some people see the revolution

Dearest Yulegiver, I would first like to say thank you in advance!! I know I give pretty vague guidance, but genuinely I'm not hard to please at all, especially when being the gift of something in one of these very small fandoms! My main hope is that you have fun and enjoy writing it in the knowledge I'm going to have fun reading it. 

GENERAL LIKES

Character heavy stories, competency porn, codependency, happy or bittersweet endings, queer people as a normal facet of life, banter, worldbuilding, weird magic, women having genuine agency, bravery in the face of defeat, sparring (especially as a source of sexual tension). 

GENERAL DISLIKES

No death of children or rape as a central storyline please. I'm okay with it being included (and know it comes with the territory of some of the fandoms I've requested) just prefer it to not be a main focus. I would also prefer a story that isn't truly bleak or grim dark -  I do love a tragic story but prefer if the getting there makes the ending earned and their lives still having been worth living rather than just rocks into a void, if that makes sense? Bittersweet endings very welcomed, happy ones too!

THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH

I love the story of this (both book and movie form!) and will never be tired of looking for more of it! I'd love to see something featuring Cottia, whether that's during or before or after the story's events. I love all three of them as a trio together, whether romantically or platonically, and am so curious about the life they'll build together afterwards! 

SWORD AT SUNSET

Everything about this was so haunting and desperately driven, but in particular I'd love anything focusing on Guenhumara and everything she went through. I would also absolutely accept anything about the weird, weird magical stuff and other women in the story in a heartbeat, even if it doesn't feature Guenhumara! 

HARDY BOYS

I'm just terribly fond of these two nonsense codependent teenage detectives and am absolutely fascinated by what happens to them as they get older! As you may be able to tell from my own writing, I'm happy for it to be platonic or romantic.

IN OTHER LANDS

I have been obsessed with this story since it was coming out in livejournal posts a.... look, a long time ago. I love the main trio so, so much, and I would happily read anything about them or honestly a story from another character's POV entirely where they're getting up to nonsense in the background. I'd particularly be tickled with something set during Serene's time away with her people, it's such a fascinating piece of culture building and would be so fun to see expanded on further. (PS, if you haven't read Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds, a free story set a few years after the book, and you love this book as much as I do, you absolutely have to. Here's Part One.)

PELLINOR

Expounding on anything from the appendices and what happens after the story ends would make me delighted! I'm particularly interested in Maerad and Cadvan and their lives, which seem to have been both entwined and separate, and worldbuilding around the Bards and their schools and the varying kinds of magic! Worldbuilding centric or Maerad centric or a combination thereof is top of my list but I have a great fondness for all the characters and will be happy for anything.

ALEX RIDER

The books left an indelible imprint on me a long time ago and I really, really enjoyed the show and it's adapting of them! I was especially delighted by the addition of Kyra and would love to see some more exploration of her - show canon only, show canon with book canon brought in, however you like. I'd also be delighted for something that focuses on the very real trauma that Alex has been through and how he's handling it, or a fun romp where Alex and Tom and Kyra get to actually just be teenagers together for a bit, or honestly any number of things those are just the three that first spring to mind. 

 the placeholderest of placeholders for dear yuletide person thank you letter

( hi ilu )

Right! So. Dearest of Yuletiders, I pretty much adore you, and I really love these stories, so I'll love pretty much anything you write for them.

I do want to give you some sort of suggestions as to more specific things I like, because I know that I like having some specifics, but don't feel too bound by anything I say. I like a huge range of stuff and I tend to forget to list half of what I like, so. 

Anyways.

( stuff )

So, uh, yeah. I hope that's not too much detail, and I hope it's enough, and I'm really, really excited for whatever you will write. Seriously. If it's in one of these fandoms and avoids my triggers/squicks - I'm good. And also I love you for this, and I'd really like you to have fun writing this story above all, so. Please, do something that gives you joy.

Thanks!

I have turned in all my applications except for the one that is due on the 1st of February! I am assembling some poetry for consideration in scholarships at two of them, which involves a great deal of polishing and going "aaaaaagh why don't I write short stories that are not fannish!".

ALSO I did Yuletide, because I was eligible for the first time eveeer and I wasn't going to pass up on that. And I got Eagle of the Ninth fic!

Aedificāre, by opalmatrix. It is utterly delightful and everything I wanted. I can't believe how lucky I got! IT'S AWESOME. It is subtle, subtle Esca/Marcus/Cottia OT3 as they build the farm and tiptoe around each other and become bestest best friends eveeeeeer. :DDD you should totally read it.

And I wrote:

The Things We Say Are True
Skyhigh. PG-13. Penny/Gwen, Warren.
“I’ve broken a lot of personal rules for you,” Penny says.

Which was quite fun to write, in the end. I really enjoyed it. :D

in other news, I somehow ended up creating a three-part, 21 song fanmix for what's really nothing more than me messing around with typical procedurals/supernatural hunting shows. Or what I had thought was just me having fun! Apparently sometime my brain got serious over it? NO. Bad brain! get back to Cabin Fever, it needs you! no more new projects! 

also, my dad comes home this week sometime (which is good, mostly, though difficult as always), school is about to start up again (OMG YAY my schedule is so pretty this spring!), I have actual free time for another week, I'm doing some secretary work for my mom which I shall get paid for, and in general things are shaping up! YAY. TRIPLE YAY. IMAGINE ME GRINNING HAPPILY HERE. The only downside is me having been sick for a week, but even that is getting better!