Yuletide Letter 2024
Oct. 16th, 2024 10:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redrikkiDear 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 have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick and issues with infidelity, so please avoid those.
I’m not interested in anything seasonal or holiday-related. No smut please, either. Thanks again for your sure-to-be-awesome fic.
Oxford Time Travel Universe - Connie Willis: Polly Churchill, Colin Templer, Worldbuilding
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. Remind me that love transcends time and death and make me cry while you do it. Blackout/All Clear are my favorite books of the series, but Doomsday Book is the one I read when I need a good cry. Crossovers with this series are always welcome, but I think this year I’d like something about integrating back and grief inherent in time travel.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Beckett Mariner, Brad Boimler, Carol Freeman
I recently got into this show and it’s hilarious. Mariner is my favorite. I love her PLATONIC relationship with Boimler and am fascinated by her complicated relationship with her mom. I’m looking for something as zany, yet heart-felt as the show. Feel free to include other members of the lower decks gang as well.
Star Trek: Prodigy: Gwyndala, Dal R’el
Gwyn and Dal are my favorite characters on the show and I’d love something that explores their relationship. Maybe something from when they first met as slave and enslaver, two lonely kids desperate for connection. Or maybe a missing scene from the series or a post-season two look at how Gwyn’s savior complex collides with Dal’s trust/control issues during her time as captain. Heck, you could try for all three!
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 have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick and issues with infidelity, so please avoid those.
I’m not interested in anything seasonal or holiday-related. No smut please, either. Thanks again for your sure-to-be-awesome fic.
Oxford Time Travel Universe - Connie Willis: Polly Churchill, Colin Templer, Worldbuilding
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. Remind me that love transcends time and death and make me cry while you do it. Blackout/All Clear are my favorite books of the series, but Doomsday Book is the one I read when I need a good cry. Crossovers with this series are always welcome, but I think this year I’d like something about integrating back and grief inherent in time travel.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Beckett Mariner, Brad Boimler, Carol Freeman
I recently got into this show and it’s hilarious. Mariner is my favorite. I love her PLATONIC relationship with Boimler and am fascinated by her complicated relationship with her mom. I’m looking for something as zany, yet heart-felt as the show. Feel free to include other members of the lower decks gang as well.
Star Trek: Prodigy: Gwyndala, Dal R’el
Gwyn and Dal are my favorite characters on the show and I’d love something that explores their relationship. Maybe something from when they first met as slave and enslaver, two lonely kids desperate for connection. Or maybe a missing scene from the series or a post-season two look at how Gwyn’s savior complex collides with Dal’s trust/control issues during her time as captain. Heck, you could try for all three!
