Dear Yuletide Author 2017
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gwynI'm super happy you are writing for me!
I'm open to angst, romance, humor, 'ships (slash or het), gen, character studies, long plotty stuff (I love plotty stuff), 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 kink-oriented, non-con in any way, emotional abuse, animal harm, ABO and that sort of thing. I've battled grief and depression for a while and dealt with cancer this 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.
What I love about my fandoms is the canon universe they inhabit, but what-if AUs (canon-divergence) can be really cool--I love it when someone comes up with a story off of one tiny element being changed! Under my Yuletide tag here, you can find some of my past DYA letters if you'd like to know more.
Some of the tropes and approaches I enjoy (most of which I stole from Dorinda): right now, I really love hopeful endings, words that camouflage deeper/unspoken meanings, protectiveness, worry, extreme competence (with honest weakness), hurt/comfort, found or chosen families, partners against the world, nurturing via food/drink/warmth. Don't be afraid of the classics: Having to Share a Bed, Huddling for Warmth, Pretend Couple, situations where one suffers or sacrifices for the other, rescues, stranded somewhere (idyllic or non-), etc. And if you can write time travel of some sort, I'll probably fall in love with you.
Gifted: I don't have too much to add to my optional details, but I just loved this movie so much--I saw it about seven times in the theatre. Admittedly some of the story is just crazy and doesn't make sense (the whole foster scenario), but I loved how gentle it was, even the dysfunction with Frank and Evelyn. I adored the relationship between Frank and Roberta, and how much Roberta loved Mary, and I thought Bonnie was wonderful. If you'd like to explore those characters, or write fix-it for Frank and Bonnie, or just a slice of life with Frank and Mary, I'll have heart-eyes for it.
The Adjustment Bureau: I'm trying desperately to get other people interested in this tiny, tiny fandom, especially for Anthony Mackie's character, and most of the focus on the few fics there are for it are about the central couple. What I'd love is some kind of story focusing on Harry. I have no problems with crossovers with other fandoms I'm into (you can see examples of those in my list of fandoms on AO3), or putting him with David or Elise in a ship if that excites you, or just his working relationships to other Adjusters. (I have a sekrit headcanon that Sam Wilson was actually Harry Mitchell made human, after the movie, but he doesn't know it, though that wouldn't fall within the guidelines of Yuletide so I'm not requesting it, just giving you an idea of how much I love Harry and how much I love Anthony Mackie.) It'd be so cool to know more about Harry. Just anything with him in his sweater-vested, hat-wearing, sweetly smiling, ridiculously eyelashed glory would be fabulous.
Political Animals: I always feel so greedy for asking for TJ Hammond stories because I have received two already, but there just aren't enough stories about him, if you ask me. I love to see TJ getting his life in order, on his own or with someone else--being the hero of his own story for a change. I think that his family is kind of bad for him (with the exception of his grandmother), although if they're a part of your story, that's cool. I'm always interested, too, in his relationship to Dougie, but I'm a twin and I'm sensitive to the media stereotypes of psychic twins and stuff like that, so a little research about the reality of twins would go a long way. I'm totally open to crossovers with other characters from Sebastian Stan's movies, as long as the focus is on TJ, and I love Agent Clark from the series, and could totally see him in a (non-kink) relationship with him after the series. I often think TJ's life could be perfect for concepts like Groundhog Day/time loops, that sort of thing, so if you want to play with tropes, feel free!
ETA: I removed The Good Place from my requests. It seems like it's the juggernaut fandom this year, so I imagine there will be lots of good fic, and since I royally forked up and didn't nominate Mindy St. Claire, I wouldn't have a guarantee of the character I most want to see. Who knows, maybe I'll write some Mindy fic of my own...
I'm open to angst, romance, humor, 'ships (slash or het), gen, character studies, long plotty stuff (I love plotty stuff), 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 kink-oriented, non-con in any way, emotional abuse, animal harm, ABO and that sort of thing. I've battled grief and depression for a while and dealt with cancer this 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.
What I love about my fandoms is the canon universe they inhabit, but what-if AUs (canon-divergence) can be really cool--I love it when someone comes up with a story off of one tiny element being changed! Under my Yuletide tag here, you can find some of my past DYA letters if you'd like to know more.
Some of the tropes and approaches I enjoy (most of which I stole from Dorinda): right now, I really love hopeful endings, words that camouflage deeper/unspoken meanings, protectiveness, worry, extreme competence (with honest weakness), hurt/comfort, found or chosen families, partners against the world, nurturing via food/drink/warmth. Don't be afraid of the classics: Having to Share a Bed, Huddling for Warmth, Pretend Couple, situations where one suffers or sacrifices for the other, rescues, stranded somewhere (idyllic or non-), etc. And if you can write time travel of some sort, I'll probably fall in love with you.
Gifted: I don't have too much to add to my optional details, but I just loved this movie so much--I saw it about seven times in the theatre. Admittedly some of the story is just crazy and doesn't make sense (the whole foster scenario), but I loved how gentle it was, even the dysfunction with Frank and Evelyn. I adored the relationship between Frank and Roberta, and how much Roberta loved Mary, and I thought Bonnie was wonderful. If you'd like to explore those characters, or write fix-it for Frank and Bonnie, or just a slice of life with Frank and Mary, I'll have heart-eyes for it.
The Adjustment Bureau: I'm trying desperately to get other people interested in this tiny, tiny fandom, especially for Anthony Mackie's character, and most of the focus on the few fics there are for it are about the central couple. What I'd love is some kind of story focusing on Harry. I have no problems with crossovers with other fandoms I'm into (you can see examples of those in my list of fandoms on AO3), or putting him with David or Elise in a ship if that excites you, or just his working relationships to other Adjusters. (I have a sekrit headcanon that Sam Wilson was actually Harry Mitchell made human, after the movie, but he doesn't know it, though that wouldn't fall within the guidelines of Yuletide so I'm not requesting it, just giving you an idea of how much I love Harry and how much I love Anthony Mackie.) It'd be so cool to know more about Harry. Just anything with him in his sweater-vested, hat-wearing, sweetly smiling, ridiculously eyelashed glory would be fabulous.
Political Animals: I always feel so greedy for asking for TJ Hammond stories because I have received two already, but there just aren't enough stories about him, if you ask me. I love to see TJ getting his life in order, on his own or with someone else--being the hero of his own story for a change. I think that his family is kind of bad for him (with the exception of his grandmother), although if they're a part of your story, that's cool. I'm always interested, too, in his relationship to Dougie, but I'm a twin and I'm sensitive to the media stereotypes of psychic twins and stuff like that, so a little research about the reality of twins would go a long way. I'm totally open to crossovers with other characters from Sebastian Stan's movies, as long as the focus is on TJ, and I love Agent Clark from the series, and could totally see him in a (non-kink) relationship with him after the series. I often think TJ's life could be perfect for concepts like Groundhog Day/time loops, that sort of thing, so if you want to play with tropes, feel free!
ETA: I removed The Good Place from my requests. It seems like it's the juggernaut fandom this year, so I imagine there will be lots of good fic, and since I royally forked up and didn't nominate Mindy St. Claire, I wouldn't have a guarantee of the character I most want to see. Who knows, maybe I'll write some Mindy fic of my own...
