried is just so HIMSELF, absent-minded and brilliant and dashing, and TRISTAN. Ugh, I think my favorite chapter of the whole book (I’m totally lying, I also love all the chapters involving Tricky Woo, and the one with the old man’s dog that always makes me sob, and… I’ll just stop now) is the chapter detailing the prank war between Tristan and James. OMG, how awesome is it that James actually WINS one? UGH I LOVE IT. One idea for a fic might be how Tristan retaliates after that, actually!

 

(ETA: Um. Sorry, upon re-reading, that was a bit incoherent. Hopefully it was helpful? Somehow? Really, I just love these characters. Anything that involves these characters = golden.)

 

Jennifer’s Body

Request:  Femmeslash! I'd love something that explores Jennifer's jealousy over all the boys in Needy's life. Hatesex would be fun, but not necessary--in fact, it can stay entirely PG if you want! I don't necessarily need a happy ending, but nothing too tragic, please.

 

Hnnnngh. This movie! I saw it three times the first week it came out. I love the relationship between Needy and Jennifer SO MUCH—to me, it was completely obvious that Jennifer was in love with Needy and dangerously jealous over anyone that had Needy’s attention—obsessed might be a good word. I got the impression that no one else in Jennifer’s life even really registered to her, besides Needy—and Needy is totally oblivious to it. Bless. I understand that other people might interpret their relationship differently, but to me, Jennifer’s Body was an unrequited love story, which just made me SO HAPPY. HOT GIRLS IN LOVE. Ahem.

 

But it wasn’t just that—I loved how fun the movie was! The reversal of the horror movie trope—the  victims being dragged off screaming and kicking were GUYS for once! The jokes about Maroon 5, and Jennifer’s one-liner about tampons! The awkward sex! I seriously thought this movie was so smart and hilarious and scary in all the best ways.

 

Basically, any fic that gives me more of this movie? Will make me swoon with delight. :)

 

Lincoln and Child’s Pendergast series

Request:  I'd love a slashy story about these two, something twisty exploring Pendergast's guilt and Diogenes' obsession, but if that squicks you, I'd be just as happy with a gen story exploring their relationship. A missing scene from the books or an AU or a scene from their childhood/adolescence. Anything like that would be beyond wonderful.

 

Oh my god, I love these books. Smart, scientific thrillers! Totally unrealistic, fine, but they’re so deliciously creepy and twisted, and the writing is pretty fantastic—I’ve been to a lot of the locations where these books were set, and I’m always impressed by how well the books capture the atmosphere. Anyway. The CHARACTERS. Oh my god, Agent Pendergast is probably one of my favorite characters of all time, and Diogenes is just so delightfully, perfectly evil. That one scene from Dance of Death about their childhood completely SLAYED me. Tiny!Diogenes is just so adorable and tragic and Tiny!Aloysius is so snobby and dear, and their relationship is so twisted and complex and wonderful. Anything at all that explores that would delight me down to my toes. An AU where Diogenes survives the volcano (ahaha, knowing these books, that might not be an AU) or a scene from their childhoods or a Diogenes POV of one of the scenes from the book or ANYTHING, seriously, I will love it. Slash would be fun, but it’s really, seriously not necessary.

 

Robin McKinley – Deerskin

Request: A future-fic about Lissar and Ossin! It could be about how they learn to live with each other, or about them living apart and Ossin having to wait for Lissar to visit each spring, or about them saving children together! There are just some suggestions, but basically anything you write would cause me to stroke out with glee. Seriously.

 

*__* You should see my copy of this book—it’s totally falling apart. Anyway, I am a huge sucker for fairytales, and Robin McKinley is one of the absolute best for that. The writing is gorgeous and lyrical, and the characters are so real--Lissar is so quietly wonderful and Ash! Oh, how I love Ash and Ob and all of the puppies. To say nothing of Ossin, who is the very antithesis of a Prince Charming, and yet is so much more charming than any other prince I have ever encountered in literature. Lissar and Ossin are one of my all-time favorite OTPs. Ossin just loves Lissar so much, and he knows her so well, and Lissar loves him and ahhhh, the ending is so good! Only I want more, you know? THANK YOU FOR EXISTING, YULETIDE. The thing about Lissar and Ossin is that you know it’s not going to be easy, but neither of them will ever stop trying. The book itself is so dark, but the overall message and ending is hopeful and beautiful, and I love it. A story about them together or apart or from someone else's POV--anything would be amazing.

 

So, yes. Now you know I am a rambly, crazy person! Hopefully this letter was in some way helpful, but if any of the prompts and/or ideas don’t click for you, please don’t worry! I hope it came across that any and all fic for one of these fandoms would give me extreme amounts of joy. Write whatever works for you! I promise it will make me smile.

 

Thank you again! I hope you have fun writing!

 

L