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Yuletide Dear Author Letter
Oct. 18th, 2018 06:29 amI write a lot of darkfic, but that’s not necessarily my go-to as a reader. I’m okay with darker themes in the Chronicles of Amber, The Hollow, or Sky High
I’m pairing agnostic in all fandoms and good with gen, het, poly (in various configurations), m/m, f/f.
For some of my requests this year, however, I strongly prefer gen and a G or T rating. I’ve said as much in the signup details for those fandoms. I find explicit underage sex feel really, really squicky. I’m okay with references to teenagers making out with other teenagers or wanting to, but I’d rather not see anything more than hugs/kisses. Anyone younger than that, please just don’t.
Background/referenced relationships, canonical or otherwise, existing in a gen story when they’re not the point of things is still gen enough for me. If there is sex, I’m a lot more interested in character development through sex than I am in sex for its own sake.
Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of unicorns, zombies, vampires, or were-creatures. This doesn’t rise to a DNW level, especially if you’re running counter to usual narrative tropes (put any or all of these into the Hamster Princess series! Please!) or if they’re canonical (Chronicles of Amber) or potentially in genre (The Hollow).
I like character backstory, five things stories (or four or six things. However many works out). I enjoy canon divergent AUs but am seldom interested in other types of AU. I really enjoy characters being ridiculously competent and particularly like ridiculously competent characters crossing genres to Fix All the Problems. I like humor. I like crossovers, generally, but am not a huge fan of fusions.
I prefer hopeful endings to bleak ones and like to see characters maintaining some resilience.
Time travel is not a completely bulletproof trope for me, but it’s about as near as I come, particularly if it’s a fix-it attempt.
I’m fine with first or third person POV. Second person is a harder sell for me as a reader, but I’m okay with it if you’ve got a story that really wants it. I’m also fine with past or present tense and willing to be convinced on any other tense (I’m more than a little dubious about how well a fic written in future tense would work because English kind of resists that).
I’m going to be thrilled to get a gift. Write something that you’ll enjoy, and let that come through, please, so that we can share a bit of happiness over the process.
( Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )
( Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon )
( The Hollow (Cartoon) )
( Little Lunch (Australian TV) )
( Sky High (2005) )
( The Witch Family )
I’m pairing agnostic in all fandoms and good with gen, het, poly (in various configurations), m/m, f/f.
For some of my requests this year, however, I strongly prefer gen and a G or T rating. I’ve said as much in the signup details for those fandoms. I find explicit underage sex feel really, really squicky. I’m okay with references to teenagers making out with other teenagers or wanting to, but I’d rather not see anything more than hugs/kisses. Anyone younger than that, please just don’t.
Background/referenced relationships, canonical or otherwise, existing in a gen story when they’re not the point of things is still gen enough for me. If there is sex, I’m a lot more interested in character development through sex than I am in sex for its own sake.
Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of unicorns, zombies, vampires, or were-creatures. This doesn’t rise to a DNW level, especially if you’re running counter to usual narrative tropes (put any or all of these into the Hamster Princess series! Please!) or if they’re canonical (Chronicles of Amber) or potentially in genre (The Hollow).
I like character backstory, five things stories (or four or six things. However many works out). I enjoy canon divergent AUs but am seldom interested in other types of AU. I really enjoy characters being ridiculously competent and particularly like ridiculously competent characters crossing genres to Fix All the Problems. I like humor. I like crossovers, generally, but am not a huge fan of fusions.
I prefer hopeful endings to bleak ones and like to see characters maintaining some resilience.
Time travel is not a completely bulletproof trope for me, but it’s about as near as I come, particularly if it’s a fix-it attempt.
I’m fine with first or third person POV. Second person is a harder sell for me as a reader, but I’m okay with it if you’ve got a story that really wants it. I’m also fine with past or present tense and willing to be convinced on any other tense (I’m more than a little dubious about how well a fic written in future tense would work because English kind of resists that).
I’m going to be thrilled to get a gift. Write something that you’ll enjoy, and let that come through, please, so that we can share a bit of happiness over the process.
( Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny )
( Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon )
( The Hollow (Cartoon) )
( Little Lunch (Australian TV) )
( Sky High (2005) )
( The Witch Family )
