tjs_whatnot | Entries tagged with yuletide

Hello!

I'm so glad we have at least one tiny fandom in common, that means I already love you and think you have impeccable taste! 😍😍

I think you'll see a theme happening in my requests. 😉

Last year, I got myself out of a decade long reading drought by discovering queer lit (well queer romance precisely, but I'm slowly expanding on that front). Last year, I discovered Casey McQuiston and Alexis Hall and my life will never be the same. This year, it was T.J. Klune who rocked me to my core and Cat Sebastian, who always put a ridiculous smile on my face.

So, I thought I'd talk about tropes and general themes I love that these particular books hit on and then I'll touch on each of my requested fandoms with some of my favorite moments/relationships to give you some guidance if you'd like (no worries if not).

Found Family I need it like breathing. It is the one thing that pretty much spans across all my favorite books. There's just something about Queer Found Families that gives me the sighs you know? It can be the found family of Green Creek where it's an entire pack of people coming together and being there for each other in their extremely dysfunctional way, or it can be the family two people make when they get together because the really need someone to rely on when their own fathers/families let them down (looking at you Luc and Oliver!).
Lots of POVs I love stories that let me peek into all (or at least some) of those wild and wonderful brains. Or, if that's not your thing, I'm also equally crazy about delving deep into one person's psyche, especially if it's someone we didn't get to in canon.
Tropeyness in general: I like to think of tropes as hooks. They're what draws me to a story, but then it's up to the characters to make it exceptional. Feel free to get as tropey as you want.

Now, I guess it's the time to talk about what I DO NOT WANT. I have two types of DNWs.
Hard DNWs: These are the things I don't want in ANY story I receive.
✔️Incest/chan/rape fantasy
✔️Extreme kinks-- sexual exploration is one thing, watersports/pony play is quite another. If in doubt ask yourself, is this something that the characters in canon, written by their authors, would do?
✔️Character bashing

✔️cruelty/abuse/torture
Soft DNWs these are things I wouldn't want my assigned story to feature, but would be delighted to receive as a treat.
✔️Sappy, happy, overly fluffy
✔️PWP

First the ones that I, myself, nominated since these are the ones I've put the most thought into.

The Green Creek Series by T.J. Klune

Okay, first I have to explain why I nominated who I did. I was afraid I would be the only one who nominated, so I choice the MC of each book, hoping others would nominate the other characters. Some did, but a LOT of characters are not included. 😭

All this to tell you, please write about ANY character or any pairing you want (no bennettcest though, wait, is that even a thing?)

Things I'd love explored? Basically any missing scene from any of the books. How Robbie and Kelly make sex work (as an ace myself, I'd love to read more about their journey). I'd also love to hear more about Chris and Tanner's relationship, or basically anything from Rico's POV. I'm also a sucker for road stories and remember thinking that I'd read an entire book of Carter and Not!Kelly driving along the lonely highway together. ❤️

How to be Series by T.J. Klune

I love this book SO MUCH! This was the first Klune book I read and Gustavo Tiberius owns my heart forever and ever. It wasn't until reading How to be a Movie Star that I fell for Josiah Erickson. Their friendship is my favorite thing. But, I also like Gus' relationship with pretty much everyone. I'd love to have these relationships explored from the other characters' POV so we get different takes on what makes Gus tick.

Another fun idea (and this is only if you've read the GC series-- or any other Klune) is a crossover. I think Klune himself gave me this idea as he adds characters and location in multiple books in different series. And also, once I read this awesome collection of crossovers with the characters from Schitt's Creek and characters from Klune books and it was delightful!

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Everything about this book I felt was written specifically for my favorite things. The journalism. The 1950s. The NYC of it. The whole His Girl Friday off the dialogue. The best friend becoming more. The AMAZING supporting cast.

Seriously, if you just want to write a dinner party scene with all of them (and others), I'd be ecstatic. If you want to write more newsroom shenanigans, or more interactions with Nick's mom or Andy's dad. Or maybe their 25th (or 50th) Cohabitation Anniversary. Really anything. I also really loved You Should Be So Lucky, so feel free to include any of that as well if you want. ❤️

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

I fell HARD for Luc and Oliver and their story! As a couple and individually. I could go on... and on and on... but how about a list of my favorite things instead (do with them what you'd like):

The conversations through doors. ❤️
Bacon Sandwiches. ❤️
French toast. ❤️
Rainbow Balloon Archs. 🌈
Dick Pics 😍
Oliver Calling Luc Lucien (though maybe that's just because of the narrator, but JEEEEZUS it was hot!

And I know I said in my sign up but seriously, feel free to use this opportunity to write what happens next before the official record is cast in Father Material, if you want. ♥️

Then, because others were nice enough to nominate more Alexis Hall:
The Spires Series by Alexis Hall

I came upon this series late in my devouring of Hall's catalog, only picking up the re-releases. So that means I haven't read Pansies yet. But having read the re-releases, can I just tell you, my favorite part of all this books is reading Hall's notes at the end. JEEEEEZUS but I just want to burrow into their brain and live there forever. I'd love a crossover if that's something you'd be interested in. Or if you want to write for Waiting for the Flood, it was the lightest book with the least amount of relationship building and I'd love more. Maybe the scene after they meet Marius? Or further in the future? Or maybe they get wistful every time it rains.

If you want to write about For Real, I'd love to see how these two make their lives work together. Does Toby get his restaurant? Or a degree? Does Laurie help in the kitchen from time to time? Can they ever eat Lemon Meringue without getting hard? Do they ever give up the scene?

Both of these books (and Glitterland) I've only read one, so I'm not as familiar with canon, or a stickler for it. Just have fun.

In fact, that goes for all of this. First and foremost, have fun. I find that the stories I enjoy the most are the ones I could tell the writer had a lot of fun writing. ❤️❤️

Ohhhhh, and if you're anything like me, you're going to want to stalk me a bit, so here, have some relevant links:

My book reviews gives a lot of insights into my thoughts and feelings on these books among many others.

My Tumblr Which I admit is about 95% Green Creek, so, if you aren't here for that fandom, you probably won't get too many insights besides that I'm flighty and sporadic. SURPRISE! 🤣

And that's it, for real this time. ❤️❤️

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring an image of a chubby brown and red bird surrounded by falling snow. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

Challenge #13

Make a rec list of fanworks!

Hang on. This is going to get long.
( A lot of recs under here! Fandoms: Red, White and Royal Blue, Boyfriend Material and Reservation Dogs )
And one last one without a cut-tag. If any of you know me from by days of Harry Potter, you know of a dear friend I met in that fandom who is an AMAZING writer--

kaalee. She usually comes out of hiding when she truly and really falls in love with something and then she just... spews all these lovely words and emotions into it. This link will take you to her Heartstopper fics on AO3 and OMG! So great!

And speaking of

kaalee ,after I finally finish with Snowflake, remind me to come back here and talk about the BEST trip to NYC EVER!

I can't believe how minimalist I'm being this year. Only 3 fandoms! For me? That is UNHEARD of! And I'm going to keep this simple too. Actually really simple as I just wrote this lengthy, very detailed thing, only to hit post and somehow lose the whole thing. The idea of writing (or remembering) all I said just seems overwhelming.

So, I'll just say, as far as characters go, it turns out I've been doing Yuletide wrong all this time and I feel bad about that, but now that I know how to do it (I hope) Iet me just say, that when I list people, they don't all have to be included, and you can completely add people who aren't in the tag set. I won't tell if you don't. ;) I'll give you ideas and you can do what you want with them. And if there are people I really don't want to read about, I'll let you know... though, I can't think of any in these three fandoms.

I'm sure you've noticed a theme, yeah? I sort of went on a Queer Lit bender this year. These are three of my absolute favorites. Feel free to do any crossover/fusion/what have you with any of these or with anything else I've read this year.

Boyfriend Material: Okay, I fell HARD for Luc and Oliver and their story! As a couple and individually. I could go on... and on and on... but how about a list of my favorite things instead:

The Humor:

Isn't Alexis Hall the best? Like, everything I've read of his has made me laugh, but for very different reasons as all his characters are so different. The things that I held onto and would be giddy to see more of are Luc's attempts to get Alex (and Rhys) to laugh at his ridiculous jokes. Dick pics. :D

The Heart: Again, the things that stuck with me. The conversations through doors. &hearts; Bacon. French toast. Rainbow Balloons. And what I really loved was how I got halfway through the book and thought, "What, we got a whole half of a book to read and Luc has already been sort of... fixed? Now what? Like, it didn't even occur to me that they BOTH had issues to work through. I was so invested in Luc as the protagonist and this being his story and him being so very messed up and then what? Oliver isn't perfect? Oliver has a horrible father too? I was so blown away!

I saw this thing on Tumbr and it has stayed with me to best articulate my thoughts and feelings on this ship and also the difference between it and my other love this year Alex/Henry from Red White and Royal Blue.

Red, White and Royal Blue made me fall in love with Alex and Henry falling in love despite them hating each other.

Boyfriend Material made me fall in love with Luc and Oliver falling in love despite them hating themselves.

Like right? Didn’t they just? And how they both thought they didn’t deserve the other? And how they both thought they were just doing it for the agreement GUHHHHH!

Oliver Calling calling Luc-Lucien: This might just be the way the narrator said it that always sent a shiver all over my body, but JEEEEEZUS it's delicious. &hearts;

Prompts? Want some? Sure. Really, I'd love anything. Maybe more bad jokes? Maybe Oliver gets Alex to laugh and Luc takes it personally? Or maybe something about Oliver and Odile doing something to bond in some way? Like he tries to help her improve her Special Curry? Or maybe just the porny bits we didn't get in the books? Whatever really. &hearts;

Red, White and Royal Blue: First, if you were the one to nom this, you are a GENIUS! I never thought to look at the movie alone as an eligible fandom. &hearts; And lets be honest, the movie was SOOOO GOOD that it should totally be its own fandom. Yeah, sure, I miss poor June and Luna, but *shrug* it's fine.

And while I would love to just get more Alex/Henry basically doing anything anywhere, I also really fell in love with Nora and the actress that played her. She just had so many micro-expressions and I find myself watching her more and more with each re-watch (of which there have been SOOOOO many!) So, anhything you want to do with her I’d be down for. Like, maybe a Alex/Henry story through her POV? Or maybe letters (letters were a BIG thing that I missed from the books) between Alex and her--and Henry and her maybe?

Other ideas? Honestly, anything. Pre-canon, maybe a look at their first meeting, or any other time when they snubbed and were mean to each other. Or post-canon… from maybe doing very bad things in Alex’s childhood home the night of the election to what comes next. OR, OR… you know all that montage bits? I’d love to read a story of what happened during those. Especially after seeing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWKedeGVKCg

One Last Stop

This book was so great on so many levels! First, the concept of time travel and soulmates and the cosmic coincidences like Jane being besties with August’s uncle back in the day and what are the freakin’ odds, to the delight of found queer AF families. GUH, my favorite thing EVER! That’s why I didn’t specifiy any particular character, because really I just want more of all of them--or whatever ones you want to give me more of.

Specific things just in case?

Alternative endings. Really, anywhere you want to take Jane and August would be fascinating.

What’s next. How does Jane function in the 21st century.

Isaac and Wes. ANYTHING. Just, I think there is so much more to their story than we get and I’d like to read any of it.

And, that’s it.

If you want anymore glimpses into my likes and dislikes and peeks into what sort of things I’ve enjoyed in the past, feel free to check out other posts with these tags. I used to be a lot more verbose. ;)

*dusts this site off*

How are you all? I have missed you all like CRAZY! Why do I keep letting life keep me away? WHYYYYYY?!?! I certainly don't mean to. Not even a little.

But, school is killing me.
Work is killing me.

I find relief in fandom things... but only have the time to consume it and let it fill my head with fantasy and whatnot. it doesn't give me time to interact with it, to create anything from it.

Hardly ever.

But, I am trying (again) to change that. I'm forcing myself to do things that I enjoy instead of just the things I have to do.

Things like:

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner with image of snow-covered trees and an old barn in the background. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

Yep, once again, I am participating (and modding a bit) this glorious fest! It really does help me connect with my fandom self and it's great to also reconnect with the other old timers while meeting new lovelies. ♥

The first day was to update the profile or intro post. But my update last year is still painfully accurate so it stays.

( Cutting for length )

Okay, I think that's enough to be getting through tonight/today. Thank you for reading. ♥

Hello!

I'm so glad we have at least one tiny fandom in common, that means I already love you and think you have impeccable taste!

So, I guess a bit about my likes/dislikes in general and then I'll wax poetic about my fandom loves and give you some ideas and whatnot, yes? Okay, let's begin:

Things I'm a fan of:

Gen:
Worldbuilding
Character studies
Characters dealing with their shit
Relationships that just barely work, or shouldn't but somehow do.
Found families/chosen families
Journeys (both the physical of travel and also spiritual/mental)
A/Us (both canon divergent, what-ifs and completely taking the characters--though retaining what makes them them obvs--out of the canon and dumping them anywhere else.)
Fusions/crossovers
angst
hurt/comfort
hi-jinks and shenanigans
witty dialogue
epistolary stories or elements
geography or location so rich and real it's another character

Relationships:
Everything on the gen list still applies, but also:
Pining
feeeeeeelings
coming out
dealing with new feelings
mixed signals
awkwardness
sexual exploration

Things I'm less a fan of:

PWP-- I don't mind sex, or kinks, but I'd also really like some substance and reasoning coming into play. But if you're here for treats, ALL THE PORNZ!!
Incest/chan/rape fantasy
Extreme kinks-- sexual exploration is one thing, watersports/pony play is quite another. Worried you might cross the line, contact redsnake05 she knows where my line is.
Sappy, happy, overly fluffy-- unless you're here for treats, then tell me a cute little happy story about bunnies, kittens and rainbows if that's your thing. :)
Character bashing
cruelty/abuse/torture

And I think that's about it. Now, on to the fandoms!

Inkheart Series: Man, I love this series so much! I really thought it would be the next Harry Potter. I thought we'd be having shipping wars and I'd be setting up communities to celebrate my OT3 Mo/Resa/Dustfinger. ❤️❤️ Imagine my surprise when none of that happened, when I'm still begging for scraps of fic at any fest it's eligible. But I've gotten some lovely scraps, so I will continue to ask for more for forever! But, I have to admit, it's been a while since I've read the series, so feel free to go with whatever you would most like to read and I'm sure I'll love it. I love the relationship between Mo and Dustfinger and how intwined they become (and how intwined they were in the beginning too). I also love them individually too and there's really nothing I wouldn't love to read about them. Eleonore is another favorite, and her and Darius having bookish shenanigans (or conversations) would be ❤️❤️. I'm not as keen on Basta and Capricorn, but I'm sure I can be convinced if you want to try to sell me.

The Way: I can't imagine you're here for this fandom (is there even a fandom for this movie? Just me? Cool). So I'll just use this space to urge you to watch this movie. It's so... guh, moving and touching and it sort of changed my life. It got me walking, got me plotting, got me suffering from serious wanderlust. After you've watched the movie, if you want to tell a story about the father and son, or just the father, maybe the people he meets on the journey, or just Spain... I'm HERE for it! ❤️❤️

Northern Exposure: This is the fandom I forget about until Yuletide (or until I'm driving through Roslyn Washington on my way to visiting family every summer. ♥) I've gotten some amazing stories for this fandom as gifts, but I'm always looking for more--more Marilyn being awesome and driving Joel crazy while also teaching him valuable lessons, more Chris being awesome and all philosophical and whatnot, more Ed being all purity and light and just so very precious. Just really anything. I haven't really read or written anything outside of canon ships in this fandom--mostly gen to be honest, but I'm not opposed to any queering of the characters you want to do or really anything you want to do.

Kim's Convenience: My very, very, very favorite thing about Kim's Convenience is the relationship between Janet and Appa. I could read/watch hours and hours of stories after stories that was nothing more than them fighting, being begrudgingly sweet to each other and just being themselves like they are only with each other. Another thing I'd love is some backstory, or present fic where Appa and Jung have to deal with their shit. Other than that, really anything in any time either pre, canon, or post. ♥

She-Hulk: Is it just me, or is Jessica Walters the EXACT thing that Matt Murdock needs in his life? Like, something that makes him smile? That brings out his snark? I am HERE for it. I mean, I do love me some Daredevil, but sometimes his show was hard for me to watch because he's just so... very... broody... ya know? But this? This was so amazingly fun to watch. I love the girl! Power of it, the meta of it, the breaking the fourth wall of it and the fun. Just how incredibly fun it was. There are so many things you could do with this show. You could just lean in hard to the fourth wall breaking, rom-com ness of it all and get all Bridget Jones with it, or you could queer the fuck out of it because there is definitely room for that and I am HERE for it!

(Since I've suggested at least twice "queering" things up, I guess I should talk about what that means to me--I'm a big fan of slash, femslash, ace representation, platonic soulmates, poly... really anything except incest--that DNW still stands.)

So, those are just a few ideas and suggestions, take what works, dismiss all that doesn't... or all of it really. I trust you. I trust your judgement, I mean, you love what I love, you must be awesome. *nods*

OMG! You're here! Yay! I am so out of it this year so I'm going to count any thing I get based on anything I asked for a tremendous gift and a highlight of my year! Really, just go crazy! Write the story you want told the most and I'm going to be honored!

I really am that easy to please a there are very few things I don't like in the stories I read and so much I do. For example, I love funny, heart-felt, talky-talk, crack, angst, crossovers and fusions, world building, hi-jinx, and romance. The only things I'm not really looking for is non-con anything, sex without purpose, incest in any form and maudlin without resolution.

But some people need specifics and I have very little in my actual sign up (that's what Iget for signing up with 10 minutes to spare EEEEK!), so I'll give you some here.

Harrow: I somehow doubt you were matched on this one as I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who nominated this one and the only one who requested/offered it. I just discovered this show somehow and it accidentally and surprisingly took over my life. It's so hard to be in a fandom that absolutely no one you know has ever heard of. So, if you write for this fandom, prepare for me to request to be your new best friend.

I love all the characters (I would have nommed almost everyone else in the show if I could have (except James, because fuck that guy! 🤣) I really loved all their different relationships and would love a story with any of them. If there was one that I wished I could write myself because I really want to read it, it would be a story of Harrow and Simon (and Jack even though he wasn't nommed) and the whole mentor-student relationship. Whether you take it to romantic ends or not is totally up to you. The only relationship I ask stay out of the bedroom is Harrow and Fern.

NorthernExposure: I love this show so much! I'm happy to see more varied characters be nommed this year. I'd love a story with any is them (Maurice is the only character I don't want to read about all too much, but he wasn't nommed so don't even worry about that... though, I don't mind him being a side character if you want to write an ensemble, episodic or world build-y type story.) If you're into exploring relationships, the ones I find most fascinating are Joel and Marilyn, Ed and anyone, Chris and anyone. Romance isn't necessary. But don't worry, I can get just as shippy as the next person with Joel/Maggie, Holling/Shelly, Ed/Chris, (or any/any really) so go crazy on that front too if that's your thing.

Inkheart: Again, I put any character, any rating because there is NOTHING I do not want explored in this trilogy. This is the one request that has followed me around from all my Yuletides, all my Fic Corners, everything it has been qualified for since I finished the series years ago. It's been YEARS since I've read them, but I remember carrying these characters around for a long time after in my head, in my heart. They are very dear to me. I'd actually given up on this request ever being picked up, so when I saw that someone else had nommed it, my heart lifted like you wouldn't believe. Are you the one?

I can't be the only one who, after reading the series, wanted to DEVOUR all the fics in all the world about this universe and these characters! And yet, I was shocked with how little there was out there. I feel I've read them all and yet haven't had nearly enough. And yes, what is out there is mostly Mo/Dustfinger, so I feel weird asking for more, but like I said, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH!

Their story is just RIFE with emotions and plot fills and tell-me-mores and I want them all! I want to know more about their journey to and from the land of death, I want to know more about their connection after their return. I'd also like to know more about the process of Dustfinger first coming out of the book, how was that very first meeting? How did Mo feel about the responsibility? How could it all have been different?

There is also, though, the relationship between Dustfinger and Resa. MAN, so much wasn't said in that relationship. How did Resa feel while she was reunited with Mo but still had these feelings for Dustfinger? And then to watch her husband become more and more connected and emotionally invested in Dustfinger, how did that feel? If ever there was a relationship that demanded a threesome whether emotionally or sexually, it was them, am I right?

Meggie is just all things lovely, and while you can disregard this and write any story you want, I'd really like her to be the narrator, as in, I'd love to read a story where she learns to control her own story.

Really, any story with any combination of characters would be aces!

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But seriously, again, tell me anything. I think the stories I've loved to read the most have been the ones I could tell the author loved writing, or it was a story they'd been dying to write. So, please, have fun. ❤❤

Hello! Hello! HELLO!

Let's see if I can perform a miracle and have this posted before actual assignments are sent out and you come looking for it. ;) If it's not and you need to yell at me, or if you'd like someone to consult about any aspect of the story you're writing for me, just poke

redsnake05 and she'll properly swat me and help you out. ♥

Now onto the reason we're here. YULETIDE!!

I am sooooo excited this year. After the trashfire of 2020, we all can do with some amazing distractions like writing and consuming fic, rolling around in the fandoms that brought us such joy in the otherwise bleak of a year.

So without further ado, a bit about general likes and dislikes and then I'll get into a few specifics for the fandoms that have been my anchor this year.

Likes

So many things! So many contradictory things. Like, angst and humor, dialogue heavy stories and stories with feelings, emotions and hidden agendas but with very little talking. Character studies and relationship fic (more in the way that people relate to other people and how that changes them than the romance of relationships--though there are a few fandoms in here where that could be explored as well). I like journeys--both the physical of travel (road trips are my jam!) and the metaphorical of goal achieving and the like. I like experimental storytelling styles, so if that's your thing--stories told in poetry, epistolary, recipe cards, second person choose your own adventure. If you're feeling crazy, by all means, trust that instinct. I'm HERE for it! I also don't care if you bring unmentioned characters (whether nommed or not, whether canon or not, whether crossover or not).

Dislikes and DNWs

As mentioned in the sign ups, I have a few blanket DNWs that are hard pass for any fic I receive those are:

Hurt without comfort
PWP
Incest
Underage

Most of those really don't even apply to the fandoms I asked for, but better safe than sorry. There might be someone out there yearning to tell a Atticus/Scout fic and thinking I'm their target audience. I'm not. Though I don't judge. ;)

So, the rest of the things are just helpful things to help guide you, not that you have to avoid, but if you're wondering what direction to take your story (and my likes didn't cover it) I'd suggest avoiding these few things as much as possible.

Gore, violence is okay if it's for the story and not just for funsies, just don't need to be super detailed.

Explicit sexy-tiems. I'm sort of over that phase in my life, ya know? Years ago, I couldn't get enough pornz, but now, idk, I'm just more interested in the why, in the before and after.

I really can't think of anything else. I mean, maybe I'll have things in the specific fandoms, but in general, not much bothers me.

So, on to the fandoms. I requested the limit because I wanted a lot of options both for the mods in matching, and in the writer to create. They run in two different camps, things I request every single year and have gotten at least one story for already but want MORE, and things that I only just recently watched/read and have never read any fic from but want to read it ALL!

Sparrow

♥Emilio♥ I love this book and this man so very much! I want to read more about him, about his friends, about his shipmates...missing scene, pre-canon, post, hallucination, AU, anything really... And while you can absolutely keep Emilio as broken as he was in the book, I'd take it as a kindness if you didn't break him anymore... or if you do, please, please fix him. Also, so you know, I've read the sequel too, so feel free to reference (or disregard) any of that to your heart's content. ♥

Philadelphia Story

*sigh* This is my favorite Hepburn/Grant movie (Holiday is my second favorite btw ;) ) and I love everything about it and all the characters and would love anything more of any of the relationships before, during or after the movie. I’ve gotten a lovely poly story with Dexter, Tracey and Malcauley in the past and would love to see that dynamic explored more if that’s your jam. I also am curious to how the relationship with Dexter and Tracey worked (and didn’t) in the past. They give you so many hints and I’d love to see some of those fleshed out. Or just a character study of Tracey. ♥

Northern Exposure

Okay, I know I'm really limiting myself by only signing up with these two characters, so truly, write whatever inspires you in this fandom and I will love it. A few years ago, I got this piece of amazing NE/WTNV fusion that not in a million years would I have been creative enough to actually request. So, part of me wants to just leave you a blank slate.

But... I guess I should clarify a bit why I asked for Marilyn and Joel specifically. I just love their relationship soooo much. How puzzled and frazzled she made him, how they cared about each other in a very bizarre and endearing way. Remember that time that Marilyn went to Seattle and Joel was so worried he followed her there? How adorable and unnecessary that was? God I loved that episode.. them just walking down the street doing exactly what she wants to do. ♥ ♥ So, anything that explores that relationship would be amazing.

Go Set a Watchman (spoilers if you haven't read it yet)

Okay. Like the rest of the world, I had issues with this book, but I still loved it enough that I want to read more of that world. It can be a fix-it fic, or exploring more about what exactly Atticus was saying and how he rationalized it (I still love that guy and would love to get more into his mind if you want to go there), or a missing scene. I would absolutely be OVER THE MOON for a scene with Scout and Calpurnia. I mean, COME ON! Where was she in the book?!? I know Scout goes and sees her, but that's it? I just wanted more. As far as timeline goes, I'd love any precanon, canon or post canon. How did Atticus deal with Jem's death? How did that affect who Atticus became? Do Atticus and Calpurnia talk at all? Did she ever try and smack some sense into him? What ever happened to Boo? How does Scout go on with her life after this visit?

American Gods

Okay, I really liked the book, but thought it had hard-to-pinpoint flaws, so I was leery to watch the series, but OMG! I'm so glad I did. It was everything I wanted the book to be and more! I loved the characters, and while a lot of the mythos of the story eludes me still, I really love the dynamics and relationships we get and also the meta shit about race and servitude and old vs. new. I just feel I could read a billion words more. I love Shadow Moon and really, anything you want to tell me about him, or Wednesday or Mad Sweeney (I don't remember the 4th nommed character so that's why I didn't list him, but if you can tell a substantial story about him or flesh him out for me, that would be okay as well.) Again, feel free to go pre-canon (I loved the bits of Shadow as a kid and would love to see some more of that) or canon (road trips are my jam, so put those characters in a car and go crazy!) or even post canon (either where you think it's going or somewhere else all together). Also, feel free to bring other characters into it if you want.

What We Do in the Shadows

Okay, is this the funnest tv show ever or what?!?! I loved it so much and I loved all the characters (though I'm bad at names so if it's not the 5 main ones, I need a bit of a reminder who they are). The two I'm most interested in reading a story about (but really anyone is fine!) are Guillermo and Colin (not necessarily both but I find them both so fascinating and want more). Guillermo is all things pure and light and I just want him to get what he wants already... or want other things. ;) And Colin, just what??! An emotional vampire--GENIUS! How interesting a theme to play with, right? But, seriously, go crazy with this one. Tell any story you've been dying to write and I'll gobble it up!

♥ ♥

Challenge Eight: Rec Things

Good lord, but I've been slack on reading--really anything--this last year.

But here is a small list of fantastic things I read at this year's Yuletide--a lot of it being RPF which I wasn't specifically seeking out, but there you go.
( Fic Recs Under Here )

Hello!

I'm so glad we have at least one tiny fandom in common, that means I already love you and think you have impeccable taste!

So, I guess I bit about my likes/dislikes in general and then I'll wax poetic about my fandom loves and give you some ideas and whatnot, yes? Okay, let's begin:

Things I'm a fan of:

Gen:
Character studies
Characters dealing with their shit
Relationships that just barely work, or shouldn't but somehow do.
Found families/chosen families
Journeys (both the physical of travel and also spiritual/mental)
A/Us (both canon divergent, what-ifs and completely taking the characters--though retaining what makes them them obvs--out of the canon and dumping them anywhere else.)
Fusions/crossovers
angst
hurt/comfort
hi-jinks and shenanigans
witty dialogue
epistolary stories or elements
geography or location so rich and real it's another character

Relationships:
Everything on the gen list still applies, but also:
Pining
feeeeeeelings
coming out
dealing with new feelings
mixed signals
awkwardness
sexual exploration

Things I'm less a fan of:

PWP-- I don't mind sex, or kinks, but I'd also really like some substance and reasoning coming into play. But if you're here for treats, ALL THE PORNZ!!
Incest/chan/rape fantasy
Extreme kinks-- sexual exploration is one thing, watersports/pony play is quite another. Worried you might cross the line, contact redsnake05 she knows where my line is.
Sappy, happy, overly fluffy-- unless you're here for treats, then tell me a cute little happy story about bunnies, kittens and rainbows if that's your thing. :)
Character bashing
cruelty/abuse/torture

And I think that's about it. Now, on to the fandoms!

The Best Bad Things: I just discovered this book over the summer on a whim of trying new-to-me authors and genres and fell so hard for the characters and was so jazzed to see that someone had nommed it thinking I’d been the only one who’d ever read it. So, while the book was so good and so captivating, what I loved were the pockets of information we were given very little detail to, the Pinkerton era, the time before with Alma and Delphine. I would love some of their shenanigans, either them, or Alma and her Pinkerton cohorts. Or, after the book ends, some poly dynamics with them and Wheeler in the future?

Philadelphia Story *sigh* This is my favorite Hepburn/Grant movie (Holiday is my second favorite btw ;) ) and I love everything about it and all the characters and would love anything more of any of the relationships before, during or after the movie. I’ve gotten a lovely poly story with Dexter, Tracey and Malcauley in the past and would love to see that dynamic explored more if that’s your jam. I also am curious to how the relationship with Dexter and Tracey worked (and didn’t) in the past. They give you so many hints and I’d love to see some of those fleshed out. Or just a character study of Tracey. ♥

Mary Poppins (Movies) So, in Mary Poppins Returns, we meet Jack who knows Mary because he was Bert's apprentice(?) when he was young. I took this to mean that Mary had more shenanigans in London with Bert (and Jack) than we'd witnessed. I'd love to see any of that.

In the past I’ve also suggested some fun crossover/fusion type shenanigans with Mary and Bert (before Jack was a thing, but if you go this route, feel free to include him).

The Mary was Bert's Nanny Theory ♥ I just love the idea of this so much!

Mary is a Time Lord and Bert was her Companion ♥ For this prompt I guess I should warn you that I'm only familiar with New Who, but I have enough of a grasp that if you want to take it to Classic territory, I'll be able to follow along.

Mary Poppins got expelled from Hogwarts ♥ I like the idea, that like Hagrid, Dumbledore (or whoever was Head Master then) let her keep her wand (in her umbrella of course) and Dumbledore used her from time to time to help nanny magical orphan children…

And while I don’t ship any of them myself, I have no problem if you want to sell me on it. ;)

The Sparrow Series: (I’m so glad this was nommed as “series” this year. Genius! And I know I only put Emilio, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want any of those other people, it just means that I would prefer Emilio to be the main character in the story. ♥Emilio♥ I love this book and this man so very much! I want to read more about him, about his friends, about his shipmates...missing scene, pre-canon, post, hallucination, AU, anything really... And while you can absolutely keep Emilio as broken as he was in the book, I'd take it as a kindness if you didn't break him anymore... or if you do, please, please fix him. And, I guess this is where I need to have a caveat for the DNW about cruelty/abuse/torture as obviously, those are all subjects that might come up with this canon, but maybe not focus too closely on it? Like, I don't need to be in the room when it happens, yeah?

1940s American Actor RPF This was my nom and basically I just need more Katharine Hepburn in my life, like ALL the Katharine Hepburn! And while those four are the only ones I could nom, feel free to invite others to the party, or bring them out of the 40s-50s and into any other period, any other story/book/movie/theater/song… And of course you don’t have to use all of these characters or ship them, or you can ship them. Do what you want, basically. I really, really, like the idea of Katharine and Lauren Bacall being friends (or more if you want them to be) since reading Hepburn’s memoir of her time making The African Queen. ♥ ♥

So, those are just a few ideas and suggestions, take what works, dismiss all that doesn't... or all of it really. I trust you. I trust your judgement, I mean, you love what I love, you have to be awesome. *nods*

Day 2: Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

I love that I get this opportunity each year to kill two birds with one stone. Reccing things that were written for me--and therefore are weird and need more love--and checking this off my Snowflake list. You see, I've been doing this fest thing for so long, that I've really started asking for some niche type things and am always delighted and shocked that I get them. This year was exceptionally exciting as things that I've given up hope of ever receiving were finally gifted to me.

First my Yuletide gifts. Both super short and just scratching the surface of all the possibilities they present.

( Yuletide, Hoggywarty and Kinky Kristmas were VERY good to me! )

Hello Awesome Person Who Has Excellent Taste in Fandoms--

I hope you are excited about this fest and all the magic it brings as I am. ♥ I love everything about Yuletide, the faith, hope and devotion we bring to id. Faith in each other, first to articulate just what it is we love about this shared fandom, and then in others to create such gifts for us. Hope that we'll get from it all that we ourselves put into it and our own creations will be just what was most wanted from our recips. Then the devotion of the actual creation, again both in the giving and receiving. Ahhhh, is there anything better?

I'm going to start with my DNWs because if perhaps you're here for treating, if I turn you off with those, I won't also waste your time, yes? I used to be super "Anything Goes" with my likes and dislikes, but last year (after over a decade of being pleasantly surprised) I was scarred, so I want to make sure that doesn't happen again (for both our sake's). And I know that most of this list only applies to sexy time stories and scenarios that don't really apply to the fandoms I've listed, but again *traumatized* and better safe than sorry and all that.

DNW
incest
pedophilia
rape fantasy
Stockholm Syndrome as a device for romance
MPreg
Extreme kink (I know this is a blanket statement, and My Kink is Not Your Kink and That's Okay and all, but there are just too many things that exist in the world and few people who really use Yuletide for that--especially in these fandoms--that I don't want to get ridiculous with the specifics). If you worry, feel free to contact

redsnake05 and they'll let you know where my limits are.
PWP
Sugary sweet fluff (unless it's a treat, then feel free to sunshine-rainbow all over it!)
Cruelty (to people or animals), abuse (physical, mental or psychological) or torture without any really good purpose or resolve.

And, I think that's about it. Other then those, GO CRAZY! Here are some general "prompts" or elements I love that I would love to read. I will give fandom specific ones below.

Things that Happy Me

Journeys (both the physical of travel and also spiritual/mental)
A/Us (both canon divergent, what-ifs and completely taking the characters--though retaining what makes them them obvs--out of the canon and dumping them anywhere else.)
Fusions/crossovers
angst
hurt/comfort
hi-jinks and shenanigans
witty dialogue
epistolary stories or elements
geography or location so rich and real it's another character

The West Wing Weekly Podcast (Josh, Hrishi and Bradley): I've been pretty much mainlining The West Wing since the last election :( and living in the bubble of it to keep myself sane, so the podcast has really came along at the exact right time! I've loved Josh as a person almost as long as I've loved his characters, I love him on Twitter, I loved his (and Michael Ian Black's Sad, Sad Conversations. I loved all the rumors about the shenanigans that went on on the set of TWW, and really love hearing them be confirmed by Josh and the guests they have. I especially love the love/hate relationship he has with Bradley Whitford. ♥ There has to be a lot of love and respect for two people to be able to talk to each other the way they do and I'd love to see some of that. I'd really love to see them try some prank on Hrishi and it going HORRIBLY wrong because Hrishi is just so precious and earnest and all things pure. ♥

For "research" purposes:
Some Prank stories
The Time that Josh got a restaurant full of strangers and fellow campaign volunteers to sing Happy 60th Birthday to Bradley in an Applebees when it A) Wasn't his birthday and B) he was only 57

Another prompt? Maybe Hrishi has a fever dream where the actors are actually working at the West Wing, or are in an alternate timeline and are fighting the current administration in some way (I love how political the entire cast still are). ♥

And, while I don't really ship any of them, per se, I wouldn't be adverse to being persuaded if you do and want to sell it to me. ;)

The Sparrow: ♥Emilio♥ I love this book and this man so very much! I want to read more about him, about his friends, about his shipmates...missing scene, pre-canon, post (with or without referencing the sequel) hallucination, AU, anything really... And while you can absolutely keep Emilio as broken as he was in the book, I'd take it as a kindness if you didn't brake him anymore... or if you do, please, please fix him. And, I guess this is where I need to have a caveat for the DNW about cruelty/abuse/torture as obviously, those are all subjects that might come up with this canon, but maybe not focus too closely on it? Like, I don't need to be the room when it happens, yeah? I almost left Supaari VaGayjur off the list because I'm leery of a story that focuses on his relationship with Emilio in The Sparrow, but I do love his interactions with Anne and D.W. in the book and Sofia in the sequel (Oh god, tell me you've read the sequel! *meep*).

Of course, you're free to focus on the other characters, I love them all or I wouldn't have included them. I really love everyone. Well except Voelker. Fuck that guy. ;)

Mary Poppins I can't remember I time where I didn't love this movie. It has been in my soul for pretty much my whole life and still dominates my thoughts and feelings. Basically, I still want to be Mary Poppins when I grow up.

A few ideas for you:
The Mary was Bert's Nanny Theory ♥ I just love the idea of this so much!

Mary is a Time Lord and Bert was her Companion For this prompt I guess I should warn you that I'm only familiar with New Who, but I have enough of a grasp that if you want to take it to Classic territory, I'll be able to follow along.

Mary Poppins got expelled from Hogwarts ♥ I like the idea, that like Hagrid, Dumbledore (or whoever was Head Master then) let her keep her wand (in her umbrella of course) and Dumbledore used her from time to time to help nanny magical orphan children...

Basically, I am giving you permission to get freaky with this one. ;)

Northern Exposure (Joel and Marilyn)

Okay, I know I'm really limiting myself by only signing up with these two characters, so truly, write whatever inspires you in this fandom and I will love it. A few years ago, I got this piece of amazing NE/WTNV fusion that not in a million years would I have been creative enough to actually request. So, part of me wants to just leave you a blank slate.

But... I guess I should clarify a bit why I asked for Marilyn and Joel specifically. I just love their relationship soooo much. How puzzled and frazzled she made him, how they cared about each other in a very bizarre and endearing way. Remember that time that Marilyn went to Seattle and Joel was so worried he followed her there? How adorable and unnecessary that was? God I loved that episode.. them just walking down the street doing exactly what she wants to do. ♥ ♥ So, anything that explores that relationship would be amazing.

Dear Awesome Person with Awesome Taste in Fandoms--

Hello!

I'm so glad we have at least one tiny fandom in common, that means I already love you and think you have impeccable taste!

So, I guess I bit about my likes/dislikes in general and then I'll wax poetic about my fandom loves and give you some ideas and whatnot, yes? Okay, let's begin:

Things I'm a fan of:

Gen
Character studies
Characters dealing with their shit
Relationships that just barely work, or shouldn't but somehow do.
Found families/chosen families
Journeys (both the physical of travel and also spiritual/mental)
A/Us (both canon divergent, what-ifs and completely taking the characters--though retaining what makes them them obvs--out of the canon and dumping them anywhere else.)
Fusions/crossovers
angst
hurt/comfort
hi-jinks and shenanigans
witty dialogue
epistolary stories or elements
geography or location so rich and real it's another character

Relationships
Everything on the gen list still applies, but also:
Pining
feeeeeeelings
coming out
dealing with new feelings
mixed signals
awkwardness
sexual exploration

Things I'm less a fan of:

PWP-- I don't mind sex, or kinks, but I'd also really like some substance and reasoning coming into play. But if you're here for treats, ALL THE PORNZ!!
Incest/chan/rape fantasy
Extreme kinks-- sexual exploration is one thing, watersports/pony play is quite another. Worried you might cross the line, contact

redsnake05 she knows where my line is.
sappy, happy, overly fluffy-- unless you're here for treats, then tell me a cute little happy story about bunnies and kitties if that's your thing. :)
character bashing

And I think that's about it. Now, on to the fandoms!

Dead Poet Society (Todd, Neil, Knox and Keating): I don't know why after all these years doing Yuletide that I picked this year to request this fandom, but something in me, I guess, just needs a good cry (not that you can't focus on the funny, or the sweet, but you know, sad's sort of implied no matter what ♥) And I don't have any particular prompt of idea of what I'm looking for, or even what characters I want it to focus on (a complete clean slate for you to write whatever you want w00t!). The only thing I ask is, if you do write a teacher/student romantic relationship (that isn't one sided) that it happens many years in the future.

Hart of Dixie (Wade, Zoe, Lavon and Annabeth): I just discovered and DEVOURED this show in one long weekend *meep*! It hits so many of my favorite things. Quirky towns people (though a bit more Gilmore Girls than Northern Exposure), fish out of water, found family and also that teen-romance type thing like Dawson's Creek--it is really SOO very much Dawson's Creek for adults (I mean, come on! Zoe/Wade are SOOOOO Joey/Pacey, imorite?!?!)

I really like the idea of hearing more about the town before Zoe came to town and brought us with her. So, feel free to explore pre-canon era Wade and Lavon (and George and Lemon if you want)I'd love to read about some of the shenanigans they got into in highschool. As far as shipping, I loved Zoe/Wade but liked them more in the getting together than the actual being together. Can't help it, I'm a sucker for people who don't like each other very much or have anything in common working through all of that, or falling despite all of that. I also really just loved Annabeth and Lavon together and was really sort of bummed that they didn't wind up together, so I'd love to read something about them, or even an AU where they do live HEA. ♥

Really, I just want to live in the world of the show for a bit more to get over the fact that I have no more canon to consume.

Northern Exposure (Joel, Marilyn, Rosslyn and Cicely): I asked for Marilyn and Joel specifically because I just love their relationship soooo much and I've yet to read any fic about it. How puzzled and frazzled she made him, how they cared about each other in a very bizarre and endearing way. Remember that time that Marilyn went to Seattle and Joel was so worried he followed her there? How adorable and unnecessary that was? God I loved that episode.. them just walking down the street doing exactly what she wants to do. ♥ ♥ So, anything that explores that relationship would be amazing.

I'd really love a story of Cicely and Rosslyn that's framed with Marilyn telling it to Joel (maybe in her bizarre way of giving him a lesson or scolding, or maybe just around a campfire telling stories). Of course, you could also go anyway you want with these characters (or any others you'd like to include).

Philadelphia Story (C.K., Tracy and Macauley): Firstly, let me just get this out of the way ♥ KATHERINE HEPBURN OWNS MY HEART FOREVER AND EVER ♥ and this is one of my favorite characters she played. It is my favorite of her and Cary Grant (Holiday being a close second) movies. Basically, I requested this fandom because I've been jonesing for the movie a lot lately and reading about the characters having shenanigans (either in canon world or taken out of it) would fill that hole nicely (and make me finally get off my ass and find a copy of the movie proper). And as far as shipping--Go Crazy! I would love Tracy/C.K., Tracy/Macauley, C.K./Macauley or Tracy/C.K./Macauley ♥

The Sparrow (Emilio, D.W., Sofia and Anne): ♥Emilio♥ I love this book and this man so very much! I want to read more about him, about his friends, about his shipmates...missing scene, pre-canon, post (with or without referencing the sequel) hallucination, AU, anything really... And while you can absolutely keep Emilio as broken as he was in the book, I'd take it as a kindness if you didn't brake him anymore... or if you do, please, please fix him.

The West Wing Weekly Podcast (Josh, Hrishi and Bradley): I love this podcast so much! I've been pretty much mainlining The West Wing since last November's election :( and living in the bubble of it to keep myself sane, so the podcast has really came along at the exact right time! I've loved Josh as a person almost as long as I've loved his characters, I love him on Twitter, I loved his (and Michael Ian Black's Sad, Sad Conversations. I loved all the rumors about the shenanigans that went on on the set of TWW, and really love hearing them be confirmed by Josh and the guests they have. I especially love the love/hate relationship he has with Bradley Whitford. ♥ There has to be a lot of love and respect for two people to be able to talk to each other the way they do and I'd love to see some of that. I'd really love to see them try some prank on Hrishi and it going HORRIBLY wrong because Hrishi is just so precious and earnest. ♥

So, there you go. I hope any of that helps. If that doesn't maybe this will--I am incredibly easy to please! There is very few things someone could do that would make me not LOVE something given to me as a gift. If you you'd like a second opinion about my likes and whatnots,

redsnake05 is your go-to. Not only do they know me really well, they also know how to translate my babble into normal-person speak. ;)

Day 7

Create Something

Firstly, to fulfill that requirement in the allotted time of the challenge, here is what I created. This was for

dancing_serpent's Day 6 Wishlist. It's Criminal Minds, which is something I love a lot, and yet, have never written for. I actually don't know how much I could really write for the fandom, as last night, getting into this psycho's head was way too much fun and entirely too easy. :((

Seared with Scars (1005 words) by tjs_whatnot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Aaron Hotchner, Vincent Perotta
Additional Tags: Angst
Summary:

Two sides of the same coin...

Secondly, all my holiday fics have now been revealed so I can post them here. Even though I don't usually put this stuff in a public post, fuck it, why not?
( Fest Fics )

Now, ONTO

chocolateboxcomm!!!

And also hopefully filling other wishes for Snowflakers!

♥♥

UGH! EVERY YEAR I FAIL AT THIS LETTER WRITING THING! I AM SO SORRY!

But, never fear! I am here now and I will give you all the love, encouragement and helpful tidbits to help make this an amazeball Yule Season for us both!

Hello!

I'm so glad we have at least one tiny fandom in common, that means I already love you and think you have impeccable taste!

So, I guess I bit about my likes/dislikes in general and then I'll wax poetic about my fandom loves and give you some ideas and whatnot, yes? Okay, let's begin:

Things I'm a fan of:

Gen
Character studies
Characters dealing with their shit
Relationships that just barely work, or shouldn't but somehow do.
Found families/chosen families
Journeys (both the physical of travel and also spiritual/mental)
A/Us (both canon divergent, what-ifs and completely taking the characters--though retaining what makes them them obvs--out of the canon and dumping them anywhere else (I'll give specific ideas below).
Fusions/crossovers
angst
hurt/comfort
hi-jinks and shenanigans
witty dialogue
epistolary stories or elements
geography or location so rich and real it's another character

Relationships
Everything on the gen list still applies, but also:
Pining
feeeeeeelings
coming out
dealing with new feelings
mixed signals
awkwardness
sexual exploration

Things I'm less a fan of:

PWP-- I don't mind sex, or kinks, but I'd also really like some substance and reasoning coming into play. But if you're here for treats, ALL THE PORNZ!!
Incest/chan/rape fantasy
Extreme kinks-- sexual exploration is one thing, watersports/pony play is quite another. Worried you might cross the line, contact

redsnake05 she knows where my line is.
sappy, happy, overly fluffy-- unless you're here for treats, then tell me a cute little happy story about bunnies and kitties if that's your thing. :)
character bashing

And I think that's about it. Now, on to the fandoms!

Sirens (Brian and Voodoo)

Ace myself, I'm always looking for my representation in any show I watch, so imagine how fucking jazzed I was when I met Voodoo and how very sad I was that the show was so short lived. I'd love, love, love to see anything with these two-- or even just one of them if you wanted to do some sort of character study--either more during the show's run that we didn't see, or expounding on what we did see, or, or taking us into the future. Maybe they get back together and how does that work? Can they make each other happy and if not, why not? If they just remain friends, how would that work?

Hart of Dixie (Wade, Lavon and George)

I just discovered this show a few months ago and DEVOURED it! It hits so many of my favorite things. Quirky towns people (though a bit more Gilmore Girls than Northern Exposure) and fish out of water, and also that teen-romance type thing like Dawson's Creek--it is really SOO very much Dawson's Creek for adults (I mean, come on! Zoe/Wade are SOOOOO Joey/Pacey, imorite?!?!)

And while I just put these three boys, don't feel that you can't include anyone else, or that you have to ship them with each other, or really anyone else, though you certainly can. I just really like the idea of hearing more about the town before Zoe came to town and brought us with her. So, feel free to explore more of the Lavon/Lemon relationship, or the George/Lemon or I'd love to hear about some of the shenanigans Wade, George (and Lemon) got into in highschool. (And while she wasn't nominated so feel free to ignore, I am a big, big fan of Annabell so anytime you want to include her in the shenanigans, feel free.) ♥

Really, I just want to live in the world of the show for a bit more to get over the fact that I have no more canon to consume.

Mary Poppins (Bert and Mary)

Now this love has been in my soul for pretty much my whole life and still dominates my thoughts and feelings. Basically, I still want to be Mary Poppins when I grow up.

A few ideas for you:
The Mary was Bert's Nanny Theory

Mary is a Time Lord and Bert was a Companion

Mary Poppins got expelled from Hogwarts

Basically, I am giving you permission to get freaky with this one. ;)

Dawson's Creek Any

This has always been my guilty pleasure as I was WAYYY past the age of its target audience by the time it came out. I just couldn't help it, I loved the language of it and the self-awareness of it. During the run of the show, I shipped Joey/Pacey pretty hard, I loved the relationship between Dawson/Jen in the college years and would have loved to see that played out more. I loved Jack (though I can't remember if he was actually nommed) and pretty much shipped him with everyone. Pacey ~~and Joshua Jackson~~ is my boo. ♥ So, any fun you want to have with any of that, go for it!

In the years that have passed since it's end, I've also toyed with the idea of Pacey/Jen after I wrote a story for Yuletide once. I'm also in love with the way the actors (mainly Joshua and James) reference and pay tribute to their time on the show. (I just mainlined the entire Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 and it made me love JVB in a way I never did while he was Dawson.) So, if you want to do something with that--not RPF really, but you know in that last episode where there were actors playing their parts? What if Dawson and the gang were just actors? What sort of hi-jinks would they get into off-set.

Or you know, a bakery AU or something. ;) Whatever... I just love these knucleheads. ♥

Northern Exposure (Joel and Marilyn)

Okay, I know I'm really limiting myself by only signing up with these two characters, so truly, write whatever inspires you in this fandom and I will love it. Last year I got this piece of amazing NE/WTNV fusion that not in a million years would I have been creative enough to actually request. So, part of me wants to just leave you a blank slate.

But... I guess I should clarify a bit why I asked for Marilyn and Joel specifically. I just love their relationship soooo much. How puzzled and frazzled she made him, how they cared about each other in a very bizarre and endearing way. Remember that time that Marilyn went to Seattle and Joel was so worried he followed her there? How adorable and unnecessary that was? God I loved that episode.. them just walking down the street doing exactly what she wants to do. ♥ ♥ So, anything that explores that relationship would be amazing.

Wonder Boys Any

I love Terry/James, but what I really, really love is the relationship between Terry and Grady. I'd just love to read more about their takes on the author/editor dynamic, more drug fueled shenanigans. Maybe they go on a road trip? Maybe they have to go and save James again in some way... or maybe he's lost somewhere and they have to piece together clues to sort out his truths and fictions to collect him. I also really love Hannah, so feel free to throw her into the mix if you'd like.

Day 4

In your own space, create a fanwork. Make a drabble, a ficlet, a podfic, or an icon, art or meta or a rec list. Arts and crafts. Draft a critical essay about a particular media. Put together a picspam or a fanmix. Write a review of a Broadway show, a movie, a concert, a poetry reading, a museum trip, a you-should-be-listening-to-this-band essay. Compose some limericks, haikus, free-form poetry, 5-word stories. Document a particular bit of real person canon. Take some pictures. Draw a stick-figure comic. Create something.

I might come back and create something later. All those above suggestions sound fun and doable... but not right now. Right now I'm going to spend this time and space to pay tribute to other people's creations.

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HELLO!

How are you? Good? I hope so. Excited to write something magical? Awesome! I'm dying to read something glorious myself. This is going to be awesome! ♥

In general I am very hard to disappoint and am VERY enthusiastic about the things I love, and of course these things I requested are things I love--A LOT. So, this should be easy and fun for you.

First, I'll give you a bit about my likes in general and then I'll get into the nitty-gritty specifics. I like STORY and CHARACTER and character development. I like dialogue heavy stories and emotional turmoil stories and characters dealing-with-their-shit stories. I'm not too fussed with happily ever after, but am a sucker for hopeful endings, or endings that leave something to the imagination (without reading as unfinished).

I'm equally jazzed for witty dialogue and hijinks as I am in angst and working through trauma, so where ever your inspiration takes you. I also am a lover of fusions, AUs and crossovers as well as world building and character study. Like I said before, there is really very few ways you can disappointment me.

But I guess that leads into what I'm not really looking for... PWP (I mean sex is fine, lovely even, but it's got to have more than that, cool?), incest in anyway, sugary-sweet fluff (funny is great, happy is lovely, but I'd like some depth with my fun little happy story).

Basically, think of all the rest of this letter as helpful suggestions and nothing more. If you love the characters, are tender to them and weave them around a story, wrap them lovingly with language and consideration, I’ll be the happiest recip ever.

Hmmm. Now, what did I request again? Let's see.

To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus and Scout Finch

I love this book so very much! SO VERY!! And I know that I put Scout and Atticus, but it doesn't need to be both of them. And you can add anyone you want (especially Boo Radley, OMG, I love me some Boo!) but I'd like the story to feature either Scout or Atticus (or both).

Now, if you signed up for this in hope to write a story that encompasses both TKAM and GSAW let me tell you that I fully support this and would LOVE that. But also to tell you that I have not read GSAW. I want to, I really do, but I'm terrified. So if you want to write an in-between story, a story that would help ease me into taking the plunge to read the sequel, I would love you forever. But, if you too haven't read it, no worries, I'm very happy to get anything in this universe. Want some prompts? Canon through Atticus' eyes. Or something about the family before the story began. Maybe Atticus starts seeing someone and how does that affect the children? Or maybe Boo and Scout become some sort of pen pals? Scout takes it upon herself to befriend Boo in different ways and Atticus trying to stop her to no avail.

Glass Family Saga - J. D. Salinger Buddy Glass

Again, I put Buddy, but that doesn't mean all the others can't be involved as well. Buddy is just my favorite and I'd really like a story where he's the protagonist, not just the narrator or the piece-picker-upper. I'd really like a story where they all have to rally together on his behalf, either before or after all the Glass family canon. I know some people don't like kiddie fics, but I'd be fascinated to read a story about this family as children geniuses. How must it have been to be in the family, to raise that family? Maybe some Glass style shenanigans, or bonding... or both. Or maybe just a Buddy character study. I'll admit, it's been a really long since I've read these books--but back in the day, I read them ALOT-- and I'd really just like to revisit them for a while. ♥

The Way (2010) Any character

I'm pretty sure no one signed up to write this, so I'm pretty sure you're not here for this detail, so I'll just use this space to recommend highly this amazing movie. And also to inform that it is now streaming on Netflix and Amazon... and if you were wondering, I would have ABSOLUTELY no problem with a RPF of this story and will point out to you while the father and son Estevez and Sheen were making this gorgeous movie, Charlie was having his very famous meltdown... Let that soak in... ♥

Miranda (TV) Miranda and Gary

Miranda♥Gary. I love them so. And yes, it seems as if their story is complete and they live happily ever after (and I am beyond happy about that) but that doesn't mean I don't want more of their shenanigans--just maybe without some of that last few episodes angst please. Does Gary actually get Miranda out of the country FINALLY? Do they take Stevie on their honeymoon? Do they ever have their two kids Cliff Richards and Richard Richards, or Orlando and Bloom? Really, any bit of these two would be just lovely. And I'd totally be up for a crossover/fusion or A/U with these guys, or maybe a pre-canon uni type thing.

Northern Exposure Ed, Chris and Joel

I just finished a complete rewatch of this series and am now ready to delve wholeheartedly into fic based on it. And while I love all the characters (well, most of them, Maurice skeeves me more and more as I get older), I'd really love something that focuses on any (or all) of the listed characters. I don't care if it's gen, het or slash, whose in a relationship with who, I just want to read about these quirky and crazy people. I love Joel's transformation throughout the series and wouldn't mind anything with him from any time period, though this time watching, I gotta say, I wish there was more of his time in the woods becoming one with Alaska. I'd love to see more of Ed and his obsession with movies--what would he think of modern movie making? Does he ever make his blockbuster? IF so, what does that do to him. And Chris, sweet crazy Chris. There is literally nothing you could do with that man that I wouldn't adore.

And though they weren't nommed so you can do with this what you want, or nothing at all, but I love, love, love beyond reason Marilyn and would love to see her featured some way in this--especially if you focus on Joel. I love them together. ♥ ♥ And again, I would be quite okay with crossover/fusions or A/Us.

Just go crazy!

And above all, HAVE FUN!

See you on the other side with a crap-ton of squee and devotion!

♥♥♥

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Week One: Random Fandom

I was going to go back and read all the yuletide fics from fandoms I love in all the years I've participated. Yeah... I only got through half of the first year. Oooops.

But I do have 3 very different stories to share with you from that small amount of fic I read. Basically, in my experience, yuletide (at least in the fandoms I enjoy) almost always puts out the very best fic. So, mostly I'd just like to recommend going to the list of fandoms and finding your faves.

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Now I'm going to go and READ ALL THE WHITE COLLAR FIC!! w000000t!

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There are things that happen every year that I forget about until they are upon us and then I scramble to make them work. Things like Fandom Snowflake Challenge and Rectober, that I love the idea of and try and participate, but don't get done half the things I wanted.

Then there are things that have become habit and have helped me mark time in fandom for so long that I start gearing up for months (and sometimes up to almost a year before) like Yuletide.

This year is no different. It is October 2nd and I am just now reminded that Rectober is a thing that exists in the world and that it is an awesome thing that I totally want to do.

This time, unlike other times, I actually have the time and ability to really do it right. I even have built in things happening that will help me organize themes.

Week One: Random Fandom

As Yuletide noms are upon us and I am once again getting that Yuletide frenzy that washes over me from the moment noms open, I will devote the first weeks recs to stories that were written for the fest. I have a lot of things bookmarked to read from the years I've participated that I will devour this week. Also, I'll probably rec things that I already have, if there things that even now I go back and revisit. Chances are the people who visit my journal now aren't the same that were here last time. The ones who are will forgive me this, yes?

Week Two: White Collar

Columbus Day weekend I will be at the White Collar Meet Up here in the D.C. area hanging out with other fans, writers and artists and we will be writing and squeeing like mad, and I will be reading ALL THE FIC! I'm super excited about this! I will be back at the end of the week with recs of the best of what I read.

Week Three: Harry Potter

By the end of the month I will be (hopefully) done with my HoggyWarty Thinger Bobber fest fic and will be ready to read all the HP fics I've missed, or (lets be honest) go back and re-read some of my very favorites. And so I will be back here giving you a (hopefully) huge list of HP stories of many pairings and genres that you should probably just take my word for and read. ♥

Week Four: MishMash

Because, lets be honest, the chances that I make it to the fourth week are extremely slim, but on the occasion that I do, I'll keep it open to what I rec... what I read and fall in love with. Maybe some Sherlock, maybe some Doctor Who... who knows.

This shall be fun, yes?

Who else is doing this? Anyone?

♥♥

I have a lot of recs to make. I've been reading a shit ton of stories during the break. \o/

But, for now (I'm holding off some because I know that will be something required of me for the upcoming Fandom Snowflake Challenge) here are some amazing fics that I received as gifts for no other reason than I've been a very good person this year. Mostly.

First, from Kinky Kristmas at Daily Deviant.

The Seven Year Itch NC-17, 2,800 words, Harry/Ron and Hermione.
Summary: They'd been through worse, all for him, so Harry could deny them nothing...

asdfja;sfjasf You see, Hermione's got an itch. And it's Ron fault. The only way to cure her is for the boys to, well, you'll see.

This is just a really fun story with a lot of my favorite things: domesticity gone horrible wrong, awkward dirty talk and boys being secretly hot for each other with neither of them willing to admit it. :))

And a second gift for me at KK! I know! What have I done to deserve it?!?!

A Cunning Tongue NC-17, 4,100 words, Harry/Luna/Snape
Summary: There are so many ways to enjoy a silver tongue.

I had asked for a Harry/Luna story, or a Snape/Luna story and then, even though I didn't imagine it in a million years would be taken a Harry/Luna/Snape story. HOLY SHIT, GUYS! This is hot! And so interestingly told. The title and the summary don't give you much in way of explanation so I'll try and do it justice myself. Luna is Snape's barrister and gets him out of prison. Then they sort of just... take care of him. As only Harry and Luna can do. ♥♥

Now for Yuletide!

Love Me Because Nothing Happens (3707 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: MASH (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, B.J. Hunnicutt

I requested MASH because I had never read a bad story from this fandom in the fest and so I knew no matter what, I wouldn't be disappointed. And boy was I rewarded for this assumption! It is hurty and comforty and has an exquisite Hawkeye and Hunnicut is flawless in this. Just...

*sob*

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