Yuletide Letter 2018

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Dear Yuletide Writer,

 

Thank you for agreeing to write a story for me. I’m sure it will be great. Since you probably don’t know me, I guess I should tell you a little bit about my likes/dislikes.

 

Likes: I usually prefer gen, especially focusing on platonic and familial relationships. I’m interested in found families, biological families, younger siblings, sidekicks, clones with identity issues, friends who become lovers and friends who don’t. I like crossovers and aus which reveal interesting aspects of the characters. I enjoy outsider POVs, unreliable narrators, and women being well rounded human beings. I enjoy a good character study and have serious respect for ones with actual plot since that’s something I tend to struggle with. The thing I am really looking for in my Yuletide present is a nice kick in the feels. 

 

Dislikes: I am not into romantic plots and tropes, or graphic sex. I’m not entirely opposed to romance, but I prefer it not to be the focus of the story. I’m not a fan of alternate setting aus and I don’t really get a/b/o. I have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick and have issues with infidelity, so please avoid those. 

 

I’m not interested in anything seasonal or holiday-related. Thanks again for your sure-to-be-awesome fic. 

 

Oxford Time Travel Universe - Connie Willis: Merope Ward, Polly Churchill, Colin Templer

 

This is my go-to series when I need to restore my faith in humanity.  I am looking for a story which makes me feel the way the books do: a little sad, but ultimate hopeful and a little uplifted. Blackout/All Clear are my favorite books of the series. If you could find a way to cross them over with the MCU, Bletchley Girls or Indiana Jones, you would officially be my favorite author.

 

Flavia de Luce Series - Alan Bradley:  Flavia de Luce, Arthur Dogger Harriet de Luce, Inspector Hewitt

 

I love me some unreliable narrators and Flavia’s brilliant, yet ultimately unreliable take on her world is a thing of beauty. I’m up for a mystery or a character study, or just about anything told through her unique point of view. Possible story ideas include an AU where Harriet is the parent who came home from the war; the first time Flavia met Dogger; or maybe a genuine team-up with Inspector Hewitt. Please include Flavia in any story, but everybody else can be used at your discretion. 

 

The Dragon Prince (Cartoon): Callum, Rayla, Ezran

 

Watching the show, I was intrigued/horrified by the moment when Callum’s voice was stollen and I would love a story where he doesn’t immediately get his voice back. How does being mute effect Callum and his relationship with the rest of team egg? Since magic requires a spoken command, can he do it anymore? What’s the political fallout when his aunt finds out? I’d just love to see the wider implications of this AU play out. 

 

Queer Eye RPF: Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France

 

Queer Eye is just a genuinely heartwarming show about a group of gay Hufflepuffs trying to make the world better, one person at a time. I would love a crossover episode where they do that, either for anyone on this list, or for any particularly disastrous character I’ve written about at least twice. Also, the Fab Five remaking Clark Kent, Peter Parker, or Dick Grayson would bring me indescribable joy.