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Dear Yuletide Author 2018
Oct. 27th, 2018 12:25 pmI am terribly sorry it's taken me so long to write this--I hope it hasn't messed with your plans too much. If this letter isn't a big help, you can see all my past letters by using my yuletide tag here.
General stuff about me
I'm open to angst with a happy ending, romance, humor, ships (slash or het), gen, character studies, long plotty stuff (I love plotty stuff and fic with world-building or that goes in depth), fluff, or drama. I love first times and falling in love, friendships, relationships between people who are equals. Friends to lovers might be my ultimate trope, and found families is right up there too.
What I don't like: BDSM/anything particularly sex kink-oriented, non-con of any type, emotional abuse, animal harm, ABO and that sort of thing (that's what I meant about if there are initials for it, I'm probably not into it). I've battled grief and depression for a while and dealt with cancer last year, so something that might make me more depressed or fic about illnesses or death would not be enjoyable, but if that's the direction your story goes, I'm also not the kind of person who'd freak out about it, even though I might not be super enthused about it. Two of my requests involve twins, and as a twin, I'm really annoyed by the weird cliches about us, so I'd appreciate some sensitivity in that, and please, no twincest.
What I love about my fandoms is the canon universe they inhabit so I'm not really into mundane AUs, however what-if AUs (canon-divergence) can be really cool--I love it when someone comes up with a story off of one element being changed!
Some of the tropes and approaches I enjoy (some of which I've stolen from Dorinda): right now, I really love hopeful endings even if it's not necessarily a happy-ever-after, words that camouflage deeper/unspoken meanings and hidden feelings, protectiveness, extreme competence (with honest weakness), hurt/comfort, found or chosen families, partners against the world, nurturing via food/drink/warmth. Some of the classics I can go for: having to share a bed, huddling for warmth and/or stranded somewhere, pretend couple, situations where one suffers or sacrifices for the other, rescues, etc. Genre can be fun: someone finds they have superpowers, or is trapped in a time loop, things like that. If you can write time travel of some sort, I'll probably fall in love.
( Political Animals )
( The Hitman's Bodyguard )
( Kings )
( Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle )
General stuff about me
I'm open to angst with a happy ending, romance, humor, ships (slash or het), gen, character studies, long plotty stuff (I love plotty stuff and fic with world-building or that goes in depth), fluff, or drama. I love first times and falling in love, friendships, relationships between people who are equals. Friends to lovers might be my ultimate trope, and found families is right up there too.
What I don't like: BDSM/anything particularly sex kink-oriented, non-con of any type, emotional abuse, animal harm, ABO and that sort of thing (that's what I meant about if there are initials for it, I'm probably not into it). I've battled grief and depression for a while and dealt with cancer last year, so something that might make me more depressed or fic about illnesses or death would not be enjoyable, but if that's the direction your story goes, I'm also not the kind of person who'd freak out about it, even though I might not be super enthused about it. Two of my requests involve twins, and as a twin, I'm really annoyed by the weird cliches about us, so I'd appreciate some sensitivity in that, and please, no twincest.
What I love about my fandoms is the canon universe they inhabit so I'm not really into mundane AUs, however what-if AUs (canon-divergence) can be really cool--I love it when someone comes up with a story off of one element being changed!
Some of the tropes and approaches I enjoy (some of which I've stolen from Dorinda): right now, I really love hopeful endings even if it's not necessarily a happy-ever-after, words that camouflage deeper/unspoken meanings and hidden feelings, protectiveness, extreme competence (with honest weakness), hurt/comfort, found or chosen families, partners against the world, nurturing via food/drink/warmth. Some of the classics I can go for: having to share a bed, huddling for warmth and/or stranded somewhere, pretend couple, situations where one suffers or sacrifices for the other, rescues, etc. Genre can be fun: someone finds they have superpowers, or is trapped in a time loop, things like that. If you can write time travel of some sort, I'll probably fall in love.
( Political Animals )
( The Hitman's Bodyguard )
( Kings )
( Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle )
