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skygiantsHELP going to the pinch hit list reminded me I never actually un-placeholdered this letter! Huge shout outs and apologies to my original assignee and also THANK YOU if you're the person picking this up!
Generally speaking I will be happy with anything you write for me; in all the years I have done Yuletide, I have never failed to be overjoyed by the gifts I've received, so if you write something that makes you happy, I guarantee I will be delighted with it also.
Generally speaking I am always interested in ensemble and family stories, partnership and community-building and community dynamics, revolutionary politics, messy parenting and pseudo-parenting, the terrible idea that is espionage, divorce (romantic and non-romantic), and ghosts (figurative and literal)! For my requests this year I'm generally more interested in expanding on canon than in going AU in either plot or setting, but I'm broadly pro canon divergence AU or crossover if you have a brilliant idea for one.
Some of these canons deal with some pretty serious topics, and dark themes are A-OK if it makes sense for the story, but I tend not to be into graphic and gratuitous violence. I'm happy for romances to include sexual content but I'd prefer it wasn't the entire point of the fic.
Company - Kage Baker
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Joseph (Company - Kage Baker), Lewis (Company - Kage Baker), Mendoza (Company - Kage Baker), Nancy (Company - Kage Baker), Victor (Company - Kage Baker))
I hadn't been planning to request this this year but then I love everyone in this tag set ... I am especially fond of Joseph and his bad parenting but fic focusing on any of the nominated characters would delight me! I do not like very much what happened in the grand finale of the series so do feel free to stick with canon or go wildly AU/fix-it. For more info about My Feelings On These Books please see my tag but please also feel free to completely ignore that link and consult your own feelings only
(Additional notes: I am most interested in Joseph-Mendoza (parental), Joseph-(/?)-Lewis (partnership defined as you prefer), and Joseph-Victor (???? siblings? thematic parallels? man do whatever you want with this) but I really truly do love all the characters here and would be stoked about anything.)
Our Game - John le Carré
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Constantin Checheyev | C.C. (Our Game), Emma (Our Game), Larry Pettifer (Our Game), Tim Cranmer | Timbo (Our Game))
we get so much of Tim, would love a Larry POV on Tim and The Situation; would also love a character study of Checheyev or postcanon about Tim & Checheyev working together round the gap Larry left. Would also not at all mind "perhaps Larry ISN'T really dead!"
(Additional notes: I realize I did not mention Emma at all in my brief prompt but fic about what Emma does and how she copes with the aftermath of All This would be great too; it would be so interesting to see her from her own point of view after the hazy mirror image we get of her from Tim.)
Quest For A Maid - Frances Mary Hendry
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Davie Spens, Inge Wright, Meg Wright, Peem (Quest for a Maid))
I love this book so much and I would love to see the next chapter in the lives of these plucky kids, or, alternately, anything about Inge and Meg (especially if from Inge's POV!)
(Additional notes: if you're going the futurefic route and you want to write either Meg/Peem or Meg/Peem/Davie I am happy with either of those; I am also happy with a platonic story focusing on the four kids building a life together. I love the tension of Meg and Inge's relationship and would LOVE to see that explored in a compelling way, but am not really into incest.)
A Spy Among Friends (TV)
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Elizabeth Elliott, Kim Philby, Lily Thomas, Nicholas Elliott)
My favorite parts of this show were Nicholas and Lily's bouts of verbal fencing and I'd love to see another round of Their Unlikely Partnership, but, I mean, the breakup umbrella also had me screaming at the screen so if you wanted to riff on Nicholas' Philby Feelings Which He Is Definitely Over then by all means be my guest
庆余年 | Joy of Life (TV)
Characters: Fan Sizhe (Joy of Life), Guo Baokun (Joy of Life), Fan Ruoruo (Joy of Life)
Fan Sizhe is my stupid son and I love him very much. I would love a fic that elucidated on his romantical road trip with Guo Baokun in which they became bonded for life, but if that doesn't float your boat than a Fan Family Fic in which Sizhe and Rurouo got to do things that were plot important would also be a great delight to me!
(Additional notes: at the time I wrote this initial prompt I had not yet finished S2 and so I did not know yet that RUORUO WAS GOING TO ACQUIRE CHECKHOV'S GUN. This is the funniest thing in the world. Would love fic about whatever is going to happen with Ruoruo And Her Gun.)
Thank you SO much again for writing for me! I am so excited for whatever you come up with!
Generally speaking I will be happy with anything you write for me; in all the years I have done Yuletide, I have never failed to be overjoyed by the gifts I've received, so if you write something that makes you happy, I guarantee I will be delighted with it also.
Generally speaking I am always interested in ensemble and family stories, partnership and community-building and community dynamics, revolutionary politics, messy parenting and pseudo-parenting, the terrible idea that is espionage, divorce (romantic and non-romantic), and ghosts (figurative and literal)! For my requests this year I'm generally more interested in expanding on canon than in going AU in either plot or setting, but I'm broadly pro canon divergence AU or crossover if you have a brilliant idea for one.
Some of these canons deal with some pretty serious topics, and dark themes are A-OK if it makes sense for the story, but I tend not to be into graphic and gratuitous violence. I'm happy for romances to include sexual content but I'd prefer it wasn't the entire point of the fic.
Company - Kage Baker
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Joseph (Company - Kage Baker), Lewis (Company - Kage Baker), Mendoza (Company - Kage Baker), Nancy (Company - Kage Baker), Victor (Company - Kage Baker))
I hadn't been planning to request this this year but then I love everyone in this tag set ... I am especially fond of Joseph and his bad parenting but fic focusing on any of the nominated characters would delight me! I do not like very much what happened in the grand finale of the series so do feel free to stick with canon or go wildly AU/fix-it. For more info about My Feelings On These Books please see my tag but please also feel free to completely ignore that link and consult your own feelings only
(Additional notes: I am most interested in Joseph-Mendoza (parental), Joseph-(/?)-Lewis (partnership defined as you prefer), and Joseph-Victor (???? siblings? thematic parallels? man do whatever you want with this) but I really truly do love all the characters here and would be stoked about anything.)
Our Game - John le Carré
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Constantin Checheyev | C.C. (Our Game), Emma (Our Game), Larry Pettifer (Our Game), Tim Cranmer | Timbo (Our Game))
we get so much of Tim, would love a Larry POV on Tim and The Situation; would also love a character study of Checheyev or postcanon about Tim & Checheyev working together round the gap Larry left. Would also not at all mind "perhaps Larry ISN'T really dead!"
(Additional notes: I realize I did not mention Emma at all in my brief prompt but fic about what Emma does and how she copes with the aftermath of All This would be great too; it would be so interesting to see her from her own point of view after the hazy mirror image we get of her from Tim.)
Quest For A Maid - Frances Mary Hendry
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Davie Spens, Inge Wright, Meg Wright, Peem (Quest for a Maid))
I love this book so much and I would love to see the next chapter in the lives of these plucky kids, or, alternately, anything about Inge and Meg (especially if from Inge's POV!)
(Additional notes: if you're going the futurefic route and you want to write either Meg/Peem or Meg/Peem/Davie I am happy with either of those; I am also happy with a platonic story focusing on the four kids building a life together. I love the tension of Meg and Inge's relationship and would LOVE to see that explored in a compelling way, but am not really into incest.)
A Spy Among Friends (TV)
Characters: No characters selected; you may write for ANY (out of Elizabeth Elliott, Kim Philby, Lily Thomas, Nicholas Elliott)
My favorite parts of this show were Nicholas and Lily's bouts of verbal fencing and I'd love to see another round of Their Unlikely Partnership, but, I mean, the breakup umbrella also had me screaming at the screen so if you wanted to riff on Nicholas' Philby Feelings Which He Is Definitely Over then by all means be my guest
庆余年 | Joy of Life (TV)
Characters: Fan Sizhe (Joy of Life), Guo Baokun (Joy of Life), Fan Ruoruo (Joy of Life)
Fan Sizhe is my stupid son and I love him very much. I would love a fic that elucidated on his romantical road trip with Guo Baokun in which they became bonded for life, but if that doesn't float your boat than a Fan Family Fic in which Sizhe and Rurouo got to do things that were plot important would also be a great delight to me!
(Additional notes: at the time I wrote this initial prompt I had not yet finished S2 and so I did not know yet that RUORUO WAS GOING TO ACQUIRE CHECKHOV'S GUN. This is the funniest thing in the world. Would love fic about whatever is going to happen with Ruoruo And Her Gun.)
Thank you SO much again for writing for me! I am so excited for whatever you come up with!
