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As per, I've signed up for Yuletide, Festivids, and Secret Mutant. Given how low my writing mojo has been of late, this may be overly ambitious? But hey, at least I have all faith that I can complete my Festivid a month or so before deadline, as always.
So here are all my dratted letters in one go, since I never really have much to say anyway. (I'm not writing a Festivids letter. I have ACTUALLY nothing to say for that beyond what I put in the requests. I like all vids.)
DEAR YULEBAT/SECRET MUTANT:
Basically, you are awesome. Because there is nothing about the fandoms (be they Yuletide or XMFC) I requested that I don't love. More importantly, there are no characters in any of these fandoms that I don't love with an all-consuming passion, because seriously, THEY ARE ALL AMAZING AND BRILLIANT AND SPARKLY. I don't care, I love them all.
So here are some quick and dirty things that I like and don't like in fics in general:
LIKES: witty banter, wacky hijinks, random shenanigans, everyone being a BAMF in their own particular way, long plotty fics, quick incisive character studies, romance, friendship, TEAMS, ensemble casts, happy (or realistic but generally hopeful) endings, boys being boys, girls kicking butt and taking names, first time fic of any rating.
DISLIKES: torture porn, excessive angst, excessive schmoop, mpreg, hardcore kink, kid!fic, character bashing of any kind, humiliation, death!fic.
But really, my dear author, I'm pretty easy. As long as you avoid the "dislikes" list, write whatever suits you and the fandom and the story you want to tell, and I will LOVE it. Sure, I'm a fan of happy-ish endings, but if you want to break my heart instead? Go right ahead and shatter it into a million pieces, it's all good. The "likes" list are by no means mandatory in any way, write what you want, I have complete faith in you.
I have nothing fandom-specific or request-specific to add that wasn't on my sign-up forms, but for posterity, my Yuletide requests are below:
Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce
Characters: Beka Cooper, Farmer Cape
Details: Beka/Farmer post-series. Anything and everything. Feel free to include any other characters you'd like as well -- Farmer's introduction to the Court of the Rogue could be a lot of fun.
The Sting (1973)
Characters: Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker
Details: Heists and hijinks! Anything goes. Could be slash, could be gen. I <3 plot most of all.
Elementary (TV)
Characters: Joan Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Marcus Bell
Details: While I love that the show is purely non-romantic, I do ship me some Sherlock/Joan pretty hardcore. But gen is also good! Anything with these characters interacting in amusing ways. I'm also a big fan of Bell, and would be open to Joan/Marcus(/Sherlock) too, for a change of pace.
Sleepy Hollow (TV)
Characters: Abbie Mills, Ichabod Crane, Frank Irving, Jennifer Mills
Details: Ichabod Crane's continuing adventures exploring the 21st century, if you please. (I do ship Ichabod/Abbie, but feel no obligation toward romance if that's not your thing. Friendship is fine.)
Fire's Stone - Tanya Huff
Characters: Darvish, Aaron, Chandra
Details: The trio have another epic adventure. Darvish/Aaron + Chandra or OT3 them, don't care, but FRIENDSHIP above all.
Millennium Trilogy - Stieg Larsson
Characters: Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomqvist, Miriam Wu
Details: Anything post-series. I heart the weird friendship between Lisbeth and Mikael. I also heart Miriam an awful lot. And I ship any combo of the three, if that's your fancy.
So here are all my dratted letters in one go, since I never really have much to say anyway. (I'm not writing a Festivids letter. I have ACTUALLY nothing to say for that beyond what I put in the requests. I like all vids.)
DEAR YULEBAT/SECRET MUTANT:
Basically, you are awesome. Because there is nothing about the fandoms (be they Yuletide or XMFC) I requested that I don't love. More importantly, there are no characters in any of these fandoms that I don't love with an all-consuming passion, because seriously, THEY ARE ALL AMAZING AND BRILLIANT AND SPARKLY. I don't care, I love them all.
So here are some quick and dirty things that I like and don't like in fics in general:
LIKES: witty banter, wacky hijinks, random shenanigans, everyone being a BAMF in their own particular way, long plotty fics, quick incisive character studies, romance, friendship, TEAMS, ensemble casts, happy (or realistic but generally hopeful) endings, boys being boys, girls kicking butt and taking names, first time fic of any rating.
DISLIKES: torture porn, excessive angst, excessive schmoop, mpreg, hardcore kink, kid!fic, character bashing of any kind, humiliation, death!fic.
But really, my dear author, I'm pretty easy. As long as you avoid the "dislikes" list, write whatever suits you and the fandom and the story you want to tell, and I will LOVE it. Sure, I'm a fan of happy-ish endings, but if you want to break my heart instead? Go right ahead and shatter it into a million pieces, it's all good. The "likes" list are by no means mandatory in any way, write what you want, I have complete faith in you.
I have nothing fandom-specific or request-specific to add that wasn't on my sign-up forms, but for posterity, my Yuletide requests are below:
Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce
Characters: Beka Cooper, Farmer Cape
Details: Beka/Farmer post-series. Anything and everything. Feel free to include any other characters you'd like as well -- Farmer's introduction to the Court of the Rogue could be a lot of fun.
The Sting (1973)
Characters: Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker
Details: Heists and hijinks! Anything goes. Could be slash, could be gen. I <3 plot most of all.
Elementary (TV)
Characters: Joan Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Marcus Bell
Details: While I love that the show is purely non-romantic, I do ship me some Sherlock/Joan pretty hardcore. But gen is also good! Anything with these characters interacting in amusing ways. I'm also a big fan of Bell, and would be open to Joan/Marcus(/Sherlock) too, for a change of pace.
Sleepy Hollow (TV)
Characters: Abbie Mills, Ichabod Crane, Frank Irving, Jennifer Mills
Details: Ichabod Crane's continuing adventures exploring the 21st century, if you please. (I do ship Ichabod/Abbie, but feel no obligation toward romance if that's not your thing. Friendship is fine.)
Fire's Stone - Tanya Huff
Characters: Darvish, Aaron, Chandra
Details: The trio have another epic adventure. Darvish/Aaron + Chandra or OT3 them, don't care, but FRIENDSHIP above all.
Millennium Trilogy - Stieg Larsson
Characters: Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomqvist, Miriam Wu
Details: Anything post-series. I heart the weird friendship between Lisbeth and Mikael. I also heart Miriam an awful lot. And I ship any combo of the three, if that's your fancy.
